Play Smart Early Learning Challenging Age 2 3

What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 80 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Play Smart Early Learning Age 2+ is an essential first workbook. With a variety of fun-first, age-appropriate engaging activities such as tracing, cutting and pasting, coloring and picture puzzles, children are entertained while developing important skills such as fine motor coordination, problem solving, and social skills—all necessary to prepare them for lifelong learning! What’s Play Smart Workbooks Over 48 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 60 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus. Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated. 4 colors throughout the book with variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions. Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning. School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool. Play Smart Series has won National Parenting Product Awards, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. About Gakken Gakken is the number 1 educational publisher in Japan. Founded in 1946 by Hideto Furuoka, the mission of Gakken has always been to produce fun-first, educational materials for children. Gakken is well-known to Asian families for its bestselling workbooks. Gakken is also well-respected in academic circles - publishing popular teaching materials for preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools. In addition to its substantial publishing business, Gakken also runs 14,000 learning centers called “Gakken Classrooms” and operates nursery schools - all inspired by the successful formula used in their workbooks. Play Smart’s philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. Created by educational experts, this award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken’s unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.

Play Smart Challenging develops the skills necessary for children to thrive in the 21st century, such as solving problems in different ways, independence, and awareness of environmental issues. **Play Smart Challenging series---2022 National Parenting Product Awards Winner** (NAPPAawards.com) Play Smart Early Learning Challenging 2-3 workbook focuses on writing lines, shapes, letters, and numbers to support the development of preschool readiness skills. In this workbook, children will: 1. Tackle tasks in a variety of ways. Depending on a child’s age, some problems may be a little too difficult. It’s important to encourage your child to approach tasks in different ways by referring to the tips in the “To Parents” section. When a task is complete, your child’s sense of accomplishment will help with their critical thinking skills and creativity. 2. Develop independence while working on tasks. Activities will include tasks related to getting dressed, cleaning up, and helping around the house. When an activity is finished, encourage your child to practically try it. This prompts children to be more aware of their surroundings. 3. Learn the names of animals, food, vehicles, and other things. While outside of your home, ask your child to review the things they learned in the activities. This will not only expand their vocabulary, but also stimulate their interest in the things around them. 4. Think about the environment. The “Go Green Activity Board” is an educational tool designed to help children learn that various living things reside together on earth. This helps raise awareness of environmental issues.

What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 80 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 3-5 8.25" x 11.875" Play Smart Early Learning Age 3+ is the perfect first workbook experience. Through a variety of age-appropriate engaging activities like tracing, mazes, coloring, matching games, picture puzzles and more—children will naturally learn and recognize the world around them. These fun-first challenges stimulate creative thinking skills while keeping kids thoroughly entertained as they hone important skills from fine motor coordination to problem solving and observation—all necessary to prepare them for lifelong learning! What’s Play Smart Workbooks Over 48 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 60 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus. Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated. 4 colors throughout the book with variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions. Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning. School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool. Play Smart Series has won National Parenting Product Awards, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. About Gakken Gakken is the number 1 educational publisher in Japan. Founded in 1946 by Hideto Furuoka, the mission of Gakken has always been to produce fun-first, educational materials for children. Gakken is well-known to Asian families for its bestselling workbooks. Gakken is also well-respected in academic circles - publishing popular teaching materials for preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools. In addition to its substantial publishing business, Gakken also runs 14,000 learning centers called “Gakken Classrooms” and operates nursery schools - all inspired by the successful formula used in their workbooks. Play Smart’s philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. Created by educational experts, this award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken’s unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.

Play Smart workbooks include age-appropriate activities that use a proven step-by-step method to build confidence. Making learning enjoyable in early childhood has positive effects on a child’s lifelong educational journey. **Play Smart Challenging series---2022 National Parenting Product Awards Winner** (NAPPAawards.com) This Play Smart Skill Builders Challenging focuses on drawing basic lines and solving mazes while guessing the path ahead to support your child’s development of preschool readiness skills. 1. Tackle tasks in a variety of ways. Depending on a child’s age, some problems may be a little too difficult. It’s important to encourage your child to approach tasks in different ways, and this can be done by referring to the tips in the “To Parents” section. When a task is complete, your child’s sense of accomplishment will help develop their critical thinking skills and creativity. 2. Develop independence while working on tasks. Activities include tasks related to getting dressed, cleaning up, and helping around the house. When an activity is finished, encourage your child to practice it. This prompts children to be more aware of their surroundings. 3. Learn the names of animals, food, vehicles, and other things. While outside of your home, ask your child to review the things they have learned in the workbook. This will not only expand their vocabulary, but also stimulate their interest in the things around them. 4. Think about the environment. Pages featuring characters living in the Arctic, jungle, and desert as well as in trees, in the sea, and on land are designed to help children learn that various living things reside together on Earth. This helps raise awareness of environmental issues.

