My Daughter Likes This Workbook!
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The Achieve! Grade 2: Think. Play. Achieve! workbook is a good aid for a child whom has already gone through the second grade or have just finished. It's important to realize that this is a workbook not a text book or some form of curriculum. The exercises found within span a number of subjects which included phonics, reading, writing, math, science, and so forth. Topics are listed in order so one can skip around however they prefer. I personally feel that this book would be best used over the span of the Summer before entering the third grade. In using the book in such a manner, parents can determine if there are any areas that their child may still need a little help with before moving on.

I like that this book is very colorful and my daughter told me she likes that a lot of things are going on. The instructions were easy to follow and nothing at all seemed out of place. So thumbs up for appealing to the specific grade it's geared toward. In the back of the book there are answers to all the problems and stickers to use as a reward for a job well done. Another cool feature is that the book gives you the option to get a printable PDF version after registering it online! I like this feature and feel that this should be an option for all purchased books. There's nothing we don't like  and are pleased to see that there are other grade level workbooks in this line available for purchase too!
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I would recommend this as a good supplemental workbook in the classroom. My fifth graders really enjoy using it! It helps them to be creative.
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We LOVE this workbook. My kids really enjoy the exercises, especially the writing exercises using the words they learned. I plan to buy the rest of the workbooks when they are finished.
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My pre-school daughter loves this work book and can do much of it independently. The example is usually clear enough for her to figure it out, but I make a habit out of reading the instructions with her before she begins.
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I got this book since it was recommended in "The Well Trained Mind" to do logic work as part of a homeschool curriculum.
My daughter doesn't see this as part of her "work" at all.  Whenever I pull this book out, she cheers.  It is challenging, at least to her since we haven't done anything like this before.  She likes to figure out the clues and reread them when she realizes she might have missed something.
We work on this book about twice a week.  It's a nice break to do something fun (even if it's making her brain work)!
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We ordered this book for supplemental math work for our 2nd grader. We like the way it progresses throughout the book. It is designed very well. If you are looking for more challenging work, I would recommend maybe going up a grade level. Some of the work is a bit easy. Overall very nice workbook.
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My son loves this book! I like that there are countless activities to reinforce the vocabulary that is taught in the workbook.  He likes the fun pictures and games.

And the great thing is that I can even use it with my daughter.  She loves robots and animals and all of the things in the workbook, so it's not just for boys. I recommend it and so do my kids.
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this workbook is so much fun for my 4 y/o daughter.  she asks me constantly if we can work together on her "homework!"  she loves it so much.  its colorful, and full of fun for your early learner :)
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My daughter struggles with comprehension of stories and what is happening sometimes. This workbook was perfect choice for her this summer.  She reads a short story, and then answers the questions on the next page about the words in the story, or what is happening.  She has done better comprehending stories and thinking about the words in stories with this workbook. I would definitely recommend.
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This book came highly recommended by a teacher friend, and although we haven't started it yet this summer, I look forward to having my daughter start this soon in the next week or so.

Do you happen to have a similar workbook for Grade 1 to 2?  I am looking for work for my other daughter to also do over the summer and was hoping you had one for her grade level.  If not, does anyone have one that he/she can recommend?

Thanks so much and am excited to get started on more learning!
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We love this workbook. I mainly bought it because it was recommended by my daughter Occupational Therapist because of the puzzles. My daughter likes it so much she asked to do the puzzles and sees it as more fun then work.
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I purchased this workbook when my child was 4, almost 5. She is now 6 and enjoys all the activities and various arts and craft projects, but with the younger age group I would just warn parents that you will probably need to step in occasionally to help read/translate instructions and provide some help as some of the activities are more complex than others. I would also say that parents should be prepared to deal with all the small paper projects being "saved" especially if your child likes to keep every single creation, like mine does. We have many Kumon workbooks and this is one of our favorites.
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My 3 year old loves this!  She loves workbooks and when she wants mother-daughter time, she says "mom, I need to do my job, can you help me with my homework?"
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This is a nice workbook for 3-4 year olds who want to learn to write their numbers, 0-20.  Each number has a page of tracing/writing, followed by some sort of activity (color the door with a 1 on it red, for example).  In the back, is a poster you can pull out with the numbers 0-20 on it.  After you complete a lesson, you place a small star in the book and then a larger star on the poster.  That's definitely my daughter's favorite part!

This is not a complete math curriculum. If you're looking for ideas in helping your child learn numbers, one of the easiest things is just counting things.  Take an egg carton (empty) and write the numbers 1-12 in each cup (or 1-18 if you have a dozen and a half carton).  Then let your child count M&Ms, cheerios, raisins, or whatever into each hole.  You can start with giving your child 6 cheerios and just have her do numbers 1-3 (or 0-3).  That way, it's sort of self-correcting.  You can take it a step further, and ask her to divide the six cheerios into two equal piles, or three equal piles, etc.  Start by playing with small numbers, and move on up.

This, along with the Hooked on Phonics Pre-K book, is a great Pre-K at home curriculum.  It will take you maybe 5-10 minutes per day max.  Spend the rest of the time playing....reading....cooking....singing together...exploring nature...etc.  All the Pre-K you need.

For great books, ask your Librarian! Also Sonlight's homeschool curriculum has a great pre-k and kindy book list.  No need to buy it, just buy the books.
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This workbook covers the alphabet, numbers 1-20, colors, and shapes.  The pages a colorful, but not too cluttered.  The pages have a nice feel, not thin and flimsy.  All the activities look to be age appropriate.
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My daughter is enjoying working through this book. We got it for her before a trip to a Spanish-speaking country, and I can't say that it helped her a lot with conversational Spanish, but it really did help her basic vocabulary. The pages are colorful and there are lots of activities to help kids apply the words they are learning to everyday objects, colors, etc. Perhaps as we get further into the book, there will be more information on how the verbs work and so on.
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Great workbook for me to homeschool my 2.5 yr old. He can already follow a lot of the concepts in shapes and colors but this book makes it more challenging. I found this to be a good progressive tool for him to get familiar with alphabets and work on his counting at this point. It has great puzzles to make learning fun!