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The highest percentage of learning in a person's life happens during the first few years. But it's not book learning primarily—preschool kids learn to walk, talk, discern shapes and colors, count, draw, etc. by doing those things. At this stage it's more important to play games with them, tell them stories, read to them, and help them commit important information to memory than it is to instruct them formally.

Spending time with their children seems to be an increasingly lost practice among parents. Jobs, church functions, and any number of other obligations separates the family and diminishes the opportunities for gentle instruction. Children ought to be eased into formal learning, and not till they've been encouraged and allowed to develop tactilely.

Many of the books in this section are workbooks or focus on hands-on activities. Language and Thinking for Young Children by Ruth Beechick and Jeannie Nelson offers benchmarks and goals to achieve with your child. June Oberlander's Slow and Steady Get Me Ready is oriented more toward motor skills and basic knowledge and provides developmental activities for your child's first five years (see also Brain Rules for Baby and Active Baby, Healthy Brain). You really don't need a lot of books at this stage, though—be creative, work with what you have at hand, and always be looking for moments to guide your little ones.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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Kindergarten (Ages 5-6)

500 Five Minute Games

Quick and Easy Activities for 3-6 Year Olds

by Jackie Silberg

2011 Reprint from Gryphon House

for Nursery-1st grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$10.00 (1 in stock)

About Three

from Study Time Publishers

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.25

All About Reading Pre-Reading - Package

from All About Learning Press

for Preschool-kindergarten

in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR)

$119.95

Alphabet Book - Coloring Book

from Memoria Press

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$6.85

Alphabet Book - Part One

from Memoria Press

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$16.80

Alphabet Book - Part Two

from Memoria Press

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Alphabet Fun-Schooling Journal

100 Activities

by Sarah Janisse Brown

from Thinking Tree

for Preschool-1st grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Alphabet Puzzle Boards

from Patch Products

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$15.00 (1 in stock)

Amazing Mazes

Original from Kumon Publishing

for Preschool-1st grade

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

$6.76

Animal-Go-Round

Turn the wheel and see the animals grow

by Johnny Morris

from DK Publishing

for Nursery-1st grade

in Zoology (Location: SCI-ZOOL)

$4.00 (1 in stock)

Bigger Steps

from Study Time Publishers

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.25 $2.00 (1 in stock)

Brambleberrys Animal Book of Big & Small Shapes

Brambleberrys Animal Book

by Marianna Mayer, illustrated by Gerald McDermott

from Boyds Mill Press

Word Books for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Brambleberrys Animal Book of Colors

Brambleberrys Animal Book

by Marianna Mayer, illustrated by Gerald McDermott

from Boyds Mill Press

Word Books for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 1 - Teacher's Guide

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$9.00 (1 in stock)

Christian Light Kindergarten 1 - Workbook 1

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 1 - Workbook 2

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 1 - Workbook 3

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 1 - Workbook 4

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 1 - Workbook 5

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Activity Book 1

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Activity Book 2

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Activity Book 3

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.50 (1 in stock)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Activity Book 4

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.50 (1 in stock)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Activity Book 5

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.50 (1 in stock)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Teacher's Guide

for Workbooks 1-5 and Activity Books 1-5

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$13.00 (1 in stock)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Workbook 1

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Workbook 2

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Workbook 3

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Workbook 4

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Christian Light Kindergarten 2 - Workbook 5

Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Circus Shapes

by Stuart J. Murphy

from HarperCollins

for Kindergarten-2nd grade

in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)

$4.00 (1 in stock)

Color, Count, and Cut

from Study Time Publishers

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.25

Community Helpers Visuals with Lesson Guide

from A Beka Books

for Kindergarten

in A Beka History (Location: HISCUR-ABK)

$6.00 (3 in stock)

Complete Book of Thymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants

by Jackie Silberg & Pam Schiller, illustrated by Deborah C. Wright

from Gryphon House

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$8.00 (1 in stock)

Counting with Numbers Workbook

Rod & Staff Preschool ABC Series

from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Curious George's Dictionary

From the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries

from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Dictionaries (Location: REF-DIC)

$9.00 (1 in stock)

Delightful Reading Level 2 Kit

Words I Can Build

by Lanaya Gore

from Simply Charlotte Mason

for Preschool-1st grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Delightful Reading Level 3 Kit

From Words to Books

by Lanaya Gore

from Simply Charlotte Mason

for Kindergarten-2nd grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Developing the Early Learner - 4 Volumes

by Simone Bibeau

from Perception Publications, Inc.

