Starting with a map of a young girl’s room, the book “zooms out” to display maps of increasing complexity: a map of her house leads to a map of her street a map of her continent leads to a map of the world.

Map-reading can be a challenging concept for children (and adults!) to grasp, but Me on the Map presents the topic in a kid-friendly, step-by-step manner. Kids can “play along” with the blocks in the classroom or come up with their own geometric solutions to the various calamities the family encounters. When their house catches fire, for instance, they engineer a fire engine out of blocks. Whenever a problem occurs, they must come up with a shape-based solution.

With no text and not even a story to follow, this book is great for inspiring children to think and talk about the shapes they encounter in their own lives.Ĭhanges, Changes tells the story of a wooden family living in a house of blocks. In this case, you guessed it, she focuses on shapes and the various ways they appear in everyday life. Tana Hoban has a number of children’s books featuring eye-catching photos centered around a single theme. We’ve listed a few of our favorites here. There are plenty of children’s books that kids love to further pique their interest. Regularly engaging children with some of the names, rules, and applications involved in geometry will allow them to make the most of their natural skills in this area.

From recognizing octagonal stop signs to remembering where the cookies are stored, children encounter geometry early and often.

Partitioning shapes for kids