This preschool STEAM-based learning workbook features hands-on experiments, projects, and activities to get kids thinking critically and creatively while having fun. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) learning encourages kids to experiment and engineer, to make mistakes and learn from them, and to be problem-solvers and critical thinkers--now and for life. Highlights brings "Fun with a Purpose" into this exciting approach to learning. This book features more than fifteen age-appropriate projects (using common, household materials) for preschoolers to tinker with. Simple step-by-step instructions guide kids in exploring concepts in physical, life, and earth sciences, while sprinkling in lots of open-ended questions and prompts for further investigating. Our award-winning content blends important skills with puzzles, humor, and playful art and photos, which make learning exciting and fun. Includes parent tips for talking with kids about each project.

This wipe-clean phonics book combines curriculum-based language-arts-skills practice with puzzles, humor, and playful art. The convenient, reusable format is designed to make learning phonics exciting and fun. Phonics skills are important building blocks for reading success. Highlights brings "Fun with a Purpose" to this essential learning activity with this 56-page, full-color, write-on wipe-off book that includs a dry erase marker. This book, created with education experts, covers consonant blends, rhyming words, vowel sounds, spelling patterns, and more--all designed to help kids improve reading and writing skills and build confidence in the classroom. Hidden Pictures puzzles, mazes, and other activities help reinforce learning and add to the fun.

Get ready for preschool with this fun, colorful activity book. Designed for children who are about to begin school for the first time, this activity-rich, teacher-approved workbook combines skills practice with puzzles, humor, full-color playful artwork, and sing-along songs, all of which lower the barriers to learning and set children up for early-learning success. With 256 pages of fun, school readiness activities, including My First Hidden Pictures Puzzles, plus games, recipes, crafts, and songs, this unique, age-appropriate book created with early learning experts will get young learners excited about school before they even begin.   This workbook introduces essential early-learning skills and concepts, such as: fine-motor control, coloring and tracing, letters, numbers, counting, shapes, and colors.   The book encourages the development of other fundamental building blocks of learning like focus, following directions, and attention to detail. It introduces what to expect in a preschool classroom and in a child’s community. Plus, it includes simple parent tips and bonus off-the-page social-emotional learning activities.  

This set of four single-subject preschool workbooks is teacher-approved and blends Hidden Pictures (R) puzzles, humor, and skills practice to pave the way for school success. Each book is individually focused on a single subject area and is designed to help preschoolers acquire essential skills and lifelong learning confidence in a way they'll enjoy. COLORS, SHAPES, AND PATTERNS has activities in color identification, shape attributes, and pattern recognition. TRACING AND PEN CONTROL contains exercises to build fine-motor skills, pen control and prewriting skills, and shape recognition. NUMBERS includes activities in recognizing and writing the numbers 1 to 15, counting, and comparing and ordering numbers. LETTERS concentrates on alphabet order and beginning letter sounds, tracing and writing letters, and matching uppercase and lowercase letters.

Power up kids' first-grade skills! With pages of fun puzzle-based activities including Highlights Hidden Pictures, this workbook offers age-appropriate fundamentals in language arts, math and science, plus skills like word recognition, digraphs and consonant blends. They'll also learn about homophones, shapes, numbers, addition, subtraction, sequencing, science and more! Every exercise will boost their confidence and supplement what they're learning in school. This 256-page workbook also features simple tips for parents to extend learning, a Certificate of Achievement to celebrate their hard work, plus links to online activities. Developed with educational experts, teacher-approved and aligned with state standards, the First Grade Big Fun Workbook will engage students and get them excited about learning. It's a Family Choice Award Winner, PAL (Play Advances Language) Award Winner, a Parents' Choice Recommended Book and a PAL Top Ten Pick.

This preschool sticker workbook is a playful, interactive way for children to learn about self-awareness, family, traditions, inclusion, other cultures, community, and diversity. The book includes 160 full-color stickers that are used to complete Hidden Pictures puzzles and other activities. Kids will love learning key social studies concepts with 6 pages of 160 full-color stickers and 64 pages of engaging activities. As they explore topics like social awareness and diversity, young ones will practice the skills they need for preschool success. Highlights combines teacher-approved activities with puzzles, humor, and playful art. The result is award-winning content that brings excitement and fun to learning: Pen control Sequencing Matching Visual discrimination Critical thinking And more!