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Developing the Early Learner (Location: PRE-DEV)

$30.60

Developing the Early Learner Level 1

by Simone Bibeau

from Perception Publications, Inc.

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Developing the Early Learner (Location: PRE-DEV)

$8.50

Developing the Early Learner Level 2

by Simone Bibeau

from Perception Publications, Inc.

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Developing the Early Learner (Location: PRE-DEV)

$8.50

Developing the Early Learner Level 3

by Simone Bibeau

from Perception Publications, Inc.

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Developing the Early Learner (Location: PRE-DEV)

$8.50 $5.00 (2 in stock)

Developing the Early Learner Level 4

by Simone Bibeau

from Perception Publications, Inc.

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Developing the Early Learner (Location: PRE-DEV)

$8.50 $5.00 (3 in stock)

DK My Picture Art Class

by Nellie Shepherd

1^st edition from DK Children

for Preschool-3rd grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$5.00 (1 in stock)

Do It Carefully Workbook

Rod & Staff Preschool ABC Series

from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Doing My Best

from Study Time Publishers

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.25

Enjoying the Early Years - Book & DVD Set

A Charlotte Mason Preschool Handbook

by Sonya Shafer & Karen Smith

from Simply Charlotte Mason

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Charlotte Mason Education (Location: HSR-METCM)

Entertaining and Educating Young Children

from Usborne

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$7.65 (1 in stock)

Everybody Has a Body

Science from Head to Toe

by Robert E. Rockwell, et al.

from Gryphon House

for Nursery-1st grade

in Preschool Science (Location: PRE-SCI)

$5.00 (2 in stock)

Everywhere We Go Workbook

Rod & Staff Preschool ABC Series

from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

EyeLike Letters

The Alphabet in the Natural World

from Play Bac

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$6.00 (1 in stock)

Finding the Answers

Rod & Staff Preschool ABC Series

from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Firehouse - Coloring Book

Dover Coloring Books

by Cathy Beylon

from Dover Publications

for Kindergarten-2nd grade

in Preschool Coloring Books (Location: COL-PRE)

$3.99

First 100 Words

from Priddy Books

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

First Thousand Words in English

by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright

from Usborne

for Preschool-3rd grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Fit-A-Space

from Patch Products

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$8.00 (1 in stock)

For the Children's Hour

by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Clara M. Lewis

from Yesterday's Classics

for Nursery-1st grade

in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)

$18.95

Going On Eagerly

Rod & Staff Preschool ABC Series

from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.00 (1 in stock)

Greatest Gymnast of All

by Stuart J. Murphy

from HarperCollins

for Kindergarten-2nd grade

in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)

$4.00 (1 in stock)

Hearing and Helping Workbook

from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$2.00 (1 in stock)

Hearts & Hands

Beginner's Drill in Letters, Numbers, Phonics, and Math

by Florence Lindstrom

2^nd edition from Christian Liberty Press

for Kindergarten

in CLP Preschool (Location: PRE-CLP)

$16.75

Hush

A Story for You and Your Child

by Veronica Lake

from Zondervan

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)

$8.00 (1 in stock)

K5 Bible Activity Book

from A Beka Books

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$14.00 (1 in stock)

Kids' Multicultural Art Book

Arts & Craft Experiences from Around the World

by Alexandra M. Terzian

from Williamson Publishing Company

for Preschool-3rd grade

in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)

$6.00 (1 in stock)

Kindergarten Favorites

by Laurie Detweiler

from Veritas Press

for Kindergarten

in Veritas Press Literature Guides (Location: LITSG-VP)

$25.00

Kumon Geography: US & Canada Sticker Activity Book

from Kumon Publishing

for Preschool-4th grade

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

Kumon World Geography

from Kumon Publishing

for Kindergarten-3rd grade

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

$8.46

Lacing and Tracing shapes

from My Father's World

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$5.00 (1 in stock)

Language and Thinking for Young Children

by Ruth Beechick

from Mott Media

for Preschool- 3rd Grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$3.00 (3 in stock)

Language Arts Course Level K - Reader (old)

from The Good and the Beautiful

for Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Language Development P-K4 - Teacher Guide

2^nd edition from A Beka Books

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Lauri Kids Puzzle Crepe Rubber

from Patch Products

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$9.50 (1 in stock)

Let's Color!

