Newly revised and updated, Get Ready for School: Second Grade is packed with more than 300 teacher-approved, common-core aligned activities that cover everything from geography and the solar system to writing complete sentences and recognizing measurements. This fun and lively fill-in workbook is a must-have to help your second grader get ready for school. Help the young student in your life prepare for second grade with this friendly, colorful activity book that introduces and reinforces basic skills through entertaining puzzles, quizzes, mazes, and more. Get Ready for School: Second Grade offers a wide variety of curriculum-based topics that will help your child: * Write complete sentences by teaching familiarity with punctuation, plurals, and parts of speech * Understand and master more complex modes of addition and subtraction by teaching students to grasp concepts like place values, skip counting, and regrouping * Recognize measurements including inches, centimeters, feet, and yards * Identify basic geography and natural resources Time-tested and teacher-approved, Get Ready for School: Second Grade will help your child develop a love for learning while enhancing their essential motor and problem-solving skills. Colorful workbook pages combine a sense of fun with a feeling of accomplishment, and parents will love that this binder reflects current academic standards and aligns with the Common Core. Whether it's used during summer break, for extra practice during the school year, or for at home schooling, Get Ready for School: Second Grade is the perfect study aid for every young scholar.

The weather is colder - December is here. There's a fabulous feeling of seasonal cheer. And old folk and young are beginning to say... HOW MANY SLEEPS 'TIL CHRISTMAS DAY! Count down to the most exciting day of the year with this celebration of fun and familiar Christmas activities and characters. Featuring carol singing, Christmas tree decorating, gingerbread houses, dancing snowmen, prancing reindeer, and of course the one-and-only Santa Claus, this is a heart-warming tribute to children's boundless anticipation of Christmas.

Explore, support and consolidate Early Years Mathematics with a colourful, simple story for ages 4-5, containing key mathematical concepts and practice opportunities. - Support learners with a brightly illustrated story and simple text, linked to the topics covered in Activity Book A and the Teacher's Resource Pack. - Practice key mathematical concepts with simple question prompts embedded in the story, and activities at the end of the book. - Give time for questioning and reflection with space at the back of the book to write-in and record ideas. - Provide extra support at home or in the classroom with advice and tips about the Early Learning Goals (which underpin the Cambridge Primary Mathematics Stage 1 curriculum) covered in the story for use by parents or teachers.

Step into a night-time world with Tim Hopgood, creator of the bestselling WOW! Said the Owl. Your favourite little owl is back, and in WOW! It's Night-Time, she's ready to explore the wonders of the night, from the big, bright moon to the foxes deep in the forest. But where are all the other owls? When the wind blows the leaves from her tree, you'll soon see . . . Preschoolers will love joining in with the WOWs in this warm and simple story, and a final activity spread about counting makes this book perfect for sharing together at bedtime. Little ones will find plenty more WOW moments in WOW! Said the Owl.

That's Mathematics is a maths book like no other. It's a vibrant, colourful book for young children showing them that maths is useful, interesting, fun and EVERYWHERE! They use it every day when they count, share, play, do sport, make cakes or move to music. Aimed at children from 5 to 8 years, the youngest can enjoy it as a picture book, reading Lehrer's rhyming song lyrics and looking at Elina Braslina's joyful illustrations. They will pick up a basic understanding of real-world maths and learn some core maths language along the way. Older children are challenged to 'Try This' and 'Explore This' by author Chris Smith, who is a maths teacher, musician and all-round maths enthusiast. The activities are designed to deepen their curiosity and knowledge. There are supporting online activities to continue the fun, plus notes for parents to encourage you to get involved and help you discuss topics covered and keep the learning going after the book is closed.

Join the Digits for another action-packed adventure! When the Digits start squabbling over whether odd or even numbers are best, Ten challenges everyone to a football match to settle the argument. Ideal for understanding odds and evens - you can count on the Digits to make numbers fun! This playful picture book series about a group of number friends is ideal for developing early maths skills.

