Baby Preschool Books

We really like this handwriting book! Its very concise, with each day's practice laid out in an easy-to use format for both teacher and student. The poems and writing exercises are interesting and fun!

This wasn't exactly what I had in mind. This book is strictly practice, it doesn't actually teach the child how to write cursive or show the formation at all. And it moves along very quickly, the entire alphabet is covered in four days' practice (half-page each day). Take a look at the Letter Formation Chart in the customer's images - it only shows what the completed letters look like, not how to form them.

I'm probably the only one who cares about this, but the image for this product is showing Traditional Cursive, but the title of the product is Contemporary Cursive. When I click to search inside, it does show Contemporary Cursive, so I'm hoping that's what I get when I order this product. Contemporary Cursive begins all letters on the baseline, which is much easier for a child to learn. But it's hard to find....Anyhow, just thought I'd point out the discrepancy between the title and the graphic for anyone who wants to be sure what they are getting. I'll try and update this when I get the product...

We were happy to have discovered this series. My 2 boys had already learned the formation of the letters, but still needed practice in writing. This series of books fit the bill perfectly! The practice is divided into daily amounts and the children are learning other information through the writing. Instead of simply copying letters or words focused on one letter, they are putting the whole alphabet into practice while writing and therefore learning about the topic of the day. They have found this much more interesting and are actually enjoying their handwriting time now.

this is a neat book, but way too in-depth for our 2 year old. we were searching for good books to help him understand what to expect with our new baby coming. i recommend this one for older kids (4+).

This book has been a good one for my 2 year old. It has some nice pics of baby in mommies belly which at least helps my son articulate that his baby brother is on mommies belly--not that he really gets it, yet!

We have a lot of new baby books, and this was one of our favorites. It gives a lot of information without being overwhelming. It also does not introduce the negative side of siblings. I didn't want to put ideas into our son's head before the baby came. I figured he'd discover the negatives on his own and we could find books to address them later, if needed. Our son was 27 months when his sister was born and we read this for a few months before that. I think it helped, and he's adjusted quite well. We've bought it for a few friends having a second child too. Highly recommended!

THIS WAS A GREAT BOOK FOR PREPARING OUR 2 YEAR OLD AND 4 YEAR OLD SONS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR BABY BROTHER.

IT HAS PICTURES OF THE BABY DEVELOPING FROM EMBRYO TO 40 WEEK GESTATIONAL AGED BABY. THE STORY INCLUDES MOMMY'S GROWING BELLY, DOCTORS VISITS WHERE THE OLDER SIBLING HELPS GET THE BABY'S HB WITH THE DOPPLER, GETTING THE SIBLINGS BABY THINGS OUT FOR THE NEW BABY, TO GRANDMA COMING OVER WHEN MOMMY AND DADDY HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, GRANDMA MAKES COOKIES AND FORTS WITH THE SIBLING, MOMMY, DADDY, AND BABY SISTER COME HOME.

AFTER READING THIS BOOK...EVERY TIME WE WENT TO SEE THE MIDWIFE MY SONS HAD TO HELP WITH THE DOPPLER, IT REALLY MADE THEM FEEL A PART OF THE PREGNANCY.

THIS BOOK IS STILL A FAVORITE TO READ AND THE BABY IS 23 MONTHS. I WOULD RECOMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO IS PREGNANT WITH OTHER CHILDERN.

This a a SUPER choice for little ones preparing to become older siblings. Although somewhat detailed with regard to "mommy's womb", "umbilical cord" and "baby's development" still enthralling to my 3 year old. She LOVES this book.

The art is great and the book helps the little one to feel like they can really play a special part in the new baby's life. It even focuses on nursing and the benefits behind it. Good for you Lizzy Rockwell!

I highly recommend this one. The best I have found. There are not many choices out there unfortunately.

Didn't care for this book. Not enough words. Might be good for a really young child.

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Although simple in design and message, this book is great for exploring affection, emotions, and simple communication. Because of its simple story line and subject matter, it's completely engrossing whether I'm reading it to my daughter or she's turning the pages by herself. One of our favorites, especially since it provides an excuse to sit down for an extra hug.

This book tells a terrific story with only three words: "hug," "mama," and "bobo!" (Bobo is the name of the chimp.) I've given this book numerous times as a gift because it is perfect for toddlers--wonderful drawings and a lovely story about a mom who returns to give her child a hug. My kids loved to "read" the book with me, saying "hug!" at each picture of animals hugging. And we never failed to give each other big hugs at the end of the story.

This is one book worth trying to keep around for our grandkids!

My son (who is 2) loves this book. He likes to 'read' the text, which is largely the word "hug," which appears many, many times. ("Mommy" and "Bobo" also appear.)

