• Identify • Identify letters shapes byby the category: sounds they triangles, make rounds, parallelograms, polygons • Trace each textured letter form with • Trace your finger each shape outline with your finger
MONTESSORI
• Name • Name the each objects shapebeginning and associated with each letter sound object
George/Nassner
Learn Learn your your letters shapes the Montessori way!
M O N
shape work
T E S
115 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 www.abramsappleseed.com U.S. $9.95 Can. $10.95 U.K. £5.99 ISBN 978-1-4197-0935-7
50995 9 781419 709357
illustrated by Alyssa Nassner
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012049489 ISBN: 978-1-4197-0935-7 Text copyright © 2013 Bobby George and June George. Illustrations copyright © 2013 Alyssa Nassner. Book design by Meagan Bennett. Published in 2013 by Abrams Appleseed, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. Abrams Appleseed is a registered trademark of Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Printed and bound in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
shape work
square
S O R I
by Bobby and June George Founders, Baan Dek Montessori School
Dear Parent, This is a different kind of shapes book. It is based on a Montessori way of teaching that has been successful for over a century: focusing on the concrete before the abstract. First, your child concretely traces the outlines of the shapes in order to understand the similarities and differences between each one. Next, your child recognizes the shape illustrated as part of a real-world object. Finally, your child learns the shape name. Each one is presented: * by category: triangles, rounds, parallelograms, and polygons * with an outline to trace * with a reference illustration to provide context Through listening, answering, and tracing on every page, your child will acquire invaluable spatial and mathematical skills– the Montessori way. Enjoy! Bobby and June George Founders, Baan Dek Montessori School Sioux Falls, South Dakota
TRIANGLES
isosceles triangle
equilateral triangle
as in ant.
right-angled as in cat. triangle
isosceles triangle
equilateral triangle
right-angled triangle
circle
ellipse
square
rectangle
rhombus
hexagon
octagon
pentagon
oval
• Identify • Identify letters shapes byby the category: sounds they triangles, make rounds, parallelograms, polygons • Trace each textured letter form with • Trace your finger each shape outline with your finger
MONTESSORI
• Name • Name the each objects shapebeginning and associated with each letter sound object
George/Nassner
Learn Learn your your letters shapes the Montessori way!
M O N
shape work
T E S
115 West 18th Street New York, NY 10011 www.abramsappleseed.com U.S. $9.95 Can. $10.95 U.K. £5.99 ISBN 978-1-4197-0935-7
50995 9 781419 709357
illustrated by Alyssa Nassner
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012049489 ISBN: 978-1-4197-0935-7 Text copyright © 2013 Bobby George and June George. Illustrations copyright © 2013 Alyssa Nassner. Book design by Meagan Bennett. Published in 2013 by Abrams Appleseed, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. Abrams Appleseed is a registered trademark of Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Printed and bound in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
shape work
square
S O R I
by Bobby and June George Founders, Baan Dek Montessori School