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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