Math Puzzles and Games, Grade 1


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Build essential skills while having fun with Home Workbooks! Each book measures 7" x 9.25" and is filled with 64 pages of age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games. These teacher-approved books are perfect for extra practice at home or at school. They can even be used to build upon basic skills during school breaks or family vacations! 140 full-color stickers, an incentive chart to help parents or teachers track student progress, and easy-to-use pullout answer keys are also included. Home Workbooks are available for prekindergarten through grade 3 students, and feature titles in a wide variety of skill areas to suit any need.




Second Grade Math Games and Puzzles


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A solid foundation of basic math skills is essential for early success in math. Children who can connect their understanding of math to the world around them will be ready for the challenges of mathematics as they advance to more complex topics. The games and puzzles in this workbook are designed to help children enjoy practicing their math skills. Best of all, they'll have lots of fun doing it! Here's a peek at what's inside: Hidden Design Children count the hundreds, tens, and ones, then color the squares that match the numbers to see the hidden design. Who Am I? A series of questions challenges children's knowledge of "greater than" and "less than," rounding to tens and hundreds, place value, fractions, and time differences. Children then rule out numbers to answer the question "Who am I?" What's the Password? Children use their knowledge of fractions choosing letters from fractions of words to find the secret password. Puzzling Pentominoes Using the pentomino cards provided, children fill two-dimensional shapes and determine their perimeter or area. Plus! Game Pieces The workbook includes beans, spinners, pattern blocks, and pentominoes for children to cut out and use with the games and puzzles. Give your child's confidence in math a boost with 2nd Grade Math Games & Puzzles.




1st Grade Math Games & Puzzles


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A solid foundation of basic math skills is essential for early success in math. Children who can connect their understanding of math to the world around them will be ready for the challenges of mathematics as they advance to more complex topics. The games and puzzles in this workbook are designed to help children enjoy practicing their math skills. Best of all, they'll have lots of fun doing it! Here's a peek at what's inside: Criss Cross Crossword puzzles provide practice in spelling out numbers from one to twenty. Safe Crackers Children write numbers from smallest to largest or identify place-value digits to find the right combination for the safe. Cool Kaleidoscope Coloring the rest of a kaleidoscope from a partially colored one gives children practice in symmetry. Time Travel Adding an hour, or two and a half hours, is what children need to find their way from clock to clock to finish the game. Plus! Game Pieces The workbook includes spinners, dominoes, tangram pieces, pattern blocks, and clock hands for children to cut out and use with the games and puzzles. Give your child's confidence in math a boost with 1st Grade Math Games & Puzzles.




2nd Grade Jumbo Language Arts Success Workbook


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3 BOOKS IN 1! Learning at home is as easy as A B C with this supersized workbook that's jam-packed with 320 pages of kid-friendly, teacher-reviewed activities for kids tackling 2nd grade reading and language arts skills. Perfect for back to school--no matter what that looks like! A strong foundation of language arts skills is essential for 2nd graders working to become successful readers. This workbook (a $39 value for just $18.99!) brings together 3 of Sylvan Learning's most popular curriculum-based activity books, and includes 320 colorful pages all designed to help your child get comfortable with foundational reading concepts like: • consonant blends • silent consonants • hard & soft letter sounds • compounds & contractions • prefixes & suffixes • reading comprehension • long & short vowel spelling • people, family, and animal vocabulary ... and much more! With vibrant, colorful pages full of games and puzzles, 2nd Grade Jumbo Language Arts Success Workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead—and best of all, to have lots of fun doing it! *Includes the full text of 2nd Grade Reading Skill Builders, 2nd Grade Spelling Games & Activities, and 2nd Grade Vocabulary Puzzles ***** Why Sylvan Products Work ***** Sylvan Learning Workbooks won a National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors Award as a top book series for children in the elementary-aged category. NAPPA is the nation’s most comprehensive awards program for children’s products and parenting resources and has been critically reviewing products since 1990. The Award recognizes Sylvan Learning Workbooks as some of the most innovative and useful products geared to parents. Sylvan's proven system inspires kids to learn and has helped children nationwide catch up, keep up, and get ahead in school. Sylvan has been a trusted partner for parents for thirty years and has based their supplemental education success on programs developed through a focus on the highest educational standards and detailed research. Sylvan’s line of educational products equips families with fun, effective, and grade-appropriate learning tools. Our workbooks and learning kits feature activities, stories, and games to reinforce the skills children need to develop and achieve their academic potential. Students will reap the rewards of improved confidence and a newfound love of learning.




