| | Brain Quest Workbook Kindergarten (Brain Quest) |  | Author: Lisa Trumbauer
Creator: Kimberly Oliver
Category: Book
Buy New: $21.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Library Binding
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 311
ISBN: 1439550905
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9781439550908
ASIN: 1439550905
Publication Date: September 18, 2008
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Product Description
Jam-packed with hundreds of curriculum-based activities, exercises and games in every subject, Brain Quest Kindergarten Workbook reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. The workbook’s lively layout and easy-to-follow explanations make learning fun, interactive, and concrete. Plus it’s written to help parents follow and explain key concepts. Includes ABCs, 123s, mazes, “paint by letters,” sorting games, phonics, shapes and colors, money, telling time, and much, much more.
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Resources to stretch and fill young minds July 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one in a series of workbooks, each of which offers an abundance of learning activities, exercises, and games that are presented with superb production values. Appropriate to the given age level, much of the material focuses on basic subjects such natural science, mathematics, history, and social studies while enabling children to strengthen their reading, reasoning, and writing skills. The editors of Brain Quest believe that:
"All kids are smart - though they learn at their own speed
All kids learn best when they're having fun
All kids deserve the chance to reach their potential - given the tools they need, there's no limit how far they can go!"
I agree, while presuming to add that children will learn more and have more fun meanwhile if, when completing various exercises, adults are involved. As a parent of four and a grandparent of ten, I can personally attest to the pleasure an adult will also have. Each volume in the series is a WORK book. Exercises are completed with crayolas or pencils on the page on which it appears. Correct answers are provided. One caveat: Resist the temptation to control the learning process as a child completes an exercise.
This volume, for Kindergartners, was written by Lisa Trumbauer, with Kimberly Oliver serving as consulting editor. It is worth noting that Oliver was 2006 National Teacher of the Year. The material consists of organized curriculum-based exercises that help children to gain an understanding of ABCs, phonics, spelling and vocabulary, 123s, shapes and colors, patterns, sorting and matching, time and money, community, science, and "Fun and Games." Also included are more than 150 stickers, an all-new Brain Quest Mini-Card Deck, and a fold-out "Ticktock Clock" poster.
Here is a representative selection of exercises:
Help the cat find her way to the castle. (Page 14)
P as in Pirate.
Pirate begins with the P sound.
Circle the things in the picture that begin with the P sound. (127)
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Say the word and.
Trace and then write the word and. [in the space below]
The word and connects words.
Write and to connect these friends. (155)
Squares!
Trace the square and then draw your own. [in the space below]
Find all the squares in the room. [on opposite page]
Color the picture frames brown.
Color the jack-in-the-box purple.
Color the clock face tan.
Color the present gold and silver. (210-211)
Clean Up!
A clean community is good for everyone.
Help clean up this community.
Draw an X through each piece of trash. (278-279)
Hat Trick!
Help the monster find his hat!
Connect the dots from A to M. (307)
Each of the volumes in this series (pre-K through Grade 4) would be an excellent book for parents, grandparents, and others to purchase and then share with a child at an appropriate stage of her or his development. No doubt there are precocious children who will prefer more challenging material associated with later grades but I think it would be a mistake to rush the learning process. Worse yet, to indicate little interest in it.
Congratulations to the Workman Publishing Company and especially to the editors of Brain Quest. How pleased they must be to know that their materials have already helped to nourish so many young minds and to delight so many young hearts and, fortunately, will continue to do so for the development of other children in months and years to come.
A perfect book for homeschooling! October 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful workbook. I homeschool my 2 children and out of the 10-20 workbooks I ordered, I use this one the most. I think the best part about it is that it has multiple pages for each letter they learn, or whatever theme you do. They really made it so that you can use it quite a bit when teaching the letters of the alphabet, whether it be learning to write, letter sounds, or vowels. One week I did the theme of the five senses, and this book had about 5-6 pages on the senses, so I was able to use it all week between lessons. I love that it doesn't just jump from one subject to another every page that you turn. It really makes it easy for kids to learn, it stays on the theme for a while, and is repetitive in a way that the children have time to kinda refresh from the day before, and even review before they move on. I can't express enough how much I recommend this book. I look forward to buying the next grade levels soon.
great workbook! July 18, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got this for my son who is 5. The workbook is very nice. well illustrated and the quizzes and projects are very good. IT has a very good variety of worksheets of different types .coloring, writing, reading, matching, etc. it is a good price for the size too.
"Brain Quest" is in an entirely different category November 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
from the types of workbooks which I bought for my sons when they were little. The "Brain Quest Workbook" is a beautiful, HUGE learn-by-playing tool that is spot-on for skill-development for the target-age, and loads of fun! I got this book from "The Vine" with the intent to review it send it to my niece. I know that she's going to love it! (I'll send an update about that in a couple of weeks).
The quality of this book---the sturdy paper, the rich colors, the illustrations and the exercises--is striking. Also striking is the curriculum--the types of exercises and how they are organized. Iis easy to see that this is the work of expert teachers; written, in fact, by award-winning teacher Lisa Traumbauer. The book is substantial--just over 300 pages, but the page have just the right amount of "work" on them, and look so fun and enticing, that I can see my niece (or other youngster) returning eagerly to do a few pages every day, and finishing it all. There's some really cool stuff at the end of the book, too. Of course there is the answer key, but there's some other really cool stuff like bunches of stickers. I am impressed with the "I'm finished" sticker which the kid can put at the top of each page they complete. Reinforcement is a powerful motivator, and learning to reward yourself? Pure genius!
I think that any kindergarten-aged child would have a ton of fun with this "BrainQuest" book, and develop a wonderful sense of accomplishment at the same time. Quality item to buy for your child, or as a gift. It's big, it's colorful, it's sturdy (BTW the edges are a bit rounded, not square as shown on the picture here, they will stay neater that way), and it is an excellent value for $13.00. Since the book is heavy, I also recommend that you have it shipped directly to the recipient, so that you only have to pay to mail it once, or, even better, take advantage of Amazon's "free shipping" offer (for orders over $25).
 A Fun Workbook November 17, 2008
My daughter is 4 and in pre-K. I ordered the kindergarten level book because the pre-K book looked too easy for her. It does appear I picked the correct level for her.
The workbook is attractive and it captivated my daughter's attention. We took a quick look at it when it arrived and she breezed right through the phonics section, where she was to identify the pictures that start with a certain letter. She was excited to do the problems, so I was encouraged.
My daughter wanted me to give her some addition problems today. Thinking I will now get to really try out the book, I looked, and sadly, there were no addition problems, just counting problems. My daughter has been couting objects since she was 2. My son went through kindergarten two years ago and the class was doing addition and subtraction back then. There was no hint, not even an introduction, of either in this book. That was a disappointment.
There is a time telling section and a money counting section, which I look forward to using. It doesn't go beyond telling time to the hour on an analog clock, but it is a good introduction and appropriate to the grade level.
There are sight word cards and sticker sheets for encouragement. There's also a clock we can pull out and make in the back, which I think is a nice touch.
Pros: Workbook is a substantial size tackles many subjects.
Topics grouped nicely, doesn't jump around.
Stickers for encouragement included.
Make your own clock included.
Cut out flash cards with sight words included.
Pages are perforated.
Visually attractive.
Cons: No addition nor subtraction.
I would like to add that though the pages are perforated, I hesitate to pull them out, because if I pull out the page for the letter "A," I invariably will also pull out part of the lesson for letter "B" on the other side of "A." Sometimes, it's okay, but many times, that page I want to tear out is a necessary part of the next lesson.
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