Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills, Grade P

Finding a quality preschool workbook for me has turned into complete frustration. This workbook addresses some of the problems other workbooks have, but creates / shares other issues. Overall, I will use this with my son when he is like 2 years old, but I am still going to need other workbooks to supplement. With over 500 pages, I really hoped this would have been comprehensive and complete for my preschool worksheet needs from age 2-4 but I was wrong.Pros:-Most workbooks have WAY too many games, mazes, etc. This book does not.-Most workbooks place teaching capital and lower case letters on the same page, this book separates out that initial teaching into separate pages so you can teach capitals first, then lower case.-Many workbooks, have cutting projects that destroy the worksheet on the back. This book provides a blank page to prevent that issue.-This workbook has tear out pages.Cons:-HOWEVER, the pages that go together are not on the front and back, they are side to side. So if you tear out a page lets say on the color red... the front is about red and the back is about yellow. This problem is rampant throughout the entire book.-The organization is off. At times the same page-type is repeated just for a different subject like a color for example.... this means if you go in order, that you do the same thing over and over without any variety and without mastering any of the topics only to then go back and relearn each color in the next repetitive type of worksheet. They should have placed all the pages regarding red together and all the pages regarding yellow together.-Another way organization is off: the content does not necessarily go from the lowest to highest levels. So drawing straight lines lands somewhere in the middle of the book while drawing boxes and triangles is near the front of the book. Kids need to draw straight lines first before shapes. This means you have to really hunt for what you want.-The book is in color... normally this would not be an issue as color is encouraging to learning but the book is not laid out in an appropriate order. One way to deal with that, is to xerox the back of certain pages so they can be included in the correct packets.... But with color, I cannot possibly xerox the back of page 98 to include it in an earlier worksheet packet... unless I am willing to spend a lot on a color copier and colored ink. Without being able to xerox, I have to keep track of ALL those half completed worksheets to use later. No way that is going to work out!-Another problem with the book being in color, is that it often gives away answers or leaves a child on a page for such a short period of time... whereas if they were coloring the page, then they would be thinking about that topic longer.-Lastly, even if i wanted to xerox pages especially in the color section to separate the out into appropriate packets, often the images on the back of the pages show through which means i would have to scan, edit, then print in color which is A LOT of wasted time on a workbook that should have been tear out a page and give it to your son.Here is the layout of the book. I skip pages that are not worksheets:Page 10-31 introduce each color, coloring 3 objects in that color, draw your own object in that color, and trace the word for that color. The back of the worksheets are for different colors. Colors are: red, yellow, blue, green, orange, pink, purple, brown, black, white, and grey.Page 32-42 circle the objects with a particular color (already colored). Each color has its own page. The back of each worksheet is for a different color.Page 43-45 color the objects in the row that have the same color. Each color has its own row. Is in black and white. Should be done as one worksheet packet.Page 46-47 match the crayon with the object in that color. In my opinion, this would have MORE learning value if the pages had not been in color. Then kids could have read the word for each color on the crayon and then matched it to the appropriate object then color all the objects with the correct colors. As is now, you just see the same colors and draw a line (no real thinking involved.)Page 48-87 are on shapes and the worksheets are actually ordered in packets, but the first and last pages have a different shape on the back side. For each shape: there is tracing of the shape, tracing the word for the shape, the shape is then traced in colorful scenes, and the shape is identified against other shapes and there is some coloring. This repeats for the shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, and diamond. At the end, there are review pages where the shape is matched to objects, however just like the matching pages for shapes, I feel no true learning takes place. Instead of the shape being shown, the word "circle" should have been on the left and the line would have to go to the object that was a circle.Pages 88-113 deal with size from matching same sized shapes to selecting larger vs. smaller and taller/longer vs. shorter Also requires drawing bigger or smaller objects like a shape or an object like a table. I found selecting which object has the longest/shortest to be very difficult. For example, the images show the rabbit, bird, and