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Creative Writing with Shapes {Away We Go! Review and Giveaway}

By thisreadingmama 39 Comments

I received a free copy of Away We Go! in order to review the book. This post also contains affiliate links. If you’d like more information about either, please read my full disclosure policy.Creative Writing with Shapes {Away We Go! Review and Giveaway} | This Reading MamaI am very blessed that both my preschoolers {ages 3 and 4} LOVE to learn. I had a shape unit planned for them and was thrilled when ChiΓͺu Anh Urban contacted me about reviewing her book, Away We Go! It fit into our theme perfectly!

FREE Away We Go! printables and activitiesI was excited to print off several of ChiΓͺu’s free shape printables from her site and work on those with my kiddos. On her site, she has FREE coloring sheets and learning activities based around shapes. I always love it when another educator creates free, quality printables. It sure saves me time!

FREE Away We Go! printables and activities

You’ll Enjoy Away We Go! because…

  • it is full of vibrant colors and pictures, which are attractive to young readers.
  • the shapes included in the book go beyond circle, triangle, and square. You’ll find the basic shapes, but preschoolers will also be introduced to many other shapes including octagons, diamonds, and ovals.
  • it’s open-ended in nature, so it is a great springboard for other shape activities, which you can find onΒ ChiΓͺu’s blog. I’d like to share a couple of creative writing with shapes that we did, based on Away We Go!

Shape Pictures and Writing

gluing on shapes to create a picture | This Reading MamaInspired by the cute shape pictures in the book, I pre-cut some shapes and asked my kiddos to make a picture with as many shapes as they wanted by gluing them onto a piece of large art paper.

preschool writing based on a picture | This Reading MamaMBug {3 years old} dictated a sentence about her picture and I wrote it for her. I encouraged NJoy {just shy of 5 years old} to independently write his own sentence. He wrote: “I MAD A BESOK” {I made a beanstalk.}

Shape-and-Seek Tracing

finding shapes around our house | This Reading MamaOn another day, we had a little shape-seeking game around the house. We were looking for shapes like the ones in Away We Go! I was amazed at all the shapes they were able to find {we raided mainly our playroom and IKEA shelving system in our schoolroom.}

tracing shapes ~ great for fine motor | This Reading MamaI encouraged the kiddos to pick small objects so they could create some artwork by tracing around them. This was a bit of a challenge for MBug, but NJoy did well!

Now you have the chance to win a signed copy of Away We Go! Just enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. This giveaway ends Friday, October 4th. {Open to US readers only}. Please read all terms and conditions before entering. Note that the only mandatory entry is a comment on this blog post. All other entries are optional.

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~Becky

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Comments

  1. Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs.com says

    September 29, 2013 at 6:35 am

    I love circles!

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  2. Jen says

    September 29, 2013 at 6:59 am

    This would be great for my kids:)

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    • Jen says

      September 29, 2013 at 7:00 am

      And my favorite shape is a rectangle.

      Reply
  3. Catherine Rutkoski says

    September 29, 2013 at 7:00 am

    I love teaching all shapes but my favorite is triangle!

    Reply
  4. Heather says

    September 29, 2013 at 7:08 am

    The hexagon is my favorite shape.

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  5. heathfamily7 says

    September 29, 2013 at 7:24 am

    Ooh I’d have to say circles are my favorite.
    Tara H

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  6. kewkew says

    September 29, 2013 at 7:39 am

    My favorite shape…
    Don’t think i have one. but i always liked the way paralellogram sounded, even if i can not spell it. does that count

    Reply
  7. emily says

    September 29, 2013 at 7:48 am

    Anything irregular πŸ™‚

    Reply
  8. Heather says

    September 29, 2013 at 8:12 am

    Hearts πŸ™‚

    Reply
  9. Venus Jones says

    September 29, 2013 at 8:20 am

    My 6 kids under age 5 would really enjoy this book.

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  10. Cindy says

    September 29, 2013 at 8:49 am

    My favorite shapes are circles and triangles.

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  11. Lynne Smith says

    September 29, 2013 at 9:04 am

    I love hearts! My kids love shapes. Last week one of the children I keep brought me the fisher price fences that connect together and said look Ms. Lynne, I made a trapezoid. She is 3 and I could not be more thrilled!

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  12. Audra says

    September 29, 2013 at 9:05 am

    Polygons!!!!

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  13. Trisha says

    September 29, 2013 at 9:05 am

    A circle!

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  14. Laura says

    September 29, 2013 at 9:24 am

    I love stars & triangles.

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  15. Debra G says

    September 29, 2013 at 9:59 am

    a triangle

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  16. lisa says

    September 29, 2013 at 10:01 am

    I love circles….

    Reply
  17. Leanne says

    September 29, 2013 at 10:05 am

    I like stars.

    Reply
  18. Laurie says

    September 29, 2013 at 10:22 am

    I like hearts <3. Does that count? lol

    Reply
  19. Roxanna Alcantra says

    September 29, 2013 at 11:15 am

    I love circles! 1st shape my boy learned to draw and he loves them too!

    Reply
  20. Nikki says

    September 29, 2013 at 11:56 am

    My favorite shape is the square. I love geometric art pieces with squares layered upon squares!

    Reply
  21. jayshree says

    September 29, 2013 at 2:10 pm

    Circle. This is interesting

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  22. lenaherrington says

    September 29, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    My favorite shape is the parallelogram. It’s fun to say. πŸ™‚

    Reply
  23. Angie M says

    September 29, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    I love floral shapes! Probably doesn’t fit in the shapes category but I always smile when I see one.

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  24. Ashley Frank says

    September 29, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    This looks so cute! I would love this book πŸ™‚

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  25. Ashley Frank says

    September 29, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    Triangles!

    Reply
  26. Michelle Drake says

    September 29, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    I like stars πŸ™‚

    Reply
  27. Suzanne Elizabeth Waithaka says

    September 29, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    I love paisleys

    Reply
  28. Karolyn says

    September 29, 2013 at 9:10 pm

    Triangles

    Reply
  29. Emily says

    September 29, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    My favorite shape is a diamond, of course πŸ˜‰

    Reply
  30. DJ says

    September 30, 2013 at 10:30 am

    A rectangle.

    Reply
  31. Jessica says

    September 30, 2013 at 11:19 am

    I love stars.

    Reply
  32. Nicole H says

    September 30, 2013 at 10:31 pm

    Hearts and stars

    Reply
  33. Dayahana says

    October 1, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    Stars

    Reply
  34. Karyn says

    October 2, 2013 at 5:53 pm

    I have never really thought about my favorite shape- but I really like stars πŸ™‚

    Reply
  35. brandy says

    October 4, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Octagon πŸ™‚

    Reply
  36. Silvina says

    October 4, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    Circles!! Very cool πŸ™‚

    Reply
  37. Renee Porter says

    October 4, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    Circles πŸ™‚

    Reply
  38. Aarti tyagi says

    October 17, 2013 at 8:29 pm

    Hello, myself aarti i m also a homeschooler my son is 4 yrs old. But he is unable to write n he does not take interest in coloring.I lov ur post n try to apply with him plz help me.

    Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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