Shapes books for preschoolers can help your 4-year-old learn to identify common shapes such as circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and ovals.
Being able to identify these shapes is an important skill that he’ll need to prepare him for kindergarten-level work.
Shape recognition also leads to letter and number recognition because these characters are made up of shapes and lines.
Below is a list of shapes books you can share with your preschooler. They cover the common shapes I mentioned above plus several more. Feel free to use them as tools to prepare your child for kindergarten.
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Shapes Books for Preschoolers
Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone – Children must find different things in this bilingual book about shapes.
Big Box of Shapes by Wiley Blevins – Lulu and Max use shapes and their imaginations to create things in this imaginative book.
Color Farm by Lois Ehlert – Shapes are used to make farm animals in this clever book by Lois Ehlert.
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert – Shapes are used to make animals in a zoo in this fun book.
Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth – Two children each imagine different things when they combine two shapes.
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban – Children can find shapes in the real world with this wordless book.
Circle Rolls by Barbara Kanninen – What happens when Circle runs into different shapes and lines? Kids will find out in this fun book.
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald – Shapes are used to reveal the identity of a secret creature. This fun book will keep kids guessing while teaching them shapes.
I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait – Children can hunt for shapes in classic works of art in this fun book.
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh – Three mice use shapes to hide from the cat in this creative book.
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