goat to be the same size... and in fact the bird which is a bluejay looks bigger than the other two. They you are asked to pick which has the longest tail, well of course the bird's looks longer, but in reality its probably the goat's! Same thing with the elephant, whale, and fox... it totally appears to be the fox's tail that is longest, but in reality its the blue whale's by far! No answer key provided, so I guess it depends on the knowledge of a parent as to which answer is correct... and that is not a good way to write a learning book!Pages 114-149 are on opposites. The opposites are demonstrated in 2 colored scenes facing each other (so back pages are not related). The kid traces over the word. That is it. Boring. I also felt the old and new images using clothing to be insensitive to those who cannot afford new clothes or want to recycle/reuse instead of creating waste. Should have been a grandma and a newborn baby because toddlers love them both. Also did not like that many related to emotions like up is flying a kite and down is kite broken and smashed... on and off had to do with getting in trouble for jumping on bed.Pages 150-152 are matching opposites, but they use the same item for both columns so if a kid can match tree to tree, then they are not going to connect tall to short, thus these pages are worthless.Page 153-154 is matching opposites in a more tricky way forcing kids to think. It is unfortunate that there are not more pages of them. Also, there is one row that i cannot figure out the answer to. We are supposed to circle the opposite of a red sock with patches. The options are a green sock and a shoe. If you are going for old vs. new... both the sock n shoe look new. If you are going for left vs. right, both the shoe and sock are facing right. Very confusing so I suggest you make the shoe damage so you pick the new sock.Pages 155-163 are cutting out and matching opposites.Pages 165-170 are matching go-togethers like lock and key. So far in the book this is the only section that does not have another topic on the back of its pages.Pages 171-194 are matching same or different. Goes from simple pictures to actual words. There are some cut outs. Pretty straight forward.Pages 196-213 practices straight lines by placing tracing into colorful scenes.Pages 214-221 practices curved lines and circles by tracing bouncing or outlines in colorful scenes.Pages 222-228 practices writing between two lines in order to get kids ready to write letters. They trace lines, curves, and circles.Pages 230-405 is on the alphabet. A page for the capital letter tracing, lower case letter tracing, color objects that start with the letter, and 2-3 other pages focused on that letter like matching, cut outs, coloring, mazes, etc. The type varies per letter to not be boring. The last page on each letter has on the back the first page of the new letter. Every once in a while there is a letter review where letter have to be matched/compared or the alphabet is built. The very end has alphabet cards you can cut out and tracing of the entire upper and lower case alphabet.Pages 406-420 is on beginning word sounds... its mostly matching.Pages 421-428 is on rhyming words and again its mostly matching.Pages 430-512 is on numbers/counting. For each number there is tracing the number, tracing the word for the number's name, and matching, coloring, or some other way to practice the number (which varies for each number so as not to be boring.) There are some review pages after 1-5 and 10. There are also come cut out flashcards.Pages 513-518 deals with ordinal terms like first, second, last, and next. However, I felt this section was extremely lacking in the "what will happen next" and would need to be supplemented with some kind of logical reasoning worksheets. The pattern section at the end of the book deals with sequencing, but not ordering events.Pages 519-521 deals with 1:1 correspondence... which is basically draw each dog to its own bone... kinda lame in my opinion.Pages 522-527 deals with more and fewer which is an application of being able to count.Pages 528-536 is about predicting what comes next in a pattern of symbols or letters.Page 537 is a quick reference on writing letters.BTW, the start and end of the book has some reference points for parents.Overall, the book has a lot in it, but some of what they included has very little educational value, important things like learning the letters were education-light, so may of the pages were pre-colored which does affect the quality/value as coloring is an essential pre-writing skill, and some topics were missing or highly underrepresented. I was surprised the book overlooked social science, science, logical reasoning/order, etc. Also was surprised that nothing in this book was clearly one age group. Some concepts I felt was at the 2 year old level, yet the way that material was presented made it more appropriate for 4 year olds... but four year olds would have found the material too easy and boring.I will use the book, but not all of it... I have to supplement with other worksheets.... and I will have to waste money making color copies to get the worksheets to be ordered properly. Definitely not the comprehensive preschool workbook that I expected it to be.

