Books in Word Birds for Early Birds series

Foster a love of reading and help your child get ready for kindergarten. Your child will enjoy the illustrated stories and activities, which are related to identifying insects, different kinds of insects, and identifying spiders. You will appreciate the engaging language, math, and alphabet card activities that teach basic reading and math readiness skills.Early Bird: Insects includes:-Three colorful storybooks: Bug Jars, Insects, and What Is It? Your child can read the story aloud or listen to you read the story to him or her. The interesting topics and illustrations motivate children to read.-Fun activities that provide age-appropriate practice of language, math, and fine motor skills. After each story, the activity pages help your child show what he or she learned and practice fundamental skills. Sample skills include:-Following directions; categorization; vocabulary development-Geometric shapes; beginning computation; measurement-Rhymes and chants to help your child learn new vocabulary-Theme-based alphabet cards with games. The flashcards can be cut and sorted to play fun matching games with your child. Hands-on activities further help your child learn letters and their sounds.-Answer keyWatch this short video to see the Early Bird books in action.See our Skill Sharpeners series for more activities to prepare your child for PreK, transitional kindergarten, or kindergarten.

Introduce children to sounds in this tabbed, brightly illustrated board book!In this first concept book, little ones can turn the tabbed pages to learn different sounds in their world! The spreads feature a jungle, a town, a home, a farm, and a pond. The reader is prompted with "What can you hear?", and the noises that the animals or objects on the page make are included.

Foster a love of reading and help your child get ready for kindergarten. Your child will enjoy the illustrated stories and activities, which are related to interesting animals and their habitats: the savanna, forest, and desert. You will appreciate the engaging language, math, and alphabet card activities that teach basic reading and math readiness skills.Early Bird: Animals includes:-Three colorful storybooks: Animals of the Savanna, Animals of the Forest, and Animals of the Desert. Your child can read the story aloud or listen to you read the story to him or her. The interesting topics and illustrations motivate children to read.-Fun activities that provide age-appropriate practice of language, math, and fine motor skills. After each story, the activity pages help your child show what he or she learned and practice fundamental skills. Sample skills include:-Descriptive and comparative language; rhyming; color words-Counting to 20; geometric shapes; graphing-Rhymes and chants to help your child learn new vocabulary-Theme-based alphabet cards with games. The flashcards can be cut and sorted to play fun matching games with your child. Hands-on activities further help your child learn letters and their sounds.-Answer keyWatch this short video to see the Early Bird books in action.See our Skill Sharpeners series for more activities to prepare your child for PreK, transitional kindergarten, or kindergarten