Shaping Up Summer by Lizann Flatt
Summer time is in the air. It is wonderful to see my back yard full of birds again, the grass turning green, and the flowers in bloom. Summer is a beautiful time of year and a great time to get the kids outside and learning! This past week I was sent the book Shaping Up Summer for the purpose of this review and I was excited to get outside with the kids, read this book and find new shapes!
In Shaping Up Summer you will read about some wonderful animals and what their lives would be like if they did everything in shapes. I love the interaction with the kids in this book and how they are able to find the shapes that are being talked about. We also sat outside and found even more shapes of our own as we read. It was great!
On the Back
Do you think that math matters to the animals and plants?
What if nature knew numbers like you?
Would insects map their flight paths? Would beavers build geometric dams? Would moles mine in shapes?
The beauty of summer is shown in vivid, cut-paper collage, helping children to grasp the concepts of geometry and spatial sense. Shaping Up Summer, the final book in the Math in Nature series, combines mathematical problem solving with lyrical text, bringing children to a full understanding of basic math concepts through observing the natural world.