Power up kids' second-grade skills! With pages of fun puzzle-based activities including Highlights Hidden Pictures, this workbook offers age-appropriate fundamentals in language arts, math and science, plus reading, phonics, vocabulary, grammar, cursive, addition and subtraction, fractions, time, social studies, map skills, science and more! Every exercise will boost their confidence and supplement what they're learning in school. This 256-page workbook also features simple tips for parents to extend learning, a Certificate of Achievement to celebrate their hard work, plus links to online activities. Developed with educational experts, teacher-approved, and aligned with state standards, the Second Grade Big Fun Workbook will engage students and get them excited about learning. It's a Family Choice Award Winner, PAL (Play Advances Language) Award Winner, a Parents' Choice Recommended Book and a PAL Top Ten Pick.

This wipe-clean workbook for ages 5-7 is a playful way to practice early math skills--combining math practice with Hidden Pictures puzzles and humor in a convenient reusable format. Building math confidence is important for school success, and kids will love learning and practicing math with this teacher-approved, 56-page, full-color, write-on wipe-off book with included dry-erase marker. Highlights' award-winning content blends essential curriculum-based math practice with puzzles, mazes, and other activities to make learning exciting and fun. This book, created with education experts, covers counting to 50, skip counting, basic addition and subtraction, size comparisons, data sorting, shape identification, and more.

Preschoolers will develop important pre-writing fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination through cutting and pasting activities, using That's Silly(TM) puzzles, matching, and more, all in an affordable, travel-friendly pad format. Being able to cut and paste is an important step toward school readiness, and Highlights infuses Fun with a Purpose (R) into this essential learning skill. Cutting and Pasting is a 64-page full-color pad that gives preschoolers plenty of practice with scissors through interactive puzzles, cutting lines and shapes, cutting out and assembling simple toys, and other activities that improve manual dexterity.

The Highlights(TM) Big Fun Book of Kindergarten Activities offers over 200 pages of age-appropriate, Common Core--related activities that reinforce getting ready for school and what kids are already learning in the classroom. The book provides engaging and satisfying learning-based puzzles and games that kids will find both fun and challenging. Exercises include ABCs, 123s, matching, opposites, colors, shapes, and much more. In addition, the book includes an introduction with helpful tips for parents on working through and discussing the activities with their kindergartners. Developed by experts who understand the combination of fun and learning like no one else, these books deliver a unique and engaging learning experience. Curriculum includes: ABCs Word Recognition 123s Number Names Story basics Matching Colors Shapes Opposites Sorting Patterns

This kindergarten, STEAM-based learning workbook features hands-on experiments, projects, and activities to get kids thinking critically and creatively while having fun. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) learning encourages kids to experiment and engineer, to make mistakes and learn from them, and to be problem-solvers and critical thinkers--now and for life. Highlights brings "Fun with a Purpose" into this exciting approach to learning. This book features more than fifteen age-appropriate projects (using common, household materials) for kindergarteners to tinker with. Simple step-by-step instructions guide kids in exploring concepts in physical, life, and earth sciences; sprinkled in are lots of open-ended questions and prompts for further investigating. Highlights' award-winning content blends important skills with puzzles, humor, and playful art and photos, which make learning exciting and fun. The book includes parent tips for talking with kids about each project.

Get ready for kindergarten and keep learning skills sharp all summer with this innovative activity-rich curriculum-based workbook. Organized week-by-week and aligned with state standards, kids will love the puzzles that make skills-practice fun plus the bonus pull-out Hidden Pictures progress poster, fun reward stickers, award certificate and the extra activities that they can take outdoors. Expertly crafted to combat "summer slide", The Big Fun Summer Learning Workbook (P&K) will give kids a head start on their upcoming school year. This book provides the right balance of review to keep skills sharp and a preview of what's to come, and features a wealth of Fun with a Purpose (R) puzzle-based activities. The book also includes ideas for simple ways to extend the learning through fun outdoor activities. Includes: Alphabet Sight words Colors Shapes Numbers Patterns Sorting Opposites Math concepts Sequencing PLUS -- a bonus pull-out progress poster, reward stickers, and a Certificate of Achievement! Winner, Family Choice Award Winner, PAL (Play Advances Language) Award National Parenting Seal of Approval Winner, Teachers' Choice Award PAL (Play Advances Language) Top Ten Pick

