Parent Guides & Student Workbooks

Why daily reading aloud matters, and how to keep it going as your child becomes an independent reader.

A short, warm guide to lively read-aloud time, with simple tips that help early readers grow.

A cognitive scientist explains how children learn to read and how to help them enjoy it.

Teach math through visual, hands-on thinking instead of speed drills, so children feel capable with numbers.

The research behind growth mindset, with clear advice on praising effort so children aren't afraid of hard work.

How the words you use while teaching help a frustrated child stay motivated and keep trying.

Practical scripts for cooperation without power struggles, so the school day at home runs more smoothly.

Down-to-earth advice on building curiosity, handling hard days and turning everyday life into learning.

Short daily pages on adding and subtracting, place value, telling time, money and early fractions.

Step-by-step practice that builds speed and accuracy with two- and three-digit addition, including regrouping.

Gradual practice with shapes, length, telling time and money, the hands-on parts of second-grade math.

Singapore-style practice in number sense, mental math and word problems for the first half of the year.

Fiction and nonfiction passages with questions on main idea, story structure and reading for detail.

Vowel sounds, blends, word parts and syllables, so children can decode new words on their own.

Short weekly passages with daily questions on key comprehension strategies, with an answer key for you.

Playful phonics pages for decoding and spelling longer words, building fluent, confident reading.

Walks children through planning, drafting and revising stories, opinions and explanations one step at a time.

Weekly word lists and activities for spelling patterns, sounds and using new words in sentences.

A few minutes a day of grammar, punctuation, capitals and word usage.

Short daily lessons on ideas, organization, word choice and sentence fluency.

Clear letter models and short daily practice for neat cursive letters and joins, when your child is ready.

Colorful activity pages that practise science ideas through reading, simple experiments and puzzles.

Weekly science topics with short daily activities in life, earth and physical science.

Quick daily map lessons on directions, map keys, landforms and finding places in the world.

Activities on map skills, communities and world geography through reading and puzzles.

A fully illustrated dictionary young readers can use on their own to check spellings and meanings.

An A-to-Z thesaurus for ages 5 to 8 that helps young writers find better words than nice or said.

Simple maps, photos and fast facts about continents, countries and oceans at a second grader's level.

Kid-friendly maps of every state and region that support map skills and U.S. geography lessons.

Clear pictures and short entries on animals, the body, Earth and space for a curious child's questions.

Picture explanations of numbers, shapes, measurement and fractions, written for ages 5 to 8.

A step-by-step method that helps parents and kids learn to draw side by side, even if neither feels artistic.

Dozens of animals built from simple shapes, so early drawers get quick wins and lasting confidence.

Clear lessons on lines, shading and perspective that grow with your child from second grade onward.

Each page pairs a famous artist with an easy project, turning art history into hands-on fun.

Short, colorful profiles of great painters from Leonardo to Warhol, good for reading aloud together.

Hear each instrument and composer on the included CD while reading about them.

A rhyming Caldecott Honor picture book that introduces instruments one by one as a tiny orchestra forms.

A popular first piano method for ages 6 to 8 that parents can follow at home, one song at a time.

Fifty illustrated cards with poses, partner stretches and breathing games for quick movement breaks.

A cheerful picture book that invites kids into simple poses, with a pose guide at the back.

Hundreds of active indoor and outdoor games with clear rules, for PE days with one child or several.

The classic rulebook for tag, hopscotch, jump rope and other playground games.

Bold pictures and simple rhymes help kids name feelings like proud, frustrated and jealous, then talk about them.

A playful story that sorts mixed-up feelings into colors, giving kids an easy way to explain emotions.

Food groups and balanced meals in kid-friendly pictures, with simple recipes to try together.

How germs spread, and how handwashing, rest and healthy habits help the body fight back.