What's the Play Smart secret? Making learning fun!

Created by educational experts, the award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken's unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn.

Play Smart's philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.

Play Smart Numbers 3+ includes a variety of entertaining and engaging puzzles, games, and challenges that get kids prepped for preschool!

Look out, world - Llama Llama is a TV star! The beloved character, made famous by Anna Dewdney's best-selling picture books, is the star of his own original series, now airing on Netflix. Llama Llama plans a bit too much for one day, but comes up with a solution and learns important lessons along the way. Your little llamas will love relating to their favourite picture book character as he faces new and challenging situations.

Pinpoint is a new series of activities and resources created to provide you with highly focused resources for specific needs in Maths. Box contains 2 sets of 60 activity cards and a 32 page book of answers and teacher notes (A5 size) Rich independent problem-solving tasks for exploring maths concepts in greater depth Covers all strands of the Year 2 Programme of Study and colour-coded for ease. Also matched to White Rose planning, Curriculum for Excellence and Abacus, making it easy to find cards for your lesson 3 levels of difficulty on each page (Towards, Securing and Deeper) provide appropriate challenge for all Cards begin with a low-threshold task (to stop children getting stuck and provide problem-solving opportunities for all), and then progress with real stretch for high attainers These resources are flexible and easy to use, saving teachers time searching for differentiated problems. The teacher notes provide additional hints and stretch questions as well as answers. The activities prompt children in Y2 / P3 to solve non-routine problems and reason mathematically in increasing depth. They support mastery teaching by keeping a class engaged on the same topic, with independent work of increasing depth. The cards are colourful and engaging, featuring regular characters who provide suggestions and encouragement. Two sets of the activities are included to facilitate group work.

The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. 50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Shape and Pattern features activities and games filled with rich contexts for learning and discussion, as well as fun opportunities for consolidation and problem-solving. Alison Hutchison draws on her wealth of experience to present ideas in line with the Early Learning Goals for investigating shape and pattern in the world around us. She focuses on helping young children to make connections and develop language, knowledge and understanding of shape and pattern. Whether children build with fabric blocks to create patterns or explore symmetry while playing with natural materials, the easy-to-prepare activities in this book facilitate engaging learning opportunities for children's ideas and interests to be explored.

Learn to draw more 130 imaginary creatures using letters and numbers as the starting point! From kooky monsters to silly ghouls and goofy aliens, you can draw any kind of crazy creature in just a few simple steps. Practicing your letters and numbers is fun when you can turn them into characters from your imagination!

- Easy-to-follow guided drawings

- 130+ characters

- Reinforce alphabet and counting skills

Jessica is a worrier. She worries about everything, and that includes what to bring to class for 100th Day. Nothing she can think of seems right.

100 ice cubes?

Too melty.

100 marshmallows?

Too sticky.

100 toothpicks?

Too pointy.

Jessica counts, adds, and multiplies her way to the 100th day of class. And in the end, with the loving support of her family, finds the answer to her 100th Day worries.

From celebrated author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino comes the spirited sequel to his bestselling Five Little Pumpkins, based on the classic nursery rhyme.

The sun is setting and the moon is rising—join the pumpkins on a Halloween romp as they roll along with their friends and get into more spooky fun in this sturdy Halloween board book, perfect for little hands!

Combining Dan Yaccarino’s signature bold, graphic art with familiar playful, rhyming text, children will love counting the pumpkins on every page.

They're bigger than diggers...hungrier than dinosaurs...these DIGGERSAURS are now in a board book edition! This rhyming mash-up of dinosaurs and trucks will delight dino lovers and construction fanatics alike. A dozen dinosaur trucks CRUNCH, SCRAPE, CHOMP, and RUMBLE through this book as they work on roads and construction sites. Young dinosaur fans will love the inventive names--SCOOPERSAURUS! DUMPERSAURUS!--and rip-roaring sound effects as they count each new, numbered Jurassic giant. Whether they are building or demolishing, these helpful Diggersaurs are the coolest things in town! Perfect for the stroller and a sure fire hit for baby shower gift-giving! Be sure to look for the sequel Diggersaurs Explore in hardcover.

Join Poppy and Sam on Apple Tree Farm for this charming counting book. From 1 farmhouse and 2 tractors to 9 frogs and 10 bunnies, each beautifully illustrated scene is a perfect way to practise first numbers. Extra details in each picture reinforce the counting by giving children another set of things to spot.

The maths book every parent needs to make learning this subject fun and engaging. Unlock your child's academic achievement with this unique and colourful approach to understanding times tables. An education book for kids in a series created by Carol Vorderman, the UK's number 1 bestselling education author. If your kids are struggling with their times tables, this book is for you. A comprehensive and accessible guide and workbook that provides a range of learning techniques complemented by practice exercises throughout. From times tables basics to challenging number sequences, the methods, tricks and tips shown ensure that no child (or parent) is left feeling bewildered. Fun graphics help to engage your child and allow them to visualise the maths problem in front of them. It even offers super handy parents' notes on the practice tests to make sure that you can answer any tricky questions with confidence and give essential times tables guidance. Help Your Kids with Times Tables is the perfect guide for frustrated children and confused adults. Build Confidence, Reduce Stress And Solve Times Tables! So, you want to help your kids understand what they're being taught. Often, a trip down this memory lane can be a real challenge for adults (especially since the curriculum has likely changed a whole lot since you were in school!). An invaluable guide to help your kids learn maths, this book will become your best friend! Straightforward, with easy to follow tips, hints, and advice from Carol Vorderman, helping your children understand and remember their times tables forever. The practice pages and questions have been compiled and tested by a team of experts and allow parents and kids to work together to solve even the trickiest times tables! Guaranteed to build confidence, reduce stress, and make even the most difficult aspects of this subject simple, clear and accessible. This easy times tables book is ideal for Key Stage 1 and 2 children (ages 5-11) and includes: -Easy times tables -Tricky times tables -Times tables time challenges -Times tables practice Help Your Kids with Times Tables is one of many in this educational series of Help Your Kids With academic books that enable parents to help their children with schoolwork. Other options in this range include Help Your Kids with Maths, Help Your Kids with Computer Science, Help Your Kids with Study Skills, and more.

Animal Numbers humorously mashes up numbers and animals to create silly, wonderful creatures. Kids will love these hilarious combinations as they learn both animal names and counting!

When a loud dinosaur meets number four, they become a . . .

Dino-four!

Best-selling picture book creator Christopher Silas Neal is back with more hilarious board books. A follow up to Animal Colors and Animal Shapes, Animal Numbers mashes up animals and numbers to create unique and funny made-up creatures with silly attributes! Dinosaurs with four heads, a two-can with two beaks, kids will delight as they learn both animals and numbers at the same time.

Develop and practise first number skills with Peppa Pig and friends in this colourful wipe-clean activity book! Children will learn how to write the numbers 1-10 and begin to link number words with the numerals (one = 1) through a range of fun Peppa-themed activities. Ideal for young readers who are starting school and developing first number skills and pencil control. Children can wipe the page clean and practise again and again. Includes a free pen! For more confident learners, why not also try Practise with Peppa: Wipe-Clean First Counting to practise numbers up to 20?