August 19, 2023, By Library Staff in Summer Experience.
Shape
Take a peek at patterns! Create with colors, repetition and symmetry to make something beautiful.
Early Learners
Books Read:
- This is a Book of Shapes
- by Kenneth Kraegel, ISBN: 9781536207019
- Go, Shapes, Go!
- by Denise Fleming, ISBN: 9781442482401
- The Wing on a Flea
- by Ed Emberley, ISBN: 9780316234870
- Mouse Shapes
- by Ellen Stoll Walsh, ISBN: 9780152060916
Other Options:
- Circle Under Berry
- by Carter Higgins, ISBN: 9781797205083
- Color Zoo
- by Lois Ehlert, ISBN: 9780397322602
- Perfect Square
- by Michael Hall, ISBN: 9780061915130
- Circle Rolls
- by Barbra Kanninen, ISBN: 9780714876306
Songs & Interactives:
- Make a Circle, Make a Square (to the tune of “Oh My Darling Clementine”)
- Game: Twister, with colored shape mats
- Flannelboard activity: shape matching and pattern making
- Matching Sticks
- craft sticks and foam shape stickers
- Obstacle Course
- colorful shape mats, balance beams, and honey steps
- Water Blocks
- foam blocks in a water table
- Tape Art
- paper, masking tape, paint sticks
- Mag Wall Shapes
- colorful shape magnets on a magnetic board
Activities:
Kids
Activity: Print Making
Carve rubber erasers to create a stamp; experiment with patterns, negative space, mirror image, and tessellation.
Activity: Cube Building
Each kid receives 40 peel-and-stick foam cubes to build something and take it home.