I bought this book because I used to work as a teacher at a learning center and this is the book I used with my 4 yr olds class. I now stay home and use it with my son, we have been slowly working on it, from the time he was 3 almost 4, until now that he is 5 and he has learned so much! I babysit another 5 year old and the mother purchased it at the same time. We do daily lessons and tear the pages to keep in a binder and the other kid can take them home. It's very engaging and the boys really like it. I do wish that the pages design was different because sometimes we finish working on one lesson but the kids can't take it home because the next day we work on the lesson on the other side of the page. Other than that it's a great book that covers all the basic skills they require to start kindergarten.

I bought this for my 2.5 year old to introduce some of the basics to him. We both love that the pages are colorful. I really like that there are several pages covering each of the topics. I've purchased books in the past for my older son and was a little disappointed when there was only 1-2 pages for each topic.I would recommend this for an older 2 year old, or 3 year old. It looks like the book will grow with my son, doing colors and shapes now, and eventually moving onto letters and numbers. I also like that the book explains what to expect from different age groups.I paid $15 for the book, and it is definitely worth it with over 500 color pages. It definitely would've cost more than $15 in ink alone if I were to print out all of these pages at home.I'm looking forward to purchasing the higher level books as my son gets older.

I really like this book, but I feel like maybe they should have broken it down into several books targeted at different ages/skill levels. An older preschooler who could do the cutting and tracing would be bored by identifying colors, and my little guy who is still working on some of the more beginner skills in the book can't do like half of the stuff that is later in the book. Mostly that's okay-after all, we can just wait to do the hard pages until he is older-but it is frustrating on pages that have very beginner skills like color identification, but also ask the child to trace the name of the color that page is featuring. The previous workbook we had for him didn't have that problem, and he is often grumpy now that he can't do the whole page by himself like he used to be able to do!

This book is so great for my almost 4 year old. I'm a new stay at home mom so I love having this HUGE book to focus on teaching her the basics (shapes, colours, numbers...). It's not just 1 or 2 pages on a shape, for ex as opposed to other activity books I've bought, it's a really great teaching tool. We work on it for about an hour every day and call it homework since my daughter sees my 6 year old doing homework. She loves that she has 'homework'. Will definitely be buying the next one when we finish this one since she will be home for another year.

I purchased this to go over skills with my 4 year old before he enters Kindergarten in the fall. Kindergarten can really influence how a child feels about school years after, and I wanted to be sure he was feeling confident in his abilities and got off to a positive start. I absolutely love this book, and so does he. It is particularly good for letter recognition/reading readiness, and writing readiness. My only criticism is that I would have liked to see a bit more letter practice/handwriting, but this can be done independently, so it is a very minor criticism. Well worth the money, it is an investment in my son's confidence! I am purchasing a second one for his younger brother.For a great handwriting tablet, I recommend Dr. Seuss "Hat-to-Feet" Handwriting Practice Paper. Amazon unfortunately doesn't carry it, but I hope they pick it up - it is amazing!

oltre 500 pagine di semplici giochi/esercizi in inglese per bambini dai 4 ai 6 anni.Richiede la presenza di un adulto o di un bambino piu' grande (almeno 10 anni) che conosca un inglese almeno di base per spiegare lo scopo degli esercizi.Insegna al bambino i colori, le forme, le lettere, i numeri.Serve un set di pastelli/pennarelli, una forbice e colla per bambini.Consiglio di non "imporlo" al bambino, ma di fare scegliere a lui quale gioco fare. Di leggere le istruzioni dell'esercizio in inglese e poi spiegarle al bambino se necessario.

We homeschool our child and our 4 year old love it.

I shall choose a higher level for my daughter. She already knows. I need to double check the next level for her.

My 3 year old daughter loved this book!

Pretty good book for Pre school kids. Love the book and kid is able to follow through easily