Do You See Shapes

Simple text and illustrations help young readers to recognize shapes.

K-2 math concepts include learning about shapes. Shapes are all around us, from a circle in a sunflower to a sphere in the sun to a hexagon in a bee's honeycomb. This book is an introduction to basic shapes, such as triangles and squares, and to 3-D shapes, such as cubes and cones, all shown through beautiful photographs of North American forests, fields, and lakes. Math panels encourage kids to combine simple shapes to make complex ones and to practice their early geometry skills. ABOUT THE SERIES: In Nature Numbers, math is beautiful, recognizable, and all around us! Highly engaging pictures of animals and nature scenes, along with cool chalk illustrations, are used to introduce basic math concepts and encourage kids to see a world of numbers all around them.

Turn the pages and you will see how fun colors and shapes can be. Find what you seek, and when you are through, you will discover what to do. Shake and spin, jump and bend, then run to share this with a friend. ***** STEM: Combines early math shape exploration with physical activity. Identify the shapes, move as instructed, then observe how the shapes have changed as a result. ***** This interactive concept book combines physical activity, simple science (cause and effect, force and motion, gravity), and early math by showing us a unique way to celebrate the wonder of colors, shapes, and our bodies in motion. Imagination is required! Children are naturally curious. They build a strong foundation of early math skills every day through natural discoveries and exposure to simple math in their environment: through interactions, relationships, activities, and play. Supported in this book: Identifying geometric shapes - STEM Concepts - Comparing and contrasting objects - Using spatial reasoning - Pattern recognition - Analyzing change - Identifying colors ---- Visit AbridgeClub.com for more details, questions or concerns. This book is not just about finding colors and shapes and using motor skills; there are hidden gems on each page that offer children an opportunity to discuss and explore STEM concepts further with simple experiments. Make children feel like experts by asking "what" questions such as...-- "What shapes do you see?" -- "What else do you see on the page?" -- "What happened to the shapes after you jumped up?" For older children, ask open-ended questions that encourage critical thinking. "Why do you think the shapes moved the way they did?" and "What do you think will happen next?" In every case, support children in predicting what might happen next, observing what happened, and then stating what they see in their observation. Does the result match their prediction? These initial steps lay the foundation for scientific inquiry. Visit www.AbridgeClub.com for "Talking Points" and suggestions for open-ended questions. Also Available: An English version of this book: "When You Find Colors and Shapes"ISBN-13: 978-0979961267ISBN-10: 0979961262A French/English version of this book: "Quand Vous Trouvez les Couleurs et les Formes"ISBN-13: 978-0979961205ISBN-10: 0979961203 ***** All titles are available in bulk for early childhood and family grants that promote early mathematics (shapes and colors), physical activity, and STEM initiatives. Contact the publisher directly for orders and pricing. **** KEYWORDS: Preschool STEM concepts, early math concepts for preschool, preschool math, early mathematics, shape identification, color identification, math and motor skills book, math and movement book, interactive preschool math book, math book for kindergarten, shape book for preschool and kindergarten.

Individual Lap Book

Look around you. What shapes do you see? Can you find circles, triangles, and squares? How about cones, cubes, and spheres? In this book you will join Mrs. Fox’s class as they learn about shapes, sizes, and colors on a local playground. After your adventure, follow the class back to school to create beautiful art projects using the shapes you found! Concepts include flat and three-dimensional shapes, and an interactive art connection. Have fun searching for shapes everywhere!

FIRST STEP NONFICTION-SHAPES TEACHING GUIDE

Young children love to explore shapes! Spark their curious minds with beginning geometry concepts. These kits are designed specifically for early childhood students' unique needs, abilities, and interests. Each kit provides a complete curriculum around a theme, crossing all early childhood content areas, including math, phonemic awareness, music, and more. Original nonfiction and fiction readers, both wordless and with text, are provided in both standard sizes and one copy each at "lap book size." Corresponding concept vocabulary cards are provided in full color and the accompanying CDs provide music and interactive whiteboard activities. This kit includes: Books - 3 titles, 6 copies each, 16 pages per book (7" x 9") in print and digital forms; Lap Books - 3 titles, 1 copy each (9.5" x 12"); Teacher's Guide; Vocabulary Concept Cards; and digital resources including songs, recorded text, videos, interactive whiteboard activities, and reproducibles.

An exploration of embodied intelligence and its implications points toward a theory of intelligence in general; with case studies of intelligent systems in ubiquitous computing, business and management, human memory, and robotics. How could the body influence our thinking when it seems obvious that the brain controls the body? In How the Body Shapes the Way We Think, Rolf Pfeifer and Josh Bongard demonstrate that thought is not independent of the body but is tightly constrained, and at the same time enabled, by it. They argue that the kinds of thoughts we are capable of have their foundation in our embodiment—in our morphology and the material properties of our bodies. This crucial notion of embodiment underlies fundamental changes in the field of artificial intelligence over the past two decades, and Pfeifer and Bongard use the basic methodology of artificial intelligence—"understanding by building"—to describe their insights. If we understand how to design and build intelligent systems, they reason, we will better understand intelligence in general. In accessible, nontechnical language, and using many examples, they introduce the basic concepts by building on recent developments in robotics, biology, neuroscience, and psychology to outline a possible theory of intelligence. They illustrate applications of such a theory in ubiquitous computing, business and management, and the psychology of human memory. Embodied intelligence, as described by Pfeifer and Bongard, has important implications for our understanding of both natural and artificial intelligence.