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"Dot is drawing. What can she make with squares, circles, and triangles? Full-color illustrations and fun stories make this a simple introduction to shapes for early readers"--

Beginning learners are, introduced to an important first concept, shape. With the help of fun cartoon dinosaurs, who proudly display each simple shape, readers will discover basic shape vocabulary. Labels and bold black outlines further reinforce understanding by showing where these shapes can be, found all around us every day, such as the square shape of a window or the circle shape of a clock. A final page features an engaging summary of this very...

Simple text and photographs introduce the concept of geometry using shapes.

The 3-D Shapes illustrated nonfiction books provide the first lessons on three-dimensional shapes. In Prisms, rhyming text and creative illustrations draw attention to prisms that are found in the world around us.

There are all sorts of triangles hidden in our world. This book will guide readers into seeing this shape in commonplace objects as well as help them distinguish triangles from other geometric figures. These simple exercises will encourage young mathematicians to practice identifying shapes in their own lives, reinforcing an important standard of elementary mathematics curricula.

The 3-D Shapes illustrated nonfiction books provide the first lessons on three-dimensional shapes. In Spheres, rhyming text and creative illustrations draw attention to spheres that are found in the world around us.

Easy text and large pictures help early readers discover that hexagons are fun.

Pizzas, cookies, Frisbees, some of the best things in life are circles. In the bright pages of this volume, readers will recognize circles in their everyday life. Achievable text is accompanied by carefully chosen photographs, which aid in acquisition of new vocabulary and practice in fluency. Readers are also asked to identify a circle in a concluding activity, a fun assessment of what they ve learned.

Diamonds are similar to squares, but they look a bit squashed." Readers will recognize this special shape in the many bright photographs of this accessible text, which also encourages them to build new vocabulary. They ll see diamond-shaped kites, cookies, and signs, and learn to spot diamonds in patterns as well. As they develop their knowledge of this elementary geometry concept, they ll understand how this aspect of math applies to real life.

Shapes are everywhere! Shapes at School helps introduce young readers to various shapes found in daily life, from a cone on a pencil to a star on a flag. Simple sentences along with large eye-catching photographs help illustrate the 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes found in school. Prompts for recognizing shapes at the beginning and end of the book help strengthen vocabulary, math comprehension, and critical thinking skills. Aligned to Common...