Kindergarten Little Thinkers, Paperback Book, By: Joan Hoffman

Amazing - Help your kindergartner be a #1 problem-solver! Dozens of quick, fun and creative learning activities encourage looking and thinking carefully. Little Thinkers have to compare, evaluate, and imagine. The workbook takes the basics, and with a whimsical twist, turns them into challenging adventures! A few examples: Circle the clock that shows 4:00. Write the missing number. Draw a line to match each letter pair (uppercase and lowercase). Circle the word that matches the picture. Write the number that is between two other numbers. These strategic activities sharpen multiple skills fast! 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 - 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, flashcards, 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, Till wig Toy Awards, Brainchild Award, Family Choice Award, Mom's Choice Awards Honouring 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 pre-schoolers 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 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 colour, 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 of popular storybooks and workbooks for children. Among the titles is 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 reliability. 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