Shapes at Home

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Shapes at Home
A Rookie Toddler board book

Booktalk: The BIG Picture

Familiar photos from around the house help toddlers learn to identify the shapes all around them.

#kidlit Writing Lesson: the small details

There are only four words on the first two pages of this nonfiction board book:

circle
See the circle.

The first shape is named on the left (reverso) page:

circle

The facing page on the right (recto) page shows the shape in a home:

See the circle.

The use of labels and short simple sentences helps toddlers memorize the words and “read” the book by themselves, an important step in early literacy.

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