TINKERACTIVE WORKBOOKS: 1ST GRADE SCIENCE is part of an exciting workbook series that blends traditional exercises with hands-on activities.
Tinker, make, and engineer to learn through play! With TINKER ACTIVE WORKBOOKS, learning leaps off the page and into the real world.
Start with interactive and entertaining exercises that cover the essential first grade science and problem-solving skills. Then, apply what you’ve learned in exciting hands-on tinkering, making, and engineering activities that utilize only common household materials. Plus, the charming cast of characters, the MotMots, guide kids through every new concept with cheer and humor. Once you've completed the workbook, unbox a collectible magnet badge hidden in the back cover!
Vetted by award-winning educators, TINKERACTIVE WORKBOOKS are designed for all learners. They build your child’s fundamental science skills AND inspire them to try new things, discover new skills, and imagine new possibilities.
Megan Hewes Butler, who has written several TinkerActive Workbooks, is a writer and producer who has been creating childrens' curriculum, games, and books for over 15 years. Megan lives, writes, and plays in Park Slope, Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.
Odd Dot is a boutique imprint that publishes author-driven brands, select licensing partnerships, fiction, nonfiction, and innovative formats for ages 0-12. From toy-like board books and trend-setting sticker collections, to inspirational picture books and more, we are always steered by kids' interests and the transformative power of reading. Odd Dot's core mission is to craft books that inspire joy, foster connections, and ignite curiosity―all the while having a ton of fun together. Harnessing the magic of collaboration, Odd Dot specializes in delivering exceptional originality in whatever form our ideas and partnerships take.
Lauren Pettapiece is an illustrator living in Boston who also works as a children’s book designer making books for young readers. When she’s not drawing scruffy animals she’s out hiking and if she’s not doing either of those things she’s probably buried under the mountain of used books she keeps compulsively buying.
Pettapiece has illustrated TinkerActive Workbooks and Mouse Guard comic books.