First Grade Activities Homework Helper provides children in first grade with extra help in learning important skills. Packed full of fun-to-do activities and appealing art, children will have fun completing the reproducible pages while learning first grade skills at the same time. Answer keys are also included where needed. These workbooks provide help for students who need extra practice with basic skills, for the accelerated student who enjoys an extra challenge, and for the young learner who is developing basic concepts and readiness skills. They also help boost self-confidence and reinforce basic skills with activities that are geared to the specific grade level.
— Gregory Sahagian, owner of Learning Express of Beverly in Beverly, Mass., told TDmonthly in a Fall 2012 survey that they sell 4-5 dozen Kumon Homework Helpers each month, making them a top-2 best selling educational products.

This activity book is designed to hold children’s interest and they build fine motor skills, and features more than 200 age-appropriate learning activities and 284 stickers.

This activity book is designed to hold children’s interest and they build fine motor skills, and features more than 200 age-appropriate learning activities and 284 stickers.

Players travel around town on a journey to collect the most passengers in a game that teaches math skills and helps players sharpen strategic thinking skills. Available in English, Spanish and French.

By encouraging children to build a weather scene, the game teaches strategic thinking and understanding of weather from season to season. Available in English, Spanish and French.

The game is designed to strengthen strategic thinking, basic counting, skip counting and addition skills. The first player to collect six gold cards wins the game. “Kids love pirates and puzzles,” Carson Dellosa Publishing Co. representative John Russell told TDmonthly. “Pirates’ Gold combines the fun of building a 3-dimensional puzzle that turns into an easy-to-play game board filled with swashbuckling pirates and a bounty of shiny gold.” Launch date: September 2008.

The story is about a young boy who eats a thesaurus and suddenly starts speaking in synonyms. “Boris Ate a Thesaurus is a colorful, fun-to-read book illustrated in a friendly style,” John Russel, a representative for Carson Dellosa Publishing Co. told TDmonthly. “Boris, the main character, is featured on the cover and instantly invites kids into a world where knowledge is gained by eating a book.” Launch date: September 2007.

Little children can develop early literacy and vocabulary skills with these small board books. The library includes eight books accompanied by a CD full of read-along nursery rhymes. The library comes in a sturdy, carryall box with a retractable handle and magnetic door. When in the box, this library will fit easily onto any bookshelf. Launch date: February 2007.

Children practice identifying colorful toy vehicles and reading their names as they match word tags to lacing cards. Young learners will also learn to recognize numerals and improve fine motor skills as they lace in sequence. The set includes six lacing cards featuring photographs of toy vehicles, each 7” x 5½”; six vehicle word tags, each 2¾” x 1¼”; six laces with safe plastic tips, each 36”; and directions in English, Spanish and French. No reading is required. Launch date: January 2007.

Students learn to identify common clothing items worn by both boys and girls, read their names, recognize numerals, and improve fine motor skills as they lace in sequence and correctly match word tags to cards. The set includes 6 lacing cards featuring photographs of articles of clothing, each 7” x 5½”; 6 clothing word tags, each 2¾” x 1¼”; 6 with safe plastic tips, each 36”; plus directions in English, Spanish, and French. No reading required.  Launch date: January 2007.

Little kids can learn the alphabet with ladybug puzzles. Each correctly assembled two-piece ladybug results in a letter match. Turn the ladybug over to see a completed photograph of something that begins with the ladybug’s beginning letter sound. Included are 26 ladybugs, 26 two-sided leaf letters, and a resource guide. No reading is required to play three different games. 1 to 4 players. Launch date: September 2004.

Kids explore 24 "Shush-Hush Quiet Activities" in this fun, 48-page activity book designed for grades 1 through 5. It is a fantastic companion for long car trips, visits to the doctor’s office and mellow Sunday afternoons. This book has everything from talk-stopping word searches and crosswords to practically silent coloring pages and games. "Shush-Hush Quiet Activities" is a sure cure for fidgeting and boredom.

Designed to help children of all ages learn memory verses and remember Bible story lessons, these two 10” beach balls provide a fun and active way to teach God’s Word. Ideal for all age groups, they come with an activity guide offering several different activity ideas and variations of games to play. Each ball has seven programmed questions or instructions.