BDL-07-Shapes (1593394268)

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In this book, you will:
discover interesting things about shapes.
learn new words.
answer fun questions.
play a shape matching game.
find more shape activities at the back of the book.
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Slowly a plant takes shape from the seed
as it’s warmed by the sun and watered by rain.
Just as the plant changes shape as it grows,
your shape will change too, again and again!
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Deep in the earth lies a tiny seed.
The shape of this seed is round.
The seed will burst open and become
something new

as it grows beneath the ground.
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How many of
the shapes on
these pages
can you
name?
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Think of cars and boats, animals and toys.
All of these things have their own shapes.
We can recognize many things
in our world by their shapes.
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Some things can be many different shapes.
There are so many cars on the road,
but the cars don’t all look the same.
They are different shapes. But they are all still cars.
Look at the boats and bicycles moving by.
They are all different shapes too!
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But it might have a very different
shape than houses in other parts
of the world.
Which of
these houses
would you
like to live
in?
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Houses also have many different shapes.

Your house may look a lot like the other houses
in your neighborhood.
Do any of
these houses
look like
yours?
Tell a story
about people
living in one
of these
houses.
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Can you match the big leaves
shown here with the tree that
they belong to?
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Look closely at the different trees shown here.
They are all different shapes. But the leaves on each tree
have the same shape.