Round and Square
Round and Square
by ReadRead · 90 secPat, pat! A round cookie. Pat, pat! A square cookie. A very first shapes book for very new readers: one short sentence on every page, and the picture always shows the word.
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Amy and Grandpa bake cookies in a warm kitchen. Pat, pat! A cutter makes a round cookie, then a square one. Into the oven they go. The round cookies sit on a round plate, the square cookies go into a square box, and chomp! the little dog runs off with a round one. Amy shares: round for Grandpa, square for her. At night, a round moon shines in the square window. Goodnight!
The new words in this book
Shaped like a circle, like a ball or the full moon. It comes up 10 times, and every time something round is on the page and rolls a whole turn: a round cookie, the round plate, the orange, the moon.
Shaped with four same sides and four corners. It comes up 9 times: a square cookie, the square box, a slice of toast and the square window, and square things hop over onto their next flat side.
Made for children just starting kindergarten. Each page has one short sentence (4 to 6 words) in one pattern: “Pat, pat! A round cookie.” / “Pat, pat! A square cookie.” Only one word changes, so a child can say the page with you by the third spread. Every other word is one a 4-year-old already knows, like cookie, plate, box, dog, moon and window.
Questions to ask while you read
Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.
- 1What are Amy and Grandpa making?
- 2Pat, pat! What shape is the new cookie?
- 3Is this cookie round or square? Draw it in the air with your finger.
- 4What does the oven do to the cookies?
- 5How many round cookies are on the round plate?
- 6Where do the square cookies go?
- 7Oh no! What did the dog take?
- 8Who gets the round cookie? Who gets the square one?
- 9Tap a thing. Is it round or square?
- 10What is round in the window? What is square?
How hard is this book?
About 50 words, one short sentence at a time, one pattern that repeats.
- Dialogue × 1Round for you, square for me!
- Questions × 1Tap! Round or square?
All 25 words, most used first
round 10 · square 9 · a 5 · pat 4 · bake 3 · cookies 3 · and 2 · cookie 2 · for 2 · box · chomp · dog · goodnight · has · hooray · in · me · moon · on · one · or · plate · tap · window · you
Names don’t count: the picture shows who it is.
Tips for parents
- First time: use Read to me and just enjoy the pictures together. It takes about a minute and a half.
- Draw the words in the air: a big circle for “round”, four straight sides for “square”.
- Read it again and pause before “round” or “square”, so your child can say it.
- After reading, look around your own kitchen together: find three round things and three square things.