Like most parents, chances are you’re looking for ways to boost your children’s reading skills as they kick off the school year. Or maybe they’ve been diligently knocking books off their reading list, but now you’re looking for that extra boost to sharpen their skills.
Whatever the case, now is the time to help your first or second grader strengthen those reading and grammar skills to thrive throughout the school year. No need to feel overwhelmed! Here’s a little secret: These three workbooks will give them the tools to succeed. Think of it as jump-starting learning — the fun way.
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1. Scholastic Success With Grammar
This grammar activity book has editions for both first graders and second graders, and each focuses on building basic grammar skills through fun activities. First graders will find practice with using capital letters, punctuation, adjectives, verbs, and recognizing the various parts of simple sentences. It’s all woven into 61 pages of fun challenges, fill-in-the-blank games, and sentence scrambles with fun illustrations and large, easy-to-read text.
Meanwhile, second graders will bolster important skills like identifying and using past-tense verbs, quotations, and contractions, while also reviewing the basics of sentence structure, parts of speech, and subject-verb agreement.
Both the first and second grade editions are designed to meet the requirements of basic standardized skills test in a number of states. Most importantly, they present the information in a clear, entertaining way that makes children want to practice these skills, because it doesn’t feel like work at all.
