School Zone - Kindergarten Basics Workbook - 32 Pages, Ages 5 to 6, Shapes, Sorting, Beginning Sounds, Numbers, and More (School Zone Basics Workbook Series) - Softcover

School Zone; Joan Hoffman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589474368 ISBN 13: 9781589474369

Publisher: School Zone Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

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BOOK FEATURES

• 32 activity pages
• For ages 5 to 6
• 7.75" x 10.75" pages with durable glossy cover
• Kindergarteners practice important readiness skills: Alphabet and Numerical Order, Story Order, Pattern Sequencing, Math, Reading, and More
• Bright, kid-friendly illustrations
• Perforated pages are easy to tear out for individual worksheets
• Portable and perfect for on-the-go learning!

AMAZING - Help your kindergartner grow into a go-getting first grader! Kindergarten Basics introduces skills needed for getting ready to read and learn basic math operations. The colorful pictures on each page add an extra dimension to critical thinking by allowing your child to make assumptions and draw conclusions about what is happening. A pencil or crayon and a little encouragement and guidance from you are all your child needs to get started! Each page focuses on an essential skill while encouraging creativity, reasoning, and problem solving. Charming illustrations, clear instructions and lots of variety make it fun. The School Zone Basics series can be used to reinforce what is being taught at school or introduce new skills to a child who needs more challenging material. The slim 32- page size is handy for packing into totes, backpacks and luggage. With a little help from you, your child will enjoy hours of learning fun. Get an edge with the School Zone Advantage!

WORKBOOKS FOR KIDS - Writing in workbook pages, as opposed to typing on a computer, can help kids to focus and to learn. Writing by hand fires up specific areas of a child's brain, improving a child's ability to not only remember what he or she learns but to think of new ideas.

RESULTS - Our learning materials have helped educate three generations of kids, creating lifelong learners, and the legacy continues. Digital content, flashcards, workbooks, readers, toys and games are all crafted through a child's eyes while integrating parent and teacher standards.

PREPARATION - Let us help you prepare your young child for the next grade level with our workbooks, flash cards, books and a Little Scholar Tablet. Keep kids "classroom ready" with these great supplemental learning tools and more!

AWARD WINNING - School Zone content has won The Parents' Choice Foundation Award, Tillywig Toy Awards, Brainchild Award, Family Choice Award, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence, Gold Star Toy Scholastic Parent and Child Award and many more.

School Zone Publishing - Nourishing Young Minds

OUR STORY - Almost 40 years ago, long-time educators James Hoffman, Ed.D., and his wife Joan Hoffman, M.A., began a retail supply outlet for teachers, then soon identified a need for at-home learning materials to help parents support and supplement their children's classroom instruction. School Zone Publishing fast emerged as the market leader in workbooks and flashcards for preschoolers through sixth graders.

School Zone remains family-owned, focused on excellence, responsive to customers, alert to emerging technology, and committed to the community. We continually update our products with new features and content, reflective of changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices. As just one example, we update our workbook curriculum on an as-needed basis to address changing standards such as those presented by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and Common Core.

About this title

About the Author:

For nearly 40 years, School Zone has helped make learning fun! Our research-based content, developed by leading educators, delivers award-winning, state-of-the-art products digital and print for individual learning styles and goals. Every product placed in a child's hands is brimming with color, content, and creativity. In every detail, innovation meets imagination and timeless tradition. In that same spirit, School Zone both embodies success and embraces possibility, stepping boldly into new media and platforms to connect with kids where they are. Parents appreciate the quality and attention to detail. The company continually updates materials with new features and content, reflective of changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices. The result? Great learning at home and in the classroom.

Joan Hoffman, M.A., is the author and co-author of hundreds popular storybooks and workbooks for children. Among the titles are Peter’s Dream, I Don’t Like Peas, and The New Bike (the latter two published under the pen name Marie Vinje), the Get Ready for Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade workbook trio, along with the entire Get Ready, Little Thinker, I Know It!, Try-n-Spy, and Little Busy Book workbook series.

She is also co-founder, along with her late husband James Hoffman, Ph.D., of School Zone Publishing. Visionary in business, she has long looked at the world through a child’s eyes, infusing her stories and lessons with joy and relatability.

 As a mother of 4 back in the ‘70s, like moms the world over throughout history, she wanted what was best for her children. And she knew that teachers didn’t have the time to give her kids everything they needed. As an elementary school teacher, Hoffman worked hard to give her students what they needed to learn. And parents would ask her what they could do to help. That’s why she started School Zone—to help give children every possible chance to reach their potential. 

She brought retail experience gleaned from previously founding and managing two regional educational book and supply stores for teachers and parents. Her husband lent his blended talents of educator and entrepreneur. A professor of education who also had first-hand experience as an elementary teacher, he was involved in teacher education programs at several colleges and had served at the helm of a company that published classroom materials.

Combining rock-solid editorial judgment and creative instincts with a thorough understanding of early education, Joan Hoffman was an exemplary proponent of design thinking long before it became a conceptual label. An innovative problem-solver, she has always sought to reach out to end users and challenge convention. Separating fleeting trends from legitimate advances has been essential to her company’s longevity.

The results speak for themselves. With the next generation—both son Jonathan and daughter Jennifer—taking on creative and strategic leadership roles in the company their parents started, School Zone seamlessly integrated digital learning platforms. The company received Apple’s exclusive Human Interface Design Excellence Award for software development, and its apps were part of the first-generation iPad launch in 2010. School Zone’s flagship product, the Little Scholar Learning Tablet, has earned industry-wide recognition and awards, as has its online learning destination Anywhere Teacher. Inspired by mom’s story-telling excellence, son Jonathan continued that legacy with Charlie & Company, an original series for ages 3-7, available on Oznnoz, Kidoodle.tv, ToonGoggles, BatteryPop, Ameba, and Highbrow.

Joan Hoffman says, “It is incredibly rewarding to see the children and grandchildren of some of our original customers enjoying our ever-evolving books, apps, flash cards, games, music, and other products—both print and digital.” 

In 2019 School Zone celebrates its 40th anniversary, spanning portions of five decades and having sold more than 370 million educational products. Hoffman continues to be hands-on in the company, still writing, still envisioning, and still putting kids, parents, and teachers first.

Review:

My soon to be 5 year old enjoyed this workbook so much he completed 3/4 of the workbook in 1 sitting! Colorfully illustrated, lots of variety, and instructions were easy for him to read and understand. We will be purchasing more! --School Zone Website

In order to both read and write well, kids need to know how to spot differences. So this book really fits the bill, even though the assorted tasks are widely varied. Spot-the-Difference games, mazes, "who doesn't belong in this picture", and letter sounds all mix with very simple math portrayals.

All color pages, with mazes that are realistic and nothing too complicated nor too easy. I like that the designers actually cared about making the pages interesting rather than slapping out typical designs for small kids.

Age range, I think it runs a bit younger than Kindergarten Basics, maybe late Pre-K is more appropriate. The price is really hard to beat too!

--Amazon

I really like this workbook because it doesn't focus on printing letters. My daughter at 4 loved workbooks, but was not coordinated enough to print yet. This book was great because she practice letter recognition without the stress of printing. I also liked it because it didn't progress too rapidly. She completed the book pretty quickly, but it was a good experience for both of us. --Amazon

About this edition

• Publisher: School Zone Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1589474368
• ISBN 13: 9781589474369
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Shannon M. Mullally Ph.D.
• Illustrator: Robin Boyer