Author(s): Stella Heather

Parenting | Early Learning

This flagship title in Black Dog's bestselling Get Ready for School series is being relaunched with an engaging new design and activities that reflect current academic standards and align with the Common Core. With nearly 310,000 copies in print, Get Ready for Kindergarten has been teaching and reinforcing basic early-learning skills through rewarding activities for more than 10 years. The updated edition, with 30% new material, will features the same adorable art and easy-to-follow instructions, but contain approximately 100 new standards-based activities recognized by educators nationwide. Early-learning skills include recognizing and writing upper- and lowercase letters, counting from 1 to 20, doing simple addition and subtraction, recognizing sight words and word families, making comparisons, and completing patterns.