He noticed the shapes of the blocks were just like the ones in the Mouse Shapes story. Block ScenesĪfter making the shape collages, Aiden started building with his blocks. He even cut all of the shapes by himself. What were there names? How many sides did they have? What was the difference between a rectangle and a square?Īiden enjoyed this activity so much, he’s made several more shape collages on different days. Then we cut smaller circles to fill in the spaces.Īs Aiden worked on creating his scenes, we talked about the shapes he was using. We used a circle punch to cut out big circles and bites from the cheese. He made two more pictures with a house and a tree. Aiden sequenced the pictures by the size of the tree.
He said the tree was still a seed in the ground. He wanted to include a tree but didn’t have room. Aiden chooses a red square to make a house.Īiden first made a house and tree just like the mice did in the book. He and I cut out shapes of several different colors. Aiden wanted to use paper like the mice did. I asked him if he wanted to use felt like we did for our basic shapes counting game. Shape CollagesĪfter reading the story, Aiden wanted to create his own shape collages.
Does it work? You’ll have to read the book to find out. They decide to build scary mice out of the shapes to scare the cat away. They keep creating things with the shapes until the cat chases them. First they build a house with a square and triangle. The mice start talking about the different shapes they find and begin to make things with the shapes. This time they are hiding in some shapes. The mice are running away from the cat again. Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh is a fun continuation of the cat and mouse story started in Mouse Paint. Thanks for supporting Inspiration Laboratories. Affiliate links are included in this post. We created 2D shape collages and 3D block scenes inspired by Mouse Shapes. This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring three books by Ellen Stoll Walsh – Mouse Paint, Mouse Count, and Mouse Shapes.
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