Pistes d'exploration

Photograph things in your school that have shapes featured in the book. Create a poster and add clear labels.

Create a board game using the buildings and shapes you found in the book.

With a partner, research facts about one of the featured buildings. Make an informative poster to share your discoveries.

Compare the shapes of the buildings in the book to those of the buildings in your neighbourhood.

Research other famous buildings which have similar shapes.

Complete a KWL chart about the buildings in the book. Find the city and country for each of these buildings. Identify where they are on a map.

Talk about a favourite building. Explain why you like it.

Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building, Storybook Homes, Adventure Homes, Architecture According to Pigeons, Mouse Shapes, Shaping Up Summer

Mots-clés

Non-fiction , architecture , around the world , buildings , illustrations (photographs) , shapes , structures

Commentaire descriptif

This book pursues a deceptively simple premise. Every spread contains a graphic of a two- or three-dimensional shape, and a correlated full-colour photo of a famous architectural structure. Structures range from ancient temples to contemporary office buildings. Plain language in large, clear type offers readers a thought about the structure, and asks a related question. An aerial shot of St. Peter’s Piazza in Rome illustrates the oval shape. “The sides of this oval piazza look like huge arms looking after the people inside it. Why do you think the piazza was built like this?” Other evocative and wide-ranging questions include “Can you see any other shapes in this picture?” and “If you stepped through this doorway what might you find?” Of the glass pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris, readers are asked “How do people get into this space?” It’s an excellent framework for engaging young readers in making connections between the page and real life, between abstract concepts and their own comprehension.