Spotted Yellow Frogs by Matthew Van Fleet (Pre K)

Spotted Yellow Frogs by Matthew Van Fleet (Pre K)

Van Fleet, Matthew. (1998). Spotted Yellow Frogs. New York: Dragonfly Design, Inc.

Genre: Geometric Picture Book

This book is a book to learn about shapes, describing words as well as animals. The book starts with a describing word then a color then a shape. You can unfold the shape to find an animal hiding under it. The book is colorful with large print, making it a great tool for beginning readers and learners. It is an easy to read picture book with interactive pieces. The end of the book gives students the opportunity to recall what the shapes and animals hiding underneath the shapes are. The last few fold out pages are the animals in mixed up colors.

The book is a good language development for pre k students because it is using new words and beginning to play with rhythm and sounds within different words and word patterns. This book uses one descriptive word per page and is not overwhelming for students reading the book. This book also is good for cognitive development because it is introducing shape and color to the students by use of shapes then underneath a color and an animal.

Color, patterns, 3D shapes, and animal picture books help students to make correlations and also to begin their observations.

Mini-Lesson- This is a great introduction to any of the above mentioned topics.  

Enjoyment- This book is appropriate for Pre-K to K learners.