Kumon First Steps Workbooks

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon First Steps (Location: PRE-KUM)

$5.06

Let's Cut Paper!

Kumon First Steps Workbooks

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon First Steps (Location: PRE-KUM)

Let's Cut Paper! Amazing Animals

Kumon First Steps Workbooks

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon First Steps (Location: PRE-KUM)

$5.06

Let's Fold!

Kumon First Steps Workbooks

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon First Steps (Location: PRE-KUM)

$5.06

Let's Sticker & Paste!

Kumon First Steps Workbooks

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon First Steps (Location: PRE-KUM)

$5.06

Let's Sticker & Paste! Amazing Animals

Kumon First Steps Workbooks

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon First Steps (Location: PRE-KUM)

$5.06

Magnetic Wooden Numbers

from Melissa & Doug Toys

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Math Lessons for a Living Education Level K

by Angela O'Dell

from Master Books

for Kindergarten

in Math Lessons for a Living Education (Location: MAT-MB1)

$39.19

Montessori: Letter Work

from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$6.50 (1 in stock)

Montessori: Map Work

Brdbk from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

for Nursery-1st grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

Montessori: Number Work

Brdbk from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$10.99

More Let's Color

Kumon First Steps Workbooks

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon First Steps (Location: PRE-KUM)

$5.06

More Let's Fold!

Kumon First Steps Workbooks

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon First Steps (Location: PRE-KUM)

$5.06

More Mudpies to Magnets

Science for Young Children

by Elizabeth Sherwood, Robert Williams & Robert Rockwell

from Gryphon House

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool Science (Location: PRE-SCI)

$16.95 $6.00 (2 in stock)

Mother Goose - Coloring Book

Coloring Book

by Cathy Beylon

from Dover Publications

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool Coloring Books (Location: COL-PRE)

Mother's Little Helper Cookbook

and Other Activities

by Mary Jane Boll

from Rod & Staff Publishers, Inc.

for Preschool-1st grade

in Cooking for Kids (Location: COOK-KID)

$3.20 (1 in stock)

Mudpies to Magnets

A Preschool Science Curriculum

by Elizabeth Sherwood, Robert Williams & Robert Rockwell

Fir from Gryphon House

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool Science (Location: PRE-SCI)

$16.95 $11.00 (1 in stock)

Music Enrichment

First Edition from Memoria Press

for Kindergarten-2nd grade

in Music Education & Reference (Location: ELE-MUSREF)

$8.50 (1 in stock)

Music Together: Sticks - Book and CD

by Kenneth Guilmartin, Lili Levinowitz

from Music Together

for Preschool-2nd grade

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$4.00 (1 in stock)

My Big Book of Mazes

by Shinobu Akaishi

from Kumon Publishing

for Preschool-1st grade

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

$11.01

My Big Book Of Numbers, Letters, and Words

from Kumon Publishing

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

My Book

from Handwriting Without Tears

for Preschool-Kindergarten

in Preschool / Early Learning / Kindergarten (Location: PRE-EAR)

$2.00 (1 in stock)

My Book of Addition: Ages 5-6-7

Workbook from Kumon Publishing

for Preschool-1st grade

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

$7.61

My Book of Alphabet Games

1^st edition from Kumon Publishing

for Preschool-1st grade

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

My Book of Coloring: At the Zoo

1^st edition from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

$6.76

My Book of Cutting

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

$7.61

My Book of Easy Telling Time

Learning about Hours and Half-Hours

from Kumon Publishing

for Nursery-Kindergarten

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

$5.00 (1 in stock)

My Book of Lowercase Letters

from Kumon Publishing

for Preschool-1st grade

in Kumon Basic Skills (Location: PRE-KUM)

$7.61

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