Dot-to-Dots

Each of these books holds 50 fun dot-to-dot puzzles that improve skills in number recognition, hand-eye coordination, drawing, word skills, and more. Connecting all the dots makes a picture of an animal or other kid-friendly object and completing these pictures builds self-esteem. Puzzles get more advanced through the individual books (from connecting numbers 1-11 to 1-39), but each book is geared toward the same grade and has the same difficulty level overall. Pages are in black and white, reproducible, and include solutions. The finished puzzles are also fun to color. 64 pgs, pb. - Jon

This series helps children to improve mastery of important skills such as number recognition, guessing/estimating, and word skills through entertaining yet age appropriate activities. A short introduction is provided for the parent/teacher and highlights the importance and applications of the skill set being covered. While certain skills such as mazes and crosswords are pretty straight forward and simply progress in difficulty level throughout the book, the other skills books contain an assortment of exercises focusing on different applications of the skill. For example, the activities in the matching book are divided by the following categories: concepts (What belongs? Same and different? etc.), shapes & sizes, numbers & counting, and letters & sounds. Each book contains 50+ activities on perforated pages. Each book is reproducible, 64 pgs. Answer key included. -Enh