This is the perfect book for an early childhood classroom or an English language learner. The book is very simple but yet teaches some great basic vocabulary that we see in our everyday lives. All the pages are filled with bright colorful photographs of patterns and shapes like bridges and stacked lumber. Elemental shapes build complex structures we encounter daily. The big letters and repetition in this book provide a good place to start for readers. The images of shapes on the page help students predict what the sentence or word says. This increases confidence in the reader and strengthens the connections in the brain that help children learn. ( )

This book can be used in Math to help students observe and be more conscious of the shapes around us. Whenever you are -- inside or outside -- there are shapes to discover. And with Tana Hoban's help you will begin to see them. Look around. How many circles, squares, stars, triangles, hearts, and rectangles can you see?
They are everywhere! Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3

A picture book about shapes for an emergent reader

This book is great for the visually motivated child. We can about the different images in more detail than just the shapes, for example "purple house" and "soapy window" and "checkerboard shoes."

This book is great for young non-readers because there are no words but the book is full of pictures that students see everyday such as houses, washing machines, and sandwiches cut diagonally. This book is great for teaching shapes and teaching students to look for shapes in everyday life which means that they would be making text to self connections. The reading level is unavailable, but the DRA level is 6.