Reading rainbow: Books to read with your children about shapes and colors

November 6, 11:59 AMHouston Family ExaminerLisa Carey

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This week our family choose these books as our favorite stories, both from our home library and the Harris County Library system.  

It's exciting to read the stories with my children and then put them on a table to vote on for my readers, it's even more exciting to see my children exciting about reading. Maybe with these book suggestions you can get your children excited about reading too! 

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Mouse Magic by Ellen Stoll Walsh:  Mouse Magic is a hardbound book that tells the story of mouse meeting a wizard and finding out about making colors move, jiggle and shake.  Children can learn about primary colors and what colors, designs and pictures can be made by mixing colors and shapes just like magic!  Available on Amazon.com, local library and with Scholastic. 

Little Smudge by Lionel Le Neouanic Poor little smudge has no friends. His parents sent him out to play with all the other colors but when he finds the blue square, green triangle and other colorful shapes playing he is sent on his way.  They didn't want to play with little smudge. ("That's mean!" my 4 year old said) Little smudges parents send him back to the colorful shapes with instructions to show what he can do. As smudge changes shapes from scary monster to birds in the air they are so impressed they want to play with them.  Smudge then shows the colorful shapes how they can transform their shapes too. Not only can children learn shapes and colors, but the importance of kindness, caring and friendship.  Available at Amazon.com and your local library.  

For more info: 

Want more out of your reading experience?  Consider these lesson plans for activities at home or preschool. 

Lessons for toddlers and preschoolers about colors 

Lessons for toddlers and preschoolers about shapes 

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Harris County Public Library offers more than free books