2nd Grade Math in Action


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"Learn real world math skills like measurement, time, and money with activities based on Syland's proven techniques for success"--Cover




3rd Grade Math Games & Puzzles


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Success in math requires children to make connections between the real world and math concepts in order to solve problems. Successful problem solvers will be ready for the challenges of mathematics as they advance to more complex topics. The games and puzzles in this workbook are designed to help children enjoy practicing their math skills. Best of all, they'll have lots of fun doing it! Here's a peek at what's inside: Code Breaker After solving problems with addition and subtraction, multiplication, fractions, temperature, time, or money, students use the answers to solve a fun riddle. Uniform Central The Callicoon Clippers need new hockey uniforms. Students see how many uniforms can be made by choosing from different hockey jerseys and pants. Fraction Factory Using the game board in the workbook, players see who can move the quickest through fractions of muffins to get to the box at the end. Incredible Illusions Students fill in blanks in a tessellation, or a repeating pattern of shapes, to discover the illusion. Plus! Game Pieces The workbook includes spinners, pattern blocks, tangram pieces, and beans for students to cut out and use with the games and puzzles. Give your child's confidence in math a boost with 3rd Grade Math Games & Puzzles.




5th Grade Math Games & Puzzles


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Success in math requires children to make connections between the real world and math concepts in order to solve problems. Successful problem solvers will be ready for the challenges of mathematics as they advance to more complex topics. The games and puzzles in this workbook are designed to help children enjoy practicing their math skills. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Here’s a peek at what’s inside: Pipe Down One equation leads down a pipe to another, and students need to follow the numbers draining down the pipes by multiplying and dividing decimals and fractions to get to the bottom. Secret Meeting Professor Wormhole, a genius scientist, wants to meet in a secret location. Students must substitute numbers for letters using a code and multiplication skills to find the secret meeting place. Semaphore Signals Students decipher messages where flags represent letters of the alphabet, using acute, obtuse, and right angles as clues to decode a message. Awesome Avatars A new video game lets you design your character before you start playing. With choices such as skin color, hairstyles, outfits, and shoes, students determine how many characters can be designed. Plus! Game Pieces The workbook includes fraction cards and shape-builder pieces for students to cut out and use with the games and puzzles. Give your child’s confidence in math a boost with 5th Grade Math Games & Puzzles.




Math Fact Fluency


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This approach to teaching basic math facts, grounded in years of research, will transform students' learning of basic facts and help them become more confident, adept, and successful at math. Mastering the basic facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division is an essential goal for all students. Most educators also agree that success at higher levels of math hinges on this fundamental skill. But what's the best way to get there? Are flash cards, drills, and timed tests the answer? If so, then why do students go into the upper elementary grades (and beyond) still counting on their fingers or experiencing math anxiety? What does research say about teaching basic math facts so they will stick? In Math Fact Fluency, experts Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina Kling provide the answers to these questions—and so much more. This book offers everything a teacher needs to teach, assess, and communicate with parents about basic math fact instruction, including The five fundamentals of fact fluency, which provide a research-based framework for effective instruction in the basic facts. Strategies students can use to find facts that are not yet committed to memory. More than 40 easy-to-make, easy-to-use games that provide engaging fact practice. More than 20 assessment tools that provide useful data on fact fluency and mastery. Suggestions and strategies for collaborating with families to help their children master the basic math facts. Math Fact Fluency is an indispensable guide for any educator who needs to teach basic math facts.




Kindergarten Math Games and Puzzles


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A solid foundation of basic math skills is essential for early success in math. Children who can connect their understanding of math to the world around them will be ready for the challenges of mathematics as they advance to more complex topics. The games and puzzles in this workbook are designed to help children enjoy practicing their math skills. Best of all, they'll have lots of fun doing it! Here's a peek at what's inside: Hide and Seek Counting objects in a picture, such as animals on a farm or shapes on a truck, helps bolster skills such as counting and identifying shapes. Domino Dots Putting dominoes in different formations reinforces skills such as number recognition, "less than" and "more than," and completing patterns. Picking Pairs Drawing lines to connect objects that belong together, like a paintbrush and watercolor set, pail and shovel, or animals with their homes, sharpens sorting skills. Treasure Hunt Following directions to the real pirate treasure, and avoiding the fake ones, gives children practice with maps. Plus! Game Pieces The workbook includes spinners, dominoes, tangram pieces, and pattern blocks for children to cut out and use with the games and puzzles. Give your child's confidence in math a boost with Kindergarten Math Games & Puzzles.




Maths Games for Clever Kids


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A fantastic follow-up to Brain Games for Clever Kids, this book is brimming with maths puzzles designed to help kids make the most of their grey matter.