I Spy Shapes in Art

I Spy Shapes in Art
Author: Lucy Micklethwait
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2004-08-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0060731931

Each of the fourteen magnificent paintings in this book contains a different shape for you to find. Some are easy to spot, and others are more challenging. But take a closer look -- after you think you've found them all, there are even more shapes to look at and discover. I Spy Shapes in Art features a remarkable variety of artists from around the world, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Henri Matisse, and M.C. Escher. This picture book pairs a classic game with timeless art, making it the perfect way to introduce fine art to children.

I Spy Colors in Art

I Spy Colors in Art
Author: Lucy Micklethwait
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2007-08-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0061348376

I spy with my little eye . . . a yellow circle, an orange orange, two blue eyes staring right back at me! The whole family will delight in exploring fine art through these fourteen glorious paintings, ranging from ancient to contemporary, their artists hailing from all around the globe. Each time you look at one of the colorful canvases in this book—or in a museum—you're sure to discover another delightful and surprising detail. What a wonderful way to foster a love of art in the youngest of children and to instill an appreciation for close observation and attention to detail. What do you spy?

I Spy

I Spy
Author: Lucy Micklethwait
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages:
Release: 1996-10-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781613838112

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with an A . . ". Even the very youngest art lovers can spy out the apple in Magritte's "Son of Man" through the zigzags in de Geest's "Portrait of a Child". Interact with 26 of the world's greatest paintings in this educational, entertaining and beautiful pairing of a classic game with timeless art. Full color.

I Spy Two Eyes

I Spy Two Eyes
Author: Lucy Micklethwait
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1998-10-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0688161588

"A clever introduction to the world of fine art. Using the traditional `I spy with my little eye' rhyme, the book asks readers to find the numbered details in each of 20 works of art. From 1 fly in Portrait of a Woman of the Hofer Family...to 20 angels in Botticelli's 'Mystic Nativity,' Children can study a wide variety of styles, periods, and techniques....This unusual concept book is a nice change for story hour, a good resource for art teachers, and an easy way to bring art and children together."--School Library Journal.

Counting Colorful Shapes

Counting Colorful Shapes
Author: Isabel Hill
Publisher: Star Bright Books
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2023-11-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1595724745

What better way to learn numbers, colors, and shapes than by looking at the world around us! Buildings take on a new flair when you begin looking for the circles, squares, diamonds, and lines that decorate them. Counting Colorful Shapes is a colorful look at all the art deco designs and shapes in Miami Beach, Florida.

See and Spy Shapes

See and Spy Shapes
Author: Julie Aigner-Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2004
Genre: Form perception
ISBN: 9781741118438

Shapes invite babies and young children to identify different shapes in bold, graphic illustrations featuring the Baby Einstein characters. Playful poems will inspire children to seek out shapes in the world around them.

Math Art Fun

Math Art Fun
Author: Robin Ward
Publisher: Bright Sky Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Art in mathematics education
ISBN: 9781933979892

Math Goggles is a collection of field-tested activities for children that integrate mathematics into the world of the visual arts. Serving as the focal point for each mathematics activity is the work of a famous modern artist"Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Georgie O'Keefe, and many more. After learning brief biographical and anecdotal information about the artist, the reader engages in an exploration of the mathematics embedded in the artwork by creating the featured piece of artwork in the spirit of the artist. Step-by-step instructions accompanied by color images of the artistic masterpieces as well as actual student work aid the reader in visualizing and understanding how to create the art in each activity. As the reader creates each masterpiece, mimicking the great masters, they simultaneously hone their estimation, counting, measurement, and number-sense skills while noticing, creating, and describing shapes and patterns and experimenting with symmetry and probability.

I Spy with My Little Eye

I Spy with My Little Eye
Author: Paula Vasquez
Publisher: Ancient City Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Bear
ISBN: 9781423646877

A bear and a mouse enjoy a game of "I Spy" in a book that teaches youg readers about shapes and colors.

Starring Shapes!

Starring Shapes!
Author: Tania Howells
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1771385804

Shapes play supporting roles in the world around us, but which one will be the star of Shapeston Elementary Schoolês play? Triangle has experience as a traffic sign, and Square moonlights as a postage stamp, Circle as a lemon slice, Rectangle as the cover of a magazine and Diamond as a kite, while Oval has played a surfboard. A fun and fresh look at basic shapes that will have you seeing them in surprising places.

I Spy on the Farm

I Spy on the Farm
Author: Edward Gibbs
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763664316

An interactive introduction to farm animals invites youngsters to make animal noises and practice color and letter recognition while peeping through a spy hole on every page and observing clues to guess which animal will be revealed next in the story.