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Color Farm
by Lois Ehlert
Meet the color farm as each page shows you a new animal made of shapes.
Resources for Color Farm:
Full Book Review (English)
Full Book Review (Spanish)
Brief Book Review (English)
Brief Book Review (Spanish)
What animal will the shapes make next?
Math Connections:
Shapes Geometry
Classification Counting
Transforming Shapes
Activities To Do Together:
- Talk about the names and attributes of different shapes in the book.
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On a walk around the block find different shapes and talk about what makes each one unique.
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While reading the book, draw each new shape you see on a piece of paper and talk about them.
Extension Questions:
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What other animals could you make out of the shapes in the book?
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Are there shapes in the book that look the same? Which ones? What is similar about them and what is different?
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What two shapes can be combined to make a different shape? Could you combine two triangles to make a rectangle? How do you know?
Vocabulary for Building Math Concepts:
circle, diamond, heart, hexagon, octagon, oval, rectangle, square, triangle
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