Our Favorite Shapes
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We Love Cubes!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Who knew that playing with blocks could be a study in geometry? The square blocks that young architects stack are actually the geometric 3-D figures called cubes. In this brightly designed book, readers will learn about cubes through vivid photographs of recognizable cube-like objects, including ice and cheese. Through the accessible text, they'll come to understand the characteristics of cubes, an important elementary math concept, and apply and reinforce that knowledge in their daily lives.
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We Love Ovals!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Ovals aren't the easiest shape for young learners to spot, but this fun book will give them plenty of practice. They'll see ovals in mirrors, eggs, and bathtubs, among other recognizable shapes. Vibrant images are, coupled with text that features vocabulary accessible to the beginning reader. A final activity asks readers to identify an oval among other shapes, providing a final assessment opportunity.
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We Love Cones!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Cones are a familiar figure to everyone, especially fans of ice cream cones! Cones are also a three-dimensional geometric shape with characteristics that readers will learn about through this helpful book's straightforward text and the beautiful photographs that accompany it. Along with learning about the attributes of cones, young mathematicians will acquire new vocabulary terms and hone their reading comprehension skills, a combination that addresses both Common Core math and language arts standards.
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We Love Circles!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
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.
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We Love Squares!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Young readers will agree, square crackers are a tasty snack. A throw pillow, a pretty gift, a picture frame, and a piece of chocolate help readers identify fun things with squares. A plate, a clock, a table top, and tile pieces further display squares in our world. Readers are asked to identify the square from other familiar shapes on the last page.
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We Love Diamonds!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
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.
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We Love Ovals!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Ovals aren't the easiest shape for young learners to spot, but this fun book will give them plenty of practice. They'll see ovals in mirrors, eggs, and bathtubs, among other recognizable shapes. Vibrant images are coupled with text that features vocabulary accessible to the beginning reader. A final activity asks readers to identify an oval among other shapes, providing a final assessment opportunity.
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We Love Rectangles!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Rectangles are everywhere. Exciting packages arrive at the door in rectangular boxes. Favorite photographs are placed in rectangular frames. In summer, everyone loves to take a dip at the local pool, which is usually a rectangle shape, too. Beginning readers and budding mathematicians need to know this useful shape as a foundation to geometric concepts. They'll love the objects and carefully selected, colorful photographs in this inviting volume.
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We Love Triangles!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
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.
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We Love Squares!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Square crackers are a tasty snack. A square pillow is a perfect place to rest a head. It might not always occur to us, but our world is full of shapes. This book will hone young readers into recognizing the square, an essential standard of Common Core mathematics. Colorful photographs accompany comprehensible text, supporting readers' budding vocabulary and making this text achievable as well as entertaining.
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We Love Prisms!
by Trisha James
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Learning to distinguish flat shapes from solid shapes, or 2-D from 3-D, is a key standard in early elementary Common Core math. This vibrant volume takes readers out of the classroom and into the real world to recognize the 3-D figure called the prism in the shapes of familiar objects such as a loaf of bread and a fish tank. Applying their new geometry knowledge to their own experiences helps solidify these math concepts, while the accessible text supports readers in acquiring new vocabulary terms.
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We Love Triangles!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
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.
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We Love Diamonds!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
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.
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We Love Circles!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
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.
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We Love Cylinders!
by Beatrice Harris
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
The term "cylinder" might sound a bit complex, but readers of this inviting volume will come to understand that cylinders are a 3-D shape that is incredibly useful in the real world. They'll recognize cans and pipes as cylinders and even that some delicious desserts are cylindrical, such as cakes. They'll acquire valuable vocabulary as well as understanding about an important geometry concept that is noted in the Common Core math standards.
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We Love Spheres!
by Trisha James
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
As early as kindergarten, young learners should be able to identify shapes as "flat" or "solid," according to the Common Core. That includes the difference between a circle and a sphere. In this valuable book, readers will comprehend that spheres, 3-D geometric figures, are familiar objects. In fact, they may see or even play with spherical items every day. Achievable text encourages them to add to their vocabulary, and a concluding activity allows for assessment.
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We Love Pyramids!
by Trisha James
Part of the Our Favorite Shapes series
Pyramids are world-famous structures in Egypt, but they're also important 3-D solids that are essential for even the youngest mathematician to understand. This beneficial book, a support to the elementary math curriculum, presents pyramids in the form of objects found in the real world. From toys to lamps, readers will recognize the flat base, triangular sides, and pointed apex that indicate a shape is a pyramid. Colorful photographs perfectly correlate with the approachable, at-level text.
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