{ "item_title" : "My First Shapes", "item_author" : [" Kala Montena "], "item_description" : "A shapes book that teaches - not just shows.Most shape books show a single circle, a single square, a single triangle. Your child memorizes thepicture, not the idea. My First Shapes is different. Every shape appears on three different real-worldobjects a ball, an orange, a clock are all circles so your child learns the shape itself, not one specificthing.Built on peer-reviewed research. The teaching sequence in this book applies five mechanisms fromdevelopmental psychology and early geometry education: multiple-exemplar learning (Gentner & Namy, 1999), distributed practice (Cepeda et al., 2006), wait time (Rowe, 1986), the receptive-before-expressivesequence (Benedict, 1979), and the shape-recognition trajectory identified by Clements & Sarama (2011).Every citation is listed at the back of the book.Designed for parents who want to teach, not just read. A four-level prompting ladder shows youexactly how much help to give and when to fade. A progress tracker with a clear mastery criterion 3 of 4correct across 2 sessions tells you when your child truly knows a shape.What's inside: - The 6 core shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, star, oval- 3 real-world objects per shape (not one)- Shapes in the World scenes: one house, one kitchen, revisited with different target shapes so yourchild sees that rooms contain many shapes at once- A Hardest Ones section: circle vs. oval, square vs. rectangle the discriminations that reveal realmastery- A gentle prompting ladder for parents- A progress tracker with an explicit mastery criterion- 5 peer-reviewed citations, named and dated, at the back of the book- Bonus Extras section with heart and diamond clearly labeled as decorative shapes, not coregeometric shapesFor toddlers, late talkers, and early learners ages 1-3. Calm. Repetitive. Real. The shapes book builtthe way speech therapists teach.From the Kala Early Learning Library. Book 4 of the series. Look for My First Words, My First Colors, and My First Numbers by the same author.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/829/587/9798295870507_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "33.99", "online_price" : "33.99", "our_price" : "33.99", "club_price" : "33.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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