Brain Quest Workbook: Kindergarten (Brain Quest) | 
| Author: Lisa Trumbauer
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 3765
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 8.2 x 0.9
MPN: 14912
ISBN: 0761149120
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9780761149125
ASIN: 0761149120
Publication Date: July 9, 2008
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Product Description
Echoing Brain Quest's lively design and unique silhouette, each workbook is a bright, kid-friendly invitation to delve into schoolwork with pleasure. The books are jam-packed with hundreds of curriculum-based activities, exercises, games, and challenges in every subject, but with a special emphasis on the core competencies of math and language skills. They're clear, they're interactive, colorful, and varied. Information is layered throughout the text. Kids will write, draw, solve, connect, add hands to the clocks' faces, and color in the fractional shapes. Six titles comprise the series, Pre-k through Grade 4; each is a substantial 320-page, full-color book. In addition, each title comes with a pull-out poster, more than 200 stickers, and 100 all-new Brain Quest questions and answers. Even the posters are keyed into the curriculum?in second grade, children study the U.S. states, so the Grade 2 poster will be of the U.S.A., with all capitals, state flags, and state facts.
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 fun and educational! November 21, 2008
The Brainquest workbook for kindergarten is aimed at children who are just starting to become familiar with the alphabet and counting. The author is Lisa Trumbauer and the consulting editor is Kimberly Oliver- 2006 National Teacher of the Year. br /br /Unlike some workbooks that don't seem to be organized in any particular order, this book has well defined sections. This is very helpful. They are color coded and arranged as follows: br /ABCs, phonics, spelling and vocabulary, 123s, shapes and colors, patterns, sorting and matching, time and money, community, science, and fun and games. br /br /The abc pages are by far the biggest section in the book. There are several pages for each letter of the alphabet, which contain letter mazes, tracing exercises, and simple color by letter designs. The phonics is very basic, with pages asking the student to circle words that begin with the "A" sound, etc. They do include short vowel sounds on phonics pages as well as the long vowels, which are presented first. Spelling is limited to words of three letters or less. The math portions of the book include recognition of numbers up to 12, but children are only asked to count objects up to ten. Science is mainly about the five senses. The fun and games at the back of the book are dot to dot pages and mazes. br /br /This is a colorful workbook that should be appealing to many youngsters. The cover notes that it is appropriate for ages 5-6, but I'd say more for the average 4-5 year old. br /br /
Looks like a lot of fun (and learning, too) November 21, 2008
I may have ordered this a bit prematurely: My son is only 18 months old and it wasn't until I saw the cover that I realized it's for ages 5-6. (Well, we all hope our children are brilliant and ahead of their time. This will just prove it.) When the workbook arrived I sat down with him and we flipped through it; although the activities are beyond him, the pictures and colors got his attention. I like that the pages are perforated for easy removal. I had trouble learning to tell time when I was a kid, so the big clock poster is a nice bonus. (I'll come back with an update when my son has an opinion.)
