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Discover the joy of learning shapes through playful movement and vibrant photography. Watch This! transforms learning into a vibrant adventure. Can you make a circle with your arms? Or a triangle with your fingers? Work together to make a rectangle or even a pyramid. This captivating board book blends education with fun, promoting kinetic learning where children use their bodies to explore and understand different shapes. It's a method that not only fosters physical activity but also helps develop essential gross motor skills. By moving and positioning their bodies to create shapes, kids gain a better grasp of spatial relationships, geometric concepts, size, and patterns, all crucial for early math skills and foundational for future learning. Combining playful activities with significant educational benefits, this board book is perfect for fostering early learning and physical activity in young children. Bold and Playful: Celebrates movement, energy, pattern, color, and shape, tailored especially for the youngest readers. Engaging Photography: A group of children twist, bend, and stretch to create various shapes, photographed against vibrant backgrounds. Hands-On Learning: Encourages children to explore shapes using their bodies, fostering creativity and physical activity. Perfect for Little Hands: Durable and sturdy, ideal for toddlers and young children. Ideal for Families with young children who enjoy interactive and educational play. Parents and educators looking to support early learning and motor skill development. Classrooms and daycare centers seeking fun, collaborative group activities. ""In this inviting concept book, children use their bodies to make different shapes. Eye-catching photographs showcase gross motor skills in action. A kinetic celebration of body and mind."" - School Library Journal

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"""Twelve children bend, twist, and join limbs to form various shapes, all photographed against large, patterned pops of color...Some shapes are accomplished alone (a circle with one's arms overhead or a ""little"" triangle with one's fingers). But most shapes are a collaborative effort. (Whenever one child's toes nearly touch another's face, the apprehensive looks are priceless.)...The children are racially diverse with names hinting at ethnic diversity as well, and playful touches (tongues out, gleeful smiles) expertly capture childlike exuberance. A treat for all learners, kinesthetic or otherwise."" --Kirkus Reviews ""In this inviting concept book, children use their bodies to make different shapes. Brilliantly clear, eye-catching photographs showcase gross motor skills in action...The cheery, conversational text encourages children not only to recognize shapes in their world but also to make connections between themselves and others, and playfully prompts more abstract thinking...The personalities of the 12 diverse participants shine through...A kinetic celebration of body and mind."" --School Library Journal ""Grab a friend--or two or three--and challenge yourselves by bending, stretching, and twisting into a variety of geometric shapes. Color photographs show a multicultural team of smiling children working together, using their fingers, hands, arms, legs, and whole bodies to create basic shapes like squares, triangles, diamonds, and stars. With this interactive guide that encourages healthy, creative play through imitation, just follow the examples to shape up, or practice identifying sight words and patterns."" --Foreword Reviews ""[M]ore than a book about shapes. It is, but it's also a book that is subtly about movement and exercise, about friendship and co-operation, and about how much fun learning about and experiencing all of those things can be."" --Baby Librarians ""Charismatic, collaborative and creative shapes made with engaging kids who twist, turn and work together. A bold and bright book that will get you moving and inspire kids to create their own shapes. A perfect classroom read aloud and activity."" --Jesica Sweedler DeHart, Librarian Review, Neill Public Library"

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Jane Godwin is an acclaimed Australian children's book publisher and author of over twenty books. Her work is published internationally and has received numerous awards. Beci Orpin is an internationally recognised illustrator, designer, and artist known for her quirky and fresh artistic flair. She lives in Melbourne with her family. Hilary Walker is a Melbourne-based photographer specializing in natural and informal aesthetics, particularly in working with children.

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