Count the Shapes!

Count the Shapes! is a fun and comprehensive shape recognition and counting activity book designed for children ages 2-6, combining early math skills with real world shape discovery - perfect for preschool and kindergarten classrooms, homeschool settings, and family learning at home.Inside this bright and colorful activity book, young learners will practice counting from 1 to 10 through 20 progressively challenging activities featuring 13 essential shapes - circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, ovals, rhombuses, stars, hearts, hexagons, pentagons, and crosses. The final 7 activities encourage learning into the real world, asking children to find and count everyday objects shaped like circles, triangles, rectangles, ovals and stars - building the critical connection between abstract shapes and the world around them.What’s inside:20 unique shape counting activities with progressive difficultyCount all the circles! Count by color, by size, by featureCount all the shapes with corners - or without!Real world activities - count all objects shaped like a circle, triangle, rectangle and morefun shape facts on every answer page - perfect for curious young minds11 essential shapes covered - from simple circles to hexagons and pentagonsBright colorful illustrations that make learning irresistibleProgressive difficulty - starts simple for toddlers, builds to challenging for kindergartenersAnswer key included for parents, grandparents and teachersCurriculum aligned for Toddlers, PreK and Kindergarten:Common Core Standard K.G.1 - Describe objects using names of shapesCommon Core Standard K.G.2 - Correctly name shapes regardless of size or orientationCommon Core Standard K.CC - Counting and Cardinality 1-10STEM education themes - geometry and spatial reasoningReal world shape recognition - connecting math to everyday lifeColor recognition and visual discriminationFine motor skills and attention to detailEarly geometry concepts - sides, corners, curved and straight edgesPart of the Count and Learn! activity book series - also available: Count the Robots!, Count the Dinosaurs!, Count in Space!Ages 2-6 | Toddler - Preschool - Kindergarten | Full color throughout | 11 shapes | 20 activities