What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!

Did you know there are 6 simple machines that make up every complicated gizmo out there? This book introduces the pulley, the lever, the screw, the wedge, the inclined plane and the wheel & axle.

This book is crawling with math. Kids can take apart groups of bugs and practice numbers up to 20, build beginning addition and subtraction skills with counting exercises, and review bug names too!

This busy book landed at the gates for learning! Pencil this into the itinerary for a plane ride or just to talk about transportation with your kids. Mazes, word puzzles, and coloring keep fun aloft.

Read two similar stories and see what two very different cultures can have in common when it comes to storytelling. This book comes with two illustrated stories and peppers questions along the way.

No need to knock on wood, this book just takes a page from common superstitions to give kids great writing practice! They can consider some origins as they read and write about different beliefs.

Do more with drawing in this book of interesting art basics and history. Each page challenges kids to think outside the box to draw or create a pattern, while honing language, math skills, and more.

Get math practice off the bench to calculate percentages, read graphs, add fractions and round decimals to bring math skills all the way home. This book knocks one out of the park for baseball lovers.

What is a literary genre? In this book, thumb through interesting quotes and the most popular genres. Your child has a chance to flex writing skills in a fun way as he analyzes what makes each unique.

When it comes to reading, it’s all about inferring. Kids can learn how to use clues in a text to understand a character’s thoughts or follow the action, in this book about jumping to conclusions.

This beautiful, colorful activity book offers a comprehensive overview of division basics and techniques. Add tools like skip-counting on a number line, repeated subtraction, fact families, arrays, and equal groups to your problem-solving arsenal. Be sure

It won’t take all the king’s horses and all the king’s men to put these mixed-up fairy tales back together again! Work on reading comprehension and story structure with this book of simple stories.

Mastering the multiplication tables is a big step for kids! Help your student nail down his times tables with this round-up of helpful strategies, cool shortcuts and practice pages.