Brain Quest Workbook: Kindergarten (Revised Edition)

Amazing book collection, very well imagined and produced. Covers basically what any kid of any age needs to develop their learning capacities Bought 3 of them [Kinder + 1st + 2nd grades], will certainly buy next ones as kids grow up... A five-star book - only because six is not possible :)

Fab book, but not suitable for UK audiences

Very useful and amusing

This is one in a series of workbooks, each of which offers an abundance of learning activities, exercises, and games that are presented with superb production values. Appropriate to the given age level, much of the material focuses on basic subjects such natural science, mathematics, history, and social studies while enabling children to strengthen their reading, reasoning, and writing skills. The editors of Brain Quest believe that: "All kids are smart - though they learn at their own speed All kids learn best when they're having fun All kids deserve the chance to reach their potential - given the tools they need, there's no limit how far they can go!" I agree, while presuming to add that children will learn more and have more fun meanwhile if, when completing various exercises, adults are involved. As a parent of four and a grandparent of ten, I can personally attest to the pleasure an adult will also have. Each volume in the series is a WORK book. Exercises are completed with crayolas or pencils on the page on which it appears. Correct answers are provided. One caveat: Resist the temptation to control the learning process as a child completes an exercise. This volume, for Kindergartners, was written by Lisa Trumbauer, with Kimberly Oliver serving as consulting editor. It is worth noting that Oliver was 2006 National Teacher of the Year. The material consists of organized curriculum-based exercises that help children to gain an understanding of ABCs, phonics, spelling and vocabulary, 123s, shapes and colors, patterns, sorting and matching, time and money, community, science, and "Fun and Games." Also included are more than 150 stickers, an all-new Brain Quest Mini-Card Deck, and a fold-out "Ticktock Clock" poster. Here is a representative selection of exercises: Help the cat find her way to the castle. (Page 14) P as in Pirate. Pirate begins with the P sound. Circle the things in the picture that begin with the P sound. (127) And Say the word and. Trace and then write the word and. [in the space below] The word and connects words. Write and to connect these friends. (155) Squares! Trace the square and then draw your own. [in the space below] Find all the squares in the room. [on opposite page] Color the picture frames brown. Color the jack-in-the-box purple. Color the clock face tan. Color the present gold and silver. (210-211) Clean Up! A clean community is good for everyone. Help clean up this community. Draw an X through each piece of trash. (278-279) Hat Trick! Help the monster find his hat! Connect the dots from A to M. (307) Each of the volumes in this series (pre-K through Grade 4) would be an excellent book for parents, grandparents, and others to purchase and then share with a child at an appropriate stage of her or his development. No doubt there are precocious children who will prefer more challenging material associated with later grades but I think it would be a mistake to rush the learning process. Worse yet, to indicate little interest in it. Congratulations to the Workman Publishing Company and especially to the editors of Brain Quest. How pleased they must be to know that their materials have already helped to nourish so many young minds and to delight so many young hearts and, fortunately, will continue to do so for the development of other children in months and years to come.

My daughter 4yo, she's had the previous BQ books and she likes them a lot! The activities are short and fun, so they don't even notice they're learning while playing. She had finished the Pre-K (4-5yo) by February and she was really sad, so I decided to buy her the next level book (Kinder 5-6yo), and some parts are easy for her and others aren't however she tries to make them while I explain her how to, I believe this way next school year will be also easier for her. Great books I highly recommend them

This lovely book really helped me to teach my 5 years old daughter during her summer holiday. It is very useful and makes learning process more fun.

Some interesting material in there, but it's far from perfect. The book is fat and it won't open fully, which makes the middle of two-page content inaccessible. Pages can be torn out, but then the two-page content is split and unrelated content on the back of the page is lost. The tasks quickly become repetitive and they won't keep children engaged.

Superb for practicing

Fiquei bastante impressionado com o tamanho desse livro, que foi impresso em folhas A4 e tem mais de 300 páginas. As páginas também chamam a atenção, pois são muito coloridas e praticamente não há nada branco nelas. O material é dividido em vários temas que vão bem além do ABC e fonética, explorando inclusive noções básicas de tempo, dinheiro, ciência e tecnologia. Comprei 5 workbooks diferentes para minha filha para que assim eu possa saber realmente em quais coleções vale mais investir nos próximos anos. Certamente esse workbook é um dos mais completos e valeu muito o investimento!!!

I own a international preschool in Japan and this is a great book for teachers to use. Even for personal use. It covers alot of different subjects and allows much interaction and practice of writing skills. A great book for children in preparation of 1st grade! Strongly recommended!

This year we did homeschool, and we found the book very practical and colorful, the pages are of quality and the content too.

Brainquest covers different chapters the kids were working on during the past school year, like math, science, reading, letters, spelling and is a very good repetition. It is set up in a very colorful and interesting way, so our daughter loved doing it.