Fantastic, Fun, and Educational Workbook - Great time with my little girl November 21, 2008
I had a couple of Brain Quest products that my little girl has a lot of fun with, so I thought I'd check out the Brain Quest Workbook and I am very glad I did. My little girl is four and in preschool, but because of the other workbooks I've done with her, she is a bit ahead of some preschool subjects, so I got the Kindergarten Workbook.br /br /I like what Brain Quest believes: 1. All kids are smart - though they learn at their own speed. 2. All kids learn best when they're having fun. 3. All kids deserve the chance to reach their potential - given the tools they need, there's no limit to how far they can go!br /br /This workbook is a fabulous tool to help kids reach their potential. The book is divided into color coded sections on the following topics: ABCs, Phonics, Spelling and Vocabulary, 123s, Shapes and Colors, Patterns, Matching and Sorting, Time and Money, Community, Science, Fun and Games, and finally Brain quest Extras. There are over 300 pages of fun colorful engaging activities that teach in an enjoyable format.br /br /The book is designed to reinforce what kids are learning in school and the lively layout is definitely engaging. The book has mazes, puzzles, tracing, connect the dots, coloring, stickers, lessons on reading the face of a clock, money lessons, and a ton of other things. It really includes a lot.br /br /I also like the Brainiac Award at the end. After completing each chapter, your child can take one of the stickers from a page of stickers to put on that chapter's spot. When all 11 chapters are completed, you can award the Brainiac Award. This is a great way to work toward a goal and have a reward for completion.br /br /I have no reservations at all at recommending the Brain Quest Kindergarten Workbook for anyone who wants to help their Kindergartener learn more. Buying the book is a great investment, and there is no better investment of your time than playing with and helping your child learn and grow. As my little girl gets older, I look forward to getting the next books in the series and working through those with her as well. Because it is fun for me to do these things with her too!br /br /Reviewed by Alain Burrese, author of Hard-Won Wisdom From the School of Hard Knocks and the dvds: Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, the Lock On Joint Locking Essentials series and articles including a regular column on negotiation for The Montana Lawyer. Alain Also wrote a series of articles called Lessons From The Apprentice.
Great comprehensive workbook November 21, 2008
I purchased this for my Pre-K, 4 1/2 year old and he loved it. There are several activities he is not able to do just yet(telling time and patterns seem to be the most difficult for him right now), but there is still loads of other stuff he can practice now. His favorites from the book so far are the practicing writing, coloring and mazes. He is very fond of mazes imparticular, so he enjoys that section very much. I love how everything is seperated into different sections using colors. Its very easy to sort through and find what you are looking for. The pictures are engaging and the activities have been very fun for my son to do. I highly recommend this workbook to someone who is looking for one that covers a little bit of everything. This book really is PACKED. its about an inch thick so you get your money's worth. Great buy.
A Comprehensive, Practical, Fun Very Sturdy Workbook From Brain Quest! November 21, 2008
This is my first Brain Quest item and I must say that I am very impressed with the price, quality and subjects covered for the 5 to 6 year old child. It has a very nice, heavy cover and binding for a 300 plus page workbook. My granddaughter just turned 5 in November and I decided to pick up this workbook for her. I had the option of the Pre-K workbook but decided to move ahead a grade and I am glad that I did as it gives her more of a challenge. She especially LOVES the mazes, stickers, money section and the "tick tock" clock as she has been anxious to learn how to tell time and properly identify coins. br /br /This workbook is also a fabulous resource for adults as the subjects covered are greater and more in-depth than they were when I was a Kindergartener back in good ol' '75. This book gives you a gauge as to what Kindergarteners all over this country of ours are learning and also lets us "grown-ups" bone up on how to properly print letters with correct stroke techniques so that we may teach our children the correct way of printing. br /br /The first 110 pages of this workbook cover the capital/uppercase and small/lowercase "ABCs". Each letter from A to Z gets four pages each. The first two pages, labeled the "fun with" pages feature mazes and color by letter pictures. The last two pages are complete with places to practice tracing the letter; all with appropriate numbered "strokes", a place to write the letter on your own and examples of things that begin with the featured letter. br /br /The next 50 or so pages deal with very basic phonics for each of the letters and includes explanation of the vowels with short and long sounds.br /br /Pages 150 through 165 deal with very basic spelling words such as it, I, my, you, and, the and so on. The last page of this section has a set of flash cards that you can cut out so that your child may practice identifying the words in a game form.br /br /40 pages are devoted to "1,2,3s" and covers each number from 1 to 12 in much the same fashion as the letter section.br /br /Shapes and colors, patterns, matching and sorting, time and money, social studies (labeled "community") and science round out the subects covered in this great workbook. Also included in the back are "fun and games", 150 stickers, and a Brain Quest mini card deck.br /br /As I said, this is my first Brain Quest item but you can bet it sure won't be my last! This workbook comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!br /br /Happy Learning!
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