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Chicken Socks The Foam Book
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Manufacturer: Chicken Socks
Binding: Spiral-bound
Publication Date: 2005-05-15
Publisher: Chicken Socks
Label: Chicken Socks
Number Of Pages: 20
Features for Chicken Socks The Foam Book:
Small Picture
Medium Picture
Customer Reviews
Great product 
2007-11-18
Grandaughter made some super pictures with these shapes. Easy to follow directions. Great book.
Great book for the preschool set! 2005-12-08
This book is great! It comes with a packet of zillions (over 200, it says) of precut foam pieces in a wide variety of colors and shapes, and a glue stick. The book has very little text, so it's fine for pre-readers. It's all colorful illustrations of different pictures a kid can make with the foam cutouts, sparking their imagination and showing them how to do it. Some of the illustrations are numbered steps showing how to make a particular picture, such as a simple car or a face. Most show a completed critter, vehicle, or whatever, but the illustrations are so clear that you can see what shapes were used to make each item.
On the child development front, it develops art intelligence - the ability to see how to portray a 3-dimensional object with a 2-dimensional picture; spatial reasoning (like Legos or jigsaw puzzles - how do parts fit together?); fine motor skills manipulating the small pieces; and the usual benefits of preschool crafts - the kid learns to use standard tools such as glue stick and paper. What I especially like, though, is that a preschooler can learn from it that books can teach us how to do something. He (she) can figure out for himself (herself) how to do something by looking at the illustrations even if (s)he's too young to read. If (s)he asks you how to make a lion, tell him (her) to go look it up in the book!
The age range is 4 and up, per the publisher. Amazon.com says 4-8. That looks right. The small pieces are a choking hazard for children under 3. A kid needs the intelligence and finger skills of a 4-year-old to fully enjoy this book, counting skills to follow numbered steps. Somewhat older kids would enjoy it, too, as long as they're at an age where they still enjoy this sort of arts and crafts - elementary school age - and don't mind a preschool book. I bought it for a Christmas gift for a 4 yr. old. Waiting for Christmas ....
