Shape-themed preschool weekly planner featuring Round Is a Mooncake by Roseanne Thong. Explore hands-on shape activities, Lunar New Year crafts, sensory play, books, and songs with the Virtual Book Club for Kids.
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This week in the Virtual Book Club for Kids, we’re diving into shapes with playful hearts and curious minds! Inspired by the delightful picture book Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong, we’ll explore circles, squares, triangles, and more through books, songs, hands-on activities, and sensory play that preschoolers will love.
But that’s not all—our shape celebration has a festive twist! As we learn about shapes, we’re also weaving in the joy of Lunar New Year —a season filled with traditions, paper lanterns, mooncakes, dragons, and rich storytelling. Together, we’ll connect shape concepts to cultural play, creative art, and seasonal fun that makes learning both meaningful and memorable.
Whether you’re rolling mooncake playdough, sorting dragons in a sensory bin, or dancing to shape songs, this planner offers a week full of joyful discovery. We’ve gathered ideas that spark imagination and deepen understanding—perfect for preschool classrooms, at-home learning, or anywhere young learners are ready to explore shapes in big ways!
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Round Is a Mooncake Weekly Planner
Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong
Round is a Mooncake by Roseanne Thong is a sweet and simple picture book that helps preschoolers discover shapes in the world around them. As a young girl walks through her neighborhood, she points out everyday objects that are round, square, and rectangular — from mooncakes and rice bowls to windows and books.
The story has a gentle rhyme that makes it fun to read aloud, and the colorful illustrations by Grace Lin are warm and inviting. What makes this book extra special is how it weaves shapes into familiar items from Asian culture, giving children both a math lesson and a glimpse into traditions connected to Lunar New Year. It’s a lovely way to explore shapes while celebrating diversity and everyday life.
Don’t have the book? You can listen to a Read Aloud of Round is a Mooncake on YouTube.
Shape Songs for Preschoolers
Shapes Are All Around | Pinkfong Songs
Shapes Songs | The Kiboomers
Shapes | StoryBots – Netflix
Dance with Shapes | Pinkfong
Shape Activities
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Homemade playdough mooncakes are an easy and fun hands-on learning activity. Recipe and tips included!
You can also create a Lunar New Year Sensory Bin for extra fun with this book.
This shapes alphabet activity is a fun addition to a preschool shapes theme. It is also an excellent way for toddlers to learn shapes and colors!
Create shape sentences with this activity for more fun with the book.
This is a super easy activity that you can set up in minutes. It also helps teach your little ones to think and problem solve as they try to match the shapes and colors with popsicle sticks!
You can also create these shape dragons for extra math fun.
Try this shape stamp painting for kids. A fun and easy shape art and craft idea for toddlers and preschoolers.
Giant Pattern Blocks are great for teaching math through movement. I love pattern blocks! You can make pictures with, sort by color and shape, teach patterning, symmetry, fractions and more.
Shape Books for Preschoolers
- This Is a Book of Shapes by Kenneth Kraegel
- Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
- Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald
- Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone
- Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong
- Perfect Square by Michael Hall
You can find all of our favorite 30+ Shape Books for Kids here.
As we wrap up our shape-filled celebration, we hope this week inspires you to see shapes everywhere — in the food you share, the art you create, the books you read, and the traditions you explore together.
Through Round Is a Mooncake, children discover that shapes aren’t just found in blocks and worksheets — they’re part of our homes, our cultures, and our celebrations. By blending early math skills with the beauty of Lunar New Year traditions, you’re giving your preschooler meaningful learning experiences that connect the world around them.
Be sure to explore each activity in this week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids planner and choose what works best for your little learner. Whether you’re stamping shapes, building with pattern blocks, singing shape songs, or creating dragon art, every playful moment builds strong foundations in math and cultural awareness.
Here’s to a week of circles, squares, dragons, lanterns, and joyful learning together!
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