Web Sites

• http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_shape.html
  • definition of shape
• http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/lineshape/shapes.html
  • poem and games related to shapes
• http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/try_this_organicshapes.html
  • try this activity to create an organic shape
• http://quilting.miningco.com/hobbies/quilting/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.heard.org/
  • examples of quilts with geometic shapes
• http://www.prs.k12.nj.us/Schools/Riverside/woods/room8geometry/intro.html
  • examples of student-generated pages related to shapes.
• http://www.caron-net.com/patptile.html
  • examples of needlepoint showing shapes.
• http://www.caron-net.com/thredgal.html
  • tapestry examples showing shapes.
• http://www.abcgiant.com/
  • clip art site for shape icons.
• http://www.kidpix.com/html_net/kid_paint.html
  • online demo of KidPix software

Videos

• "Nosey Mrs. Rat", Reading Rainbow
• "Animal Architecture", Dr. Dad's PH3

Books

• If at first you do not see by Ruth Brown
• Nature Spy, Rotner/Kreisler
• Look Closer, Ziebel
• Look! Look! Look! by Tana Hoban
• Changes/Changes by Hutchins
• The Shape of Me and Other Things by Dr. Seuss

Software

• "Quilting Bee", MECC
• "The Wold Around Me", Windows on Science
• "The Graph Club", Tom Snyder Productions

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