While I do not want to think about it because\u00a0the idea of summer coming to an end is too much to fathom, we are approaching a new school year. Our kids don’t start back until the second week of September, so we still have a few weeks of summer vacation left. With that said, I know the importance of practicing learning skills with\u00a0my children\u00a0during the summer. It is so important to review their mastered skills and take them to the next level in preparation for their new grade level.\u00a0\u00a0We have been doing that this summer.<\/p>\n

One great resource I found was the All Ready for 1st Grade<\/a> Readiness Kit. This kit from Learning Resources is packed full of colorful, hands-on counters, activities and more to help your child master the skills necessary for 1st grade.<\/p>\n

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We love this kit! One of my son’s favorite activities\u00a0are\u00a0the math cards with the ocean counters\u00a0The cards give my son a math problem to solve using the counters. So for instance, it could say 4 starfish and 4 crabs went to the park. Each creature brought a friend. How many sea creatures in all went to the park? There are lots of scenarios like the one I just made up on the included cards. Each two-sided card has two problems to solve.<\/p>\n

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There’s \u00a0a very complete parent’s guide structured upon an easy-to-follow Ready, Set, Go lesson framework, which eases your child into grade-appropriate subjects through engaging activities and games that progress in difficulty. This gives your child a sense of accomplishment as he masters easier levels and moves on to more difficult levels.<\/p>\n

The kit comes with a dry erase marker and a write and wipe Activity book that your child uses for many of the activities. When teaching my son how to tell time the clock manipulative \u00a0has dry erase capability. This makes it easy for my son to write down a certain time and then erase as we move on to another time for him to figure out.<\/p>\n

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The writing journal is great as are\u00a0the writing prompt cards. These cards show\u00a0a picture of something\u00a0and then a question of -What could happen next? \u00a0The word family cubes and measuring fish provide lots of grade appropriate skills activities for kids. My son loves this kit and it’s fun for him. It does not feel like a chore or homework to him but he really has fun with it and so do I!<\/p>\n

<\/a>All Ready For 1st Grade Readiness Kit<\/p>\n

Includes:
\n\u2022 36-Page writing journal
\n\u2022 20 Double-sided story starter cards
\n\u2022 20 Ocean counters
\n\u2022 10 Double-sided word problem cards
\n\u2022 6 Word family cubes
\n\u2022 6 Measuring fish
\n\u2022 1 Write-and-wipe clock
\n\u2022 32-Page Parent Guide (over 60 leveled activities)
\n\u2022 24-Page write-and-wipe Activity Book
\n\u2022 Storage box<\/p>\n

Storage box measures 10\u2019\u2019L x 3\u2019\u2019W x 12\u2019\u2019H<\/p>\n

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