The art work is cute, but the simplicity of the eternal story of the child/parent bond is what makes this story shine. There are books that use many more words that fail to capture the beauty of that bond nearly as well as this book. I recommend it to parents of toddlers, up to age 3. Tall is Bobo's continuing saga, and is also sweet.

Like all Max and Ruby books this is also very limited in dialogue or strong story line. We like to pick through the page depicting his toys and play "find the toy".

Max's Toys is another wonderful little Max book for children and adults. They capture a young child's world with humor and empathy. As Max asserts his "needs," Ruby perceives them as "wants" much like parents. I am a child/family therapist and I use the Max and Ruby books frequently.

The two-year old (plus 4 months) I bought this book for LOVES it and makes her parents touch all the different things there are to touch in the book.

My little Grandson Loves this book. He is 15 months old and carries it everywhere with him.

Because my []son does the same exact things. Sherbert in the tub, favorite shirts, worm cakes...he does it all. This book is a fantastic buy for your [] boy or girl.

We love this book. My daughter loves every Karen Katz book that I have read to her. After reading this book many times, one time when a family friend asked my daughter for her favorite stuffed animal lamb, my 18 month old daughter handed our friend a different stuffed animal lamb that was not her favorite. I love that it gives a solution to finding a way to share something without giving it up or taking away from the fun of it.

I was actually a little bit disappointed in this purchase. The "flap" is in the same place on the same side of every page. Not very interesting or challenging.

My 17-month old was very familiar with the word "MINE" so I bought this book to help us introduce the concept of "Sharing" with her. It worked great. She loved the pictures and lifting the flaps and I have caught her "reading" this one on her own later. She definitely understands sharing now and this book really helped us show her how much happier everyone is when you share. Definitely worth the price. The pages are a nice quality, too, that won't easily rip.

I wish this had smaller flaps like some of her other books, though. It's more fun for the baby to lift the small flap to reveal a surprise instead of lifting the whole page the way this one is set up. The baby doesn't understand how to put the page back down before turning the page, so the whole book ends up with the pages sticking out when you are done and it gets a little confusing. That's the only downside.

This book is okay. I was a bit disappointed in that it's really not about sharing. On each page, the child doesn't want to share the toy they're playing with. On the reveal page, the child "shares" by giving the other child a different toy to play with, or something similar to that effect. It would have been nicer, to see the child actually giving the same toy to the other child to "take turns" or sincerely "share".

Look, I really like this author and own and read a ton of her books to my kids, but this one just really rubs me the wrong way.

My main problem is that the book is called "I Can Share" and then what follows are several examples of kids doing things that are anything but sharing.

For example,

One girl asks, "Can I play with your doll?"

The other girl replies..."No...but you can play with this other Doll."

Ok, That is NOT sharing. Its appeasement. None of the examples are sharing. They are keeping what you have and appeasing the person asking you for something by giving them something else.

Now, ironically, I tend to believe that "sharing" is highly over-rated. We try to teach kids to "share" their toys with other kids, when in fact, we as adults rarely share our toys with our friends.

However, what I don't want to do is teach my kids that words have bendable meanings...or that this is what sharing means.

The verb use of the word share is as follows:

1. to divide and distribute in shares; apportion.
2. to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointly: The two chemists shared the Nobel prize.

None of the actions in this book are remotely close to that definition.

This book should be titled, "I Can Mollify." or even better "How to Spin Your Friends Into Appeasement When They Want Something You Got."

This has been a great book for my son (age 3). He can't wait to work on a few pages each night and his skills have improved quite a bit as we near completing the workbook. This book is engaging and gives great instructions for the parents as well to encourage development while still focusing on encouragement. The skills develop incrementally which means the kids get better without realizing the skills are getting harder. My normally easily frustrated son is progressing rapidly and loves every minute of it! I'd recommend this entire series!

On another note, my two year old (25 months) has been using the "Let's color" book in this series for 2 and up and I'd say that he's a bit young still for that book, let alone this one. I would say that the 2-3-4 recommended here refers more to the average 2.5 year old rather than a young 2 year old.

I can't say enough about Kumon books. I got 5-6 books for my 2 1/2 year old. My daughter is very interested in painting but not so much into crayons and coloring. I wanted her to get interested in coloring as that is the basis for writing later. She is very interested in the coloring books and the fact that the coloring spaces progress from small to large is very thoughtful. The paper quality and picture quality are excellent. I will probably purchase this coloring book and the others in the series again and it will be good to see how she has improved.