The Highlights(TM) Big Fun Book of Preschool Activities offers over 200 pages of age-appropriate, Common Core--related activities that reinforce getting ready for school and what kids are already learning in the classroom. The book provides engaging and satisfying learning-based puzzles and games that kids will find both fun and challenging. Exercises include ABCs, 123s, matching, opposites, colors, shapes, and much more. In addition, the book includes an introduction with helpful tips for parents on working through and discussing the activities with their preschoolers. Developed by experts who understand the combination of fun and learning like no one else, these books deliver a unique and engaging learning experience. Curriculum includes: ABCs Word recognition 123s Number names Story basics Matching Colors Shapes Opposites Sorting Patterns

This first grade, STEAM-based workbook features hands-on experiments and projects to do with an adult. It features puzzles and activities that get kids thinking critically and creatively while having fun. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) learning encourages kids to experiment and engineer, to make mistakes and learn from them, and to be problem-solvers and critical thinkers--now and for life. Highlights includes more than a dozen age-appropriate projects (using common household products) as well as activities that kids can do on their own. With science tips for parents, no other book blends STEAM content with puzzles and humor to make learning exciting and fun.

Get ready for first grade and keep learning skills sharp all summer with this innovative activity-rich curriculum-based workbook. Organized week-by-week and aligned with state standards, kids will love the puzzles that make skills-practice fun plus the bonus pull-out Hidden Pictures progress poster, fun reward stickers, award certificate and the extra activities that they can take outdoors. Expertly crafted to combat "summer slide", The Big Fun Summer Learning Workbook (K&1) will give kids a head start on their upcoming school year. This book provides the right balance of review to keep skills sharp and a preview of what's to come, and features a wealth of Fun with a Purpose (R) puzzle-based activities. The book also includes ideas for simple ways to extend the learning through fun outdoor activities. Includes: Alphabet practice Sight words Vowels and consonants Colors Shapes Numbers Addition Subtraction Sequencing Science PLUS -- a bonus pull-out progress poster, reward stickers, and a Certificate of Achievement! Winner, Family Choice Award Winner, PAL (Play Advances Language) Award National Parenting Seal of Approval Winner, Teachers' Choice Award PAL (Play Advances Language) Top Ten Pick

Mastering first grade phonics and spelling is fun and exciting with this book that combines language arts activities with puzzles and humor to lower the barriers to learning and build essential skills. Phonics and spelling are important building blocks for future learning, and Highlights(TM) brings Fun with a Purpose (R) into these essential activities for first graders. Our award-winning content blends important language skills with puzzles, humor, and playful art, which makes learning exciting and fun. Students will learn blends, digraphs, vowel sounds, spelling patterns, decoding skills,and more--all designed to help them to improve and build confidence in the classroom.

Get ready for second grade and keep learning skills sharp all summer with this innovative activity-rich curriculum-based workbook. Organized week-by-week and aligned with state standards, kids will love the puzzles that make skills-practice fun plus the bonus pull-out Hidden Pictures progress poster, fun reward stickers, award certificate and the extra activities that they can take outdoors. Expertly crafted to combat "summer slide", The Big Fun Summer Learning Workbook (1&2) will give kids a head start on their upcoming school year. This book provides the right balance of review to keep skills sharp and a preview of what's to come, and features a wealth of Fun with a Purpose (R) puzzle-based activities. The book also includes ideas for simple ways to extend the learning through fun outdoor activities. Includes: Vowels and consonants Syllables Parts of speech Cursive writing Reading Punctuation Shapes Addition and subtraction Fractions Time Measuring Regrouping Map skills Science PLUS -- a bonus pull-out progress poster, reward stickers, and a Certificate of Achievement! Winner, Family Choice Award Winner, PAL (Play Advances Language) Award National Parenting Seal of Approval Winner, Teachers' Choice Award PAL (Play Advances Language) Top Ten Pick

This cursive handwriting practice pad, developed with handwriting experts Zaner-Bloser, combines Hidden Pictures (R) puzzles and activities with digital video tutorials that correspond to each page to make learning cursive easy and fun. While many schools no longer teach cursive, it is still an important life skill valued by parents. Highlights brings Fun with a Purpose (R) into learning cursive with this 80-page, full-color pad. It has easy-to-follow instructions and special QR codes on the pages which can be scanned with a mobile device to watch animated handwriting tutorials. The pad's horizontal format provides plenty of writing space for both left-handed and right-handed kids, and also has convenient tear-off pages.