Ship Shapes

From the Preschool Book Ship Shapes 

“All aboard! Come along with me!
Let’s see what shapes we can find on the sea.”

Ship Shapes explores life on the sea and all of the shapes that can be found there. Preschoolers have the opportunity to seek out nine main shapes within the colorful pictures, including ships, submarines, a sea monster, and an island.

Ship Shapes is a fun way to teach your preschooler all about shapes or reinforce their knowledge of shapes. The nine shapes featured in this preschool book are squares, circles, triangles, stars, rectangles, semi-circles, diamonds, crescents, and ovals. Each page presents a colorful sea scene comprised of the various shapes. Preschoolers are invited to identify the shapes. Questions on each page guide preschoolers in identifying the shapes.

Ship Shapes will sweep you and your preschooler away on an exhilarating adventure on the high seas. Beyond the obvious educational attributes of this book, Ship Shapes inspires many opportunities for imaginative play with your preschooler. Pirates, sea creatures, mermaids, and hidden treasure will spark the imaginations of all preschoolers. After reading Ship Shapes, preschoolers will transform into swashbuckling adventurers pillaging for loot. The couch may become a deserted island and the coffee table a pirate ship. Get out your eye patch, your pet parrot, and your imagination because the adventure starts now!

Preschoolers will enjoy the fun, colorful details in Ship Shapes. The illustrations take on a patchwork quilt appearance due to the fabric pieces that blend together to create the unique scenes. Swirls and circles on blue fabric compose the sea on each page. Colorful fish dot the blue water. Stitching outlines the pieces of fabric, accenting the many details. The various fabrics almost appear to pop off of the page, as if you could feel the varying textures. There are many elements for your preschooler to explore which will make each reading just as exciting as the first.  

Each page gives a learning prompt for preschoolers. The obvious educational concept in this preschool book is that of shapes. Beyond shapes, colors can easily be explored in Ship Shapes. There are numerous objects in Ship Shapes for your preschooler to count. The variety of sea vessels allows for conversations about transportation and how things work. Ship Shapes could also lead into learning about sea life as many sea creatures add interest to the illustrations. Ship Shapes is full of learning opportunities for any preschooler. It is much more than a book about shapes and will quickly become a favorite read for you and your preschooler!