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Educational Enrichment for Kids | Math, Reading & Writing Practice
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items School gives them the foundation, but I’m a big believer in reinforcing skills at home too. These are the educational workbooks, learning tools and activities I use with my kids to supplement what they’re learning in the classroom, especially for bui...
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➗ Math Foundations & Practice
✏️ Writing & Handwriting Skills
📖 Reading & Language Arts,
🧠 Learning Tools & Hands-On Practice
🔬 Science & STEM Exploration
➗ Math Foundations & Practice
Extra math practice for building strong foundations at home. These are the workbooks and learning resources I use for skills like counting, telling time, multiplication, division, fractions, word problems and more. Whether we’re reinforcing something...
I like introducing money skills early, and this is a great little workbook for getting kids comfortable with counting coins and understanding money before the concepts get harder in school. I’d recommend it especially for grades 1–2 as extra practice...
Counting Money Workbook for Kids Grades 1-2
Telling time is one of those basic skills I like to introduce early instead of waiting for it to become something they have to master at school. This workbook is designed for grades 1–2 and gives kids extra practice learning to read a clock and under...
Telling Time Workbook for Kids | Grades 1–2 Math Practice
This one is a must-have for building a strong math foundation. Skip counting is one of those early skills that carries over into so much more later, especially multiplication, division and recognizing number patterns. I like giving my kids extra prac...
Skip Counting Workbook for Kids Grades 1-2
This is a great next step once the basic counting and skip-counting foundation is in place. I like using workbooks like this to give kids extra multiplication practice at home and help those facts become more automatic without relying on memorization...
Multiplication Workbook for Kids | Grade 3 Math Practice
Word problems are a must for me because knowing how to do the math and knowing which math to use are two different skills. I like this workbook for giving 3rd graders extra practice reading a problem, figuring out what information matters, and decidi...
3rd Grade Math Word Problems Workbook
Fractions are another math foundation I like to introduce early, before they start feeling complicated. This workbook gives kids practice understanding parts of a whole, recognizing and comparing basic fractions, and getting comfortable with the conc...
Fractions Workbook for Kids | 3rd Grade Practice
This is one of the books I like for more comprehensive math enrichment because it covers so many of the skills kids are expected to build in 5th grade instead of focusing on just one topic. There’s practice with multiplication, long division, fractio...
IXL 5th Grade Math Workbook: Fractions & More
Long division has a lot of steps, and I like anything that helps kids see the process laid out instead of just trying to remember what comes next. These reusable dry-erase cards give them a structured place to work through long division problems step...
Long Division Dry Erase Practice Cards - 12-Pack
✏️ Writing & Handwriting Skills
From learning how to hold a pencil to becoming a stronger, more confident writer, these are the tools I keep around for extra writing practice at home. Beginner pencils, handwriting resources, notebooks and other favorites that help kids practice tho...
These chunky little pencils are great when kids are first learning how to hold a pencil and control it well enough to write. The shorter, thicker size is easier for little hands to manage than a regular pencil, so I like them for early handwriting, t...
Jumbo Short Fat Beginner Pencils for Kids
These are another favorite for the early handwriting stage. They’re shorter and thicker than a regular pencil, but what I really like is the triangular shape, which makes them easier for little hands to grip and control while they’re learning to writ...
Ticonderoga My First Short Triangular Pencils
I like these for little hands that are still developing their pencil grip and control. They’re short and chunky, so they’re easier for younger kids to manage than regular colored pencils, whether they’re coloring, drawing or working in one of their a...
Colorations Stubby Jumbo Colored Pencils
Nothing fancy here, just good old notebooks, and we go through them. I like keeping inexpensive spiral notebooks around specifically for extra practice at home. We can use them for math problems, handwriting, spelling words, writing practice or whate...
TOPS 1-Subject Spiral Notebooks, 70-Sheet, 6-Pack
📖 Reading & Language Arts,
Reading practice goes beyond simply knowing the words. These are the books, workbooks and learning resources I use to build reading fluency, comprehension and overall language arts skills. From beginning readers learning to read independently to olde...