Practice counting using some of the most famous sculptures in the world! One & Other Numbers features sculptures by master sculptor Alexander Calder. Calder’s playful and often vibrant abstract shapes are highly appealing to young readers and the accompanying text cleverly teaches quantity, a vital early-learning concept. Children will not only grow more familiar with numbers and quantity, but also with the artist and his work. Alexander Calder is one of the world’s most celebrated sculptors. Best known as the inventor of the mobile, Calder redefined sculpture through introducing the element of movement to his works. In addition to his mobiles, Calder also created static sculptures, called ‘stabiles’, as well as paintings, costumes, and much more besides. Each title in this must-own series of artful read-aloud board uses masterpieces by celebrated artists to teach one of the top early-learning concepts for toddlers. Each concept is explored playfully through a curated selection of beautifully reproduced artworks while the accompanying text enriches the experience with witty, conversational commentary and an ‘about the artist’ text. Companion books in this series feature the art of Pablo Picasso, Ellsworth Kelly, Henri Matisse, and Josef Albers.

The Classical Music Sound Book series introduces the youngest music lovers to famous composers with whimsical illustrations and 6 magical sound buttons to experience the joy of their music! Babies and toddlers will love discovering the wonderful world of classical music with this series that features a sound button on every spread! An octopus plays Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 with three violins, while two peacocks dance to Fur Elise, and four squirrels perform on trapeze to Piano Sonata No 8 while a band of bears performs The Ruins of Athens. And don't forget the giraffe ballerinas and the cheerleader kangaroos. Children will love the silly animal illustrations while falling in love with some of the world's most universally beloved music of all time. (on / off switch on back of book) A perfect gift for baby showers!

Count along with the Ten Little Robots in this action-packed, counting rhyme adventure! Ten Little Robots are exploring a fantastical factory ... And with nee-naahing sirens, ker-boooming engines, and plenty of gadgets and buttons, chaos soon ensues! Part traditional counting rhyme, part fun-filled story, Ten Little Robots is perfect for sharing together. Read the bouncy rhyming story. Count from ten to one and back again, as the Little Robots disappear then reappear. Spot and count the details on each page. And join in with all the great sound-words! The Ten Little series has sold over a million copies worldwide, and Ten Little Bookworms is a 2019 World Book Day pick.

Shortlisted for both the Picture Book and Early Exploration categories of the Teach Early Years Awards 2021 Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2022 Age range 3 to 6 Ten little dogs, sitting in a line, One chased a butterfly And then there were.... nine Then 8, then 7 and so on. Continue the countdown fun until only one little dog remains. Will there be none? Turn the final page to find out.

A perfectly princessy counting rhyme picture book with a super-special shiny pink cover! From the creators of the award-winning, bestselling Ten Little Pirates.Ten little princesses going to the ball, Trotting on their ponies, past the castle wall.Are they looking for ward to their very special day?Ten little princesses all shout, "Yay!"Ten little princesses set off on a journey to a magical fairy tale ball. But on the way to the ball there's a dark and spooky forest, and a wicked witch, and a big bad wolf, and a sneaky troll, and a hungry giant! Will any of the little princesses get to the ball on time?Meet all your favourite fairy tale characters in this magical princess adventure: Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White and more! With lots of things to spot and count on every page, this bouncy rhyming story from the creators of the award-winning, bestselling Ten Little Pirates is perfect for sharing again and again.Also available as a board book from February 2018

A gorgeous lift-the-flap counting book that pairs parent animals with their babies, from the bestselling author of Room on the Broom. From a bat and its pup, to a frog and its twelve tadpoles, young readers will delight in counting each creature's babies and learning unusual scientific names for young animals. With rhyming text, lift-the-flaps and peekaboo holes, and a surprise search-and-find element, this is a read-aloud delight and preschool must-have. * "Engaging, rewarding, and utterly delightful."-Kirkus, starred review Indie Next List pick CCBC Choices selection