What's the Play Smart secret? Making learning fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 80 stickers, and a wipe-clean numbers board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Play Smart Numbers 2+ will help your child develop preschool readiness skills such as following directions and attending to tasks, while learning concrete skills. Your child will be exposed to numbers through ten; however, the focus will be on identification of numbers through five, while practicing counting objects, making comparisons, and understanding one-to-one correspondence. What’s Play Smart Workbooks Over 48 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 60 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus. Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated. 4 colors throughout the book with variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions. Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning. School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool. Play Smart Series has won National Parenting Product Awards, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. About Gakken Gakken is the number 1 educational publisher in Japan. Founded in 1946 by Hideto Furuoka, the mission of Gakken has always been to produce fun-first, educational materials for children. Gakken is well-known to Asian families for its bestselling workbooks. Gakken is also well-respected in academic circles - publishing popular teaching materials for preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools. In addition to its substantial publishing business, Gakken also runs 14,000 learning centers called “Gakken Classrooms” and operates nursery schools - all inspired by the successful formula used in their workbooks. Play Smart’s philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. Created by educational experts, this award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken’s unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.

What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 80 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Play Smart Skill Builders Age 2+ is full of age-appropriate maze activities that are perfect for strengthening children’s hand-eye coordination and focus. Maze activities help develop and improve perception, visualization, and reasoning skills. Children will also trace the lines of mazes and drawings to improve pencil skills and build the foundation of letter and picture drawing. Through trial and error, children will build fine motor skills and increase attention span. What’s Play Smart Workbooks Over 48 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 60 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus. Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated. 4 colors throughout the book with variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions. Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning. School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool. Play Smart Series has won National Parenting Product Awards, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. About Gakken Gakken is the number 1 educational publisher in Japan. Founded in 1946 by Hideto Furuoka, the mission of Gakken has always been to produce fun-first, educational materials for children. Gakken is well-known to Asian families for its bestselling workbooks. Gakken is also well-respected in academic circles - publishing popular teaching materials for preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools. In addition to its substantial publishing business, Gakken also runs 14,000 learning centers called “Gakken Classrooms” and operates nursery schools - all inspired by the successful formula used in their workbooks. Play Smart’s philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. Created by educational experts, this award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken’s unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning

What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 100 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Color and Shape Picture Puzzlers 2+ is the perfect workbook to enhance children’s art sense, creativity, and focus. This workbook includes a variety of fun-first, age-appropriate, and engaging activities such as coloring, drawing, tracing, and sorting games using a variety of colors and shapes found in a child’s daily life. Children are entertained while they develop important skills such as focus, fine motor coordination, pen-control, and creativity—all necessary to prepare them for lifelong learning! What’s Play Smart Workbooks Over 48 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 60 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus. Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated. 4 colors throughout the book with variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions. Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning. School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool. Play Smart Series has won National Parenting Product Awards, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. About Gakken Gakken is the number 1 educational publisher in Japan. Founded in 1946 by Hideto Furuoka, the mission of Gakken has always been to produce fun-first, educational materials for children. Gakken is well-known to Asian families for its bestselling workbooks. Gakken is also well-respected in academic circles - publishing popular teaching materials for preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools. In addition to its substantial publishing business, Gakken also runs 14,000 learning centers called “Gakken Classrooms” and operates nursery schools - all inspired by the successful formula used in their workbooks. Play Smart’s philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. Created by educational experts, this award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken’s unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.

What's the Play Smart secret? Making learning fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 100 stickers, and a wipe-clean numbers board For ages 3-5 8.25" x 11.875" Play Smart Numbers 3+ will help your child develop preschool readiness skills, such as following directions and attending to tasks, while learning concrete skills, such as counting and comparing quantities. By practicing tracing numbers, ordering numbers, making comparisons, identifying patterns, and understanding how parts can be added to make a whole, your child will be exposed to the numbers one through twenty. However, the focus will be on the identification of numbers one through ten. What’s Play Smart Workbooks Over 48 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 60 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus. Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated. 4 colors throughout the book with variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions. Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning. School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool. Play Smart Series has won National Parenting Product Awards, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. About Gakken Gakken is the number 1 educational publisher in Japan. Founded in 1946 by Hideto Furuoka, the mission of Gakken has always been to produce fun-first, educational materials for children. Gakken is well-known to Asian families for its bestselling workbooks. Gakken is also well-respected in academic circles - publishing popular teaching materials for preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools. In addition to its substantial publishing business, Gakken also runs 14,000 learning centers called “Gakken Classrooms” and operates nursery schools - all inspired by the successful formula used in their workbooks. Play Smart’s philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. Created by educational experts, this award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken’s unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.