My son had a lot of fun with the Kumon First Steps book "Let's Color" and so when Kumon just recently released "My Book of Coloring", I bought him one. It is very very similar to "Let's Color", only is in a bigger format. There are 40 pictures to color, all on the right side pages. On the left side pages, are "mazes" for the child to go thru, to learn crayon control. The coloring pages are in full color, the maze pages are in black and white. The coloring pages have only partial white areas for the child to color, a white circle in the cherries, a white sqare in the cheese, a white triangle in the fire truck. Later pictures have more than one white space to color, and then it becomes coloring things like, the stripes on the tiger, the spots on a giraffe, the strawberries on the cake. Some of my favorites are at the back: finish coloring the prince and princess, the robot, the magician, the tropical fish. Artwork is pleasing and fun, cute, but not babyish. The book is recommended for ages 2-4, but I think older children will like it too. My son is 8 and he likes it. Some children don't like coloring; a whole blank page to color can crush the spirit of some children to even start. Kumon gives the child only small areas to finish in the picture, so the completion of the coloring page is more quickly realized, and the child is satisfied. I guess I would have liked to see this coloring book be a bit beyond the first "Let's Color", and have had more pages like the ones at the end of the book, with a bit more white areas to color. The purpose of the book is for the child to learn control of a crayon/pencil (my children have all enjoyed coloring with colored pencils best), and to match colors. This book teaches these skills in a fun way. My son is always amazed that if he colors neatly, and the colored pencil he chooses really matches the surrounding printed ink color, that it's hard to tell where he colored it! Printed on heavy white paper, My Book of Coloring is a far superior book to the junky coloring books printed on flimsy newsprint paper that you find at the local store. I think any child just learning to color would love this book, and I think it will please parents too! Note: cover art does NOT represent the inside art. Be sure to also give a nice box of crayons or colored pencils when you give this book to a child! I recommend Prismacolor colored pencils and Crayola twist up crayons.

As a teacher, and mother of a 3 year old, I think this workbook deserves a good solid A. The only thing the designers of this book could do to improve it would be to provide more practice of the same skill. My daughter loves the book and asks for it when we are out to eat.

I'm a firm believer of practice early on math. It will build kid's interest and confidence for the long run. This book is invaluable. It breaks grade 3 math into small pieces and let your child do a little every day. My daughter learned a lot from this book. She often asks further questions and thinks a lot more. It helped her do well in math. In the Beestar online math contest (a nice web site http://www.beestar.org), she often wins honor mentions. Very good math supplement.

As a homeschooling mom, the search for texts is difficult! This is not our main math text, but an easy way to keep my child up to speed in many different areas of math. For example, if we are studying geometry, he will still get daily practice in addition and subtraction... We use this book daily. I would recommend it as a supplement for any math program.

I really like her cute artwork, and I like her direct way of writing to little kids. It works very well for them.

I do want to say, though, that this book is not very strongly constructed, which seems a terrible error, given the age range! Keep it on a high shelf, definitely. It's a book to be read with supervision.

The illustrations on this is very mediocre. If you're looking for a children's book, try pop-up ones, they're almost always beautifully illustrated. I suggest the pop-up version of The Snowmen.

I first read this book when my daughter was 6 months old, she is 27months old now and still loves reading the book. we play act the book now, and she's full of laughs.

This book is so cute as you peek a boo look for mommy on each page. What a cute and fun book the kids love this one everytime!

Though my Son likes books of all kinds, he absolutely loves this and other Karen Katz lift-the-flap books. The illustrations are so simple, colorful and bright. After having read it a zillion times, he still is not tired of smiling everytime he finds mommy!

We recieved the books within the specified timeframe. They arrived new as advertised. Overall, we had a good purchasing experience & will do business with seller again.

A wonderful childhood memory. All the favorites are included. I am looking forward to reading them to my child.

I have gotten NUMEROUS paper and cardboard cuts from the actual books, which means your child can't really hold the book themselves because the edges are very sharp.

Good story selection though and I was happy they came in a small box to put them in her library all together.

Bought these as a gift for a baby shower. They bring back memories from my childhood, so what a great idea to pass them along to the next generation. These are wonderful books and the pack makes a great shower present.

This is a GREAT series of books for any child to start reading. Parents, the best thing you can do for your child is spend a few minutes each day and read to them. I loved this set when I was growing up and I am passing it on to my neice who is only a year old. I love these books.

If your child need a bit of help with math, this book will help. my child used and she improved, of course you have to help.

This is a well written book. The problems are generally easy and hence gives a boost to student's self-confidence.

Excellent 36-week progrssive program. Presented in standardized testing formats. Great daily practice for kids incorporating computation, word problems, graphing, and numbers. Good workbook.

A great daily keep up workbook. It breaks down one year's math into small pieces and allow your child to do a little a day without worrying about missing anything. The standard test format makes your kid comfortable with the future real tests. Well organized good book.

To get ahead in math, my child does more than what this book offers. As a complement, if you have Internet at home, you should check out an incredible Houston community web site http://www.beestar.org. It provides quality free math exercises online every week. I signed up my daughter a year ago and we love it.