Brain Quest Workbook: 2nd Grade [With Stickers]

Not is very good condition. Unfortunately a quarter of the book was answered in pen, about half in pencil! I was able to erase the pencil markings, but wish I had just bought a new copy for a couple more dollars at target.

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If used as it is meant to be this book proves to be a great stimulant to encourage your youngster to keep at their school work. No it is not meant to replace formal schooling nor form some pseudo home school outline. Comprised of various chapters spanning math, language, social study, basic science. Building logical brain patterns at multiple levels. Where this series shines is during the down months of summer vacation time. Where your youngster languishes through the doldrums of listlessness. Exciting curriculum based exercises and activities. Its fun to be smart.

I wanted to give my granddaughter a head start for 2nd grade so I ordered this before we went on vacation. Great for long drives and in between fishing, swimming and shopping with Nana.

I brought this for my daughter this past Summer so she could stay fresh with all that she learned in first grade. I have used many workbooks with my daughter in the past and I am very pleased with the format of the Brain Quest book. The pages are colorful, and the activities are for the most part fun. Many of the lessons have a "Brain Box" that further explains the exercise or offers a different perspective on approaching the task at hand. The workbook comes with stickers that can be used on as rewards on the pages that are completed well. There is a writing section in this book that starts the kids off writing about the aliens in a picture. The alien concept is carried through several more exercises in the writing unit and it draws on the ideas your child has come up with based on previous exercises. In one lesson my daughter was asked to make up a meaning for a made up word and then she needed to expand on that answer by answering questions about it. I particularly liked how this book doesn't just have one math section like many other books do. This book has five: math skills, addition and subtraction, multiplication and fractoins, shapes and measurement, and time and money. I like how there are "Brain Boxes" on many of the math pages that explain the concept that is being presented. I like how their approach is sometimes different from the way that I or my daughter's teachers have presented the material in the past. There is a section for learning cursive writing. My daughter will not start writing in cursive for another month or two so we haven't used that section yet. Her class also won't tackle multiplication until closer to the end of the school year so we're holding off on that section until later. We have used all the other sections of the book and I'm very pleased with it. The content is not too simple as is sometimes the case with these types of books. The presentation and the content are all great. It's a book that my daughter is excited to use. I've already brought the 3rd grade book for next Summer and will be buying the pre-K version for my younger child to use next Summer, as well.

This is one in a series of workbooks, each of which offers an abundance of learning activities, exercises, and games that are presented with superb production values. Appropriate to the given age level, much of the material focuses on basic subjects such natural science, mathematics, history, and social studies while enabling children to strengthen their reading, reasoning, and writing skills. The editors of Brain Quest believe that: "All kids are smart - though they learn at their own speed All kids learn best when they're having fun All kids deserve the chance to reach their potential - given the tools they need, there's no limit how far they can go!" I agree, while presuming to add that children will learn more and have more fun meanwhile if, when completing various exercises, adults are involved. As a parent of four and a grandparent of ten, I can personally attest to the pleasure an adult will also have. Each volume in the series is a WORK book. Exercises are completed with crayolas or pencils on the page on which it appears. Correct answers are provided. One caveat: Resist the temptation to control the learning process as a child completes an exercise. This volume, for Grade 2 (ages 7-8), was written by Liane Onish, with Jill Swann serving as consulting editor. It is worth noting that Swann was a 2004 National Teacher of the Year Regional Award Winner. The material consists of carefully organized curriculum-based exercises that help children to gain an understanding of phonics, spelling and vocabulary, language arts, reading, writing, cursive, math skills, addition and subtraction, multiplication and fractions, shapes and measurement, time and money, social studies, and science. Also included are more than 150 stickers, an all-new Brain Quest Mini-Card Deck, and a fold-out "50 States, 50 Flags" poster. Here is a representative selection of exercises: Girl with Curls Write [the missing] "er, " "ir, " or "ur" to complete the words. (Page 28) Spell Like a Shark! Spell all the "ar" words [start, march, far, party, park, hard, cart, garden, harm, art, large, and bar] from the Word Box in alphabetical order. (49) Fun at the Playground! The words on the balls [below] are all pronouns. Rewrite each sentence using the pronoun that can take the place of the underlined word(s) in each sentence. (77) A Fable Read the story. Answer the questions for each part of the story. (94-97) And Then... Read the beginning of [each of three stories]. Write about what happens next [in the space provided]. Then draw a picture [in the space provided]. (128-130) H Is for Hannah Trace the letters. Then write them. [in the space provided]. Trace the sentence. (139)Count by Fours! Start at 4. Write the missing numbers on the [Ferris wheel] cars. [Then] If there were four more cars on the Ferris wheel, what number would be on the last car? [insert number in space indicated] (173) Hundreds of Gum Balls Add the numbers using regrouping. (196-197) American

All the fun of the Brain Quest card game in a colorful page-turning book. I got this one and the third-grade one for my eight-year old this summer. He's been working in it every day. The activities appear to be fun as well as challenging for him. The book has sections for Phonics, Spelling and Vocabulary, Language Arts, Reading, Writing, Cursive, Math Skills, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Fractions, Shapes and Measurement, Time and Money, Social Studies, and Science. Answer Key is in the back, and there are also "extras," like a colorful map of the US, cut-out Q & A game cards and motivational stickers.