Reading the words is one thing, understanding what you just read is another. I like having dedicated comprehension practice because it gives kids a chance to read short passages, slow down, pull out important details and actually think about what the...
3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook
I like having grade-appropriate reading comprehension practice on hand because being able to read a passage doesn’t always mean a child fully understands what they read. This Grade 2 workbook gives kids extra practice reading short passages, identify...
2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook
I like this one for more focused reading comprehension practice. It gives 3rd graders passages across fiction, nonfiction and informational text, then has them actually demonstrate that they understood what they read. It’s good extra practice for wor...
3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook
I love these little book sets for that stage when kids are starting to move from learning individual words to actually reading books on their own. The set comes with 25 Level B readers with short, simple sentences and repetitive text, so beginning re...
Scholastic First Little Readers Level B - 25 Books
Once they’re comfortable with the earlier beginning-reader books, I like having the next level ready to go. This Level C set gives kids 25 little books with slightly more challenging text while still keeping the stories short and manageable for a new...
Scholastic First Little Readers Level C - 25 Books
🧠 Learning Tools & Hands-On Practice
Because everything doesn’t need to be another worksheet. These are the hands-on learning tools, reusable activities, educational toys and visual resources I use to reinforce skills through play and practice. Great for keeping learning interactive, especially for little ones who learn best when they can tou...
I like this because it gives us a reusable space to practice just about anything. We can use the dry-erase side for math problems, spelling, handwriting or whatever skill we’re working on, then wipe it clean and start over. It also has a chalkboard o...
Chuckle & Roar Easel Jr. Magnetic Dry Erase
These little eggs are such a simple learning toy, but there’s actually a lot going on with them. Kids have to open the eggs, match the colors and shapes inside, then figure out which pieces fit back together. I like toys like this because they’re lea...
Color Matching Eggs for Toddlers - Shape Sorting Toy
I like this for hands-on learning because there are so many different ways to use it. Kids can match the magnetic pieces to the correct colors, practice recognizing numbers and shapes, work on counting, or use the pieces for simple math activities as...
66 PCS Magnetic Color Sorting Set - Simply Magic
I like having educational posters around because sometimes seeing the information over and over is part of what helps it stick. This set covers several of the foundational skills we work on at home, including multiplication, division, fractions, tell...
26 Set of 50 Educational Laminated Posters
I like busy books for this age because they give little ones something hands-on to do while they’re learning, without making it feel like I just handed them a workbook. This one has reusable activities for practicing early skills like colors, shapes,...
Clever Fox Preschool Busy Book Ages 3-5
I’m a big fan of write-and-erase books for little ones because they can practice the same skills over and over without me constantly printing another worksheet. This one gives kids early practice with letters, numbers, tracing and beginning writing s...
Sesame Street Write & Erase ABC 123 Book
🔬 Science & STEM Exploration
For the kids who want to know what it is, how it works and what happens if they take a closer look. These are some of my favorite science and STEM resources for encouraging curiosity at home, from microscopes and biology to anatomy, building and engi...
I like having things that let the kids actually explore science instead of only reading about it. A handheld microscope turns pretty much anything into a little investigation. Leaves, bugs, rocks, coins, fabric, whatever they decide needs to be inspe...
Kids Digital Microscope STEM Science Gift
These are one of those toys where the kids are learning without really thinking about the fact that they’re learning. They can build houses, towers, shapes and whatever else they come up with while working on spatial reasoning, problem solving and un...
Magnetic Tiles STEM Building Blocks Toy
Once you have the microscope, you need things to actually look at. This set comes with 48 prepared slides featuring all kinds of specimens from plants, insects and animals, including things like butterfly wings and antennae, pollen, plant parts, feathers, hair and fish scales. I like that everything is already prepa...
Prepared Microscope Slides for Kids - 48pcs
I like this because it lets kids actually interact with what they’re learning instead of just looking at pictures of the human body. They can use the smart pen to explore different body parts and organs, hear explanations and then test what they lear...
Interactive Human Body Book for Kids Toy