Play Smart Alphabet 2+ and 3+ bundle

Play Smart Alphabet set, The left book shows a penguin with his wings out. Floating above his head are the letters A, B, and C and a banana, car, and apple. On the right book cover is a panda performing magic. The panda is wearing a pink scarf and holding a colorful top hat and a wand. There is a small money resting on the panda's head. Above the panda, floating in the air above the panda are the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and several items including a baby crocodile, blue car, chocolate donut, and a flower.

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Our price: $15.75

Ages: 2-3

Grades: Preschool+

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Product Code: 113-302

Timberdoodle's Review

Play Smart Alphabet Bundle

A study that shows children learn best while having fun is not too surprising. Having fun leads to more focused attention, greater recall, and increased understanding. That is the aim behind the Play Smart Alphabet Bundle. Play Smart Alphabet Bundle will help your child develop preschool readiness skills such as following directions, finger tracking, letter identification, etc. Your young student will also practice writing lines and curves, which will be essential when he begins to write letters. The Play Smart Alphabet Bundle is colorful and visually appealing with a large variety of activities that include tracing, cutting, folding, gluing, matching, mazes, and more. Vibrant vehicles, adorable animals, and festive foods decorate the clean-looking pages. And the more than 80 stickers in each of the two books bring extra fun to the Play Smart Alphabet Bundle. Clear instructions for parents are included.
From the Publisher: 
Play Smart Alphabet helps your child develop preschool readiness skills such as following directions and attending to tasks while learning concrete skills like letter identification and letter formation when presented the opportunity to use a finger to trace the lines in book 2+. In book 3+, your child will work on following directions and attending to tasks, while learning concrete skills, such as letter identification and matching uppercase and lowercase letter pairs. Your child will practice writing lines and curves, which will be essential when they begin to write letters.

  • Over 48 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide.
  • Educational method with over 60 years of experience.
  • Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of a specific age group.
  • Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activities gradually get more challenging throughout the workbook.
  • Wide variety of activities: A variety of activities from different approaches helps children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which helps them to be able to solve practical problems on their own. It also helps keep their interest and focus.
  • Stickers: Uses stickers within the context of certain activities and also as rewards for completed work to keep children motivated.
  • 4 colors throughout the book with a variety of fun illustrations: The cute and colorful illustrations engage children in activities. Fun illustrations help children understand the activities without reading the instructions.
  • Support children’s learning: “To Parents” sections explain the effective ways for parents to support children’s learning.
  • School readiness: Children can acquire basic academic skills before entering preschool.
  • Play Smart Series has won National Parenting Product Awards and Family Choice Award.

    • About Gakken
    Gakken is the number 1 educational publisher in Japan. Founded in 1946 by Hideto Furuoka, the mission of Gakken has always been to produce fun-first, educational materials for children.

    Gakken is well-known to Asian families for its bestselling workbooks. Gakken is also well-respected in academic circles - publishing popular teaching materials for preschools, kindergartens, and primary schools. In addition to its substantial publishing business, Gakken also runs 14,000 learning centers called “Gakken Classrooms” and operates nursery schools - all inspired by the successful formula used in their workbooks.

    Play Smart’s philosophy rewards success and builds confidence. Created by educational experts, this award-winning Play Smart series uses Gakken’s unique fun-first method of completing age-appropriate activities that are progressively more challenging, building on small achievements, and fostering an eagerness to learn. The variety of activities leads to creative problem-solving skills and prepares children for the journey of lifelong learning.
    Features

    2+ book:
    Publisher: Gakken
    Binding: Paperback
    Dimensions: 8.25" x 11.875" portrait (top binding)
    Page Count: 70 pages. Includes over 80 stickers and a wipe-clean alphabet board.
    Age Recommendation: 2+
    ISBN: 9784056211160
    Consumable: Yes
    Faith-Based: No

     3+ book:
    Publisher: Gakken
    Binding: Paperback
    Dimensions: 8.25" x 11.875" portrait (top binding)
    Page Count: 70 pages. Includes over 80 stickers and a wipe-clean alphabet board.
    Age Recommendation: 3+
    ISBN: 9784056211177
    Consumable: Yes
    Faith-Based: No

    Customer Reviews

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    Dorothy
    Workbook win

    I will be the first to admit my son struggles with workbooks. They are not his forte, he loves to read but workbook work is a challenge. That being said, if I have to do workbook work (and I think at least a LITTLE bit is important, even if it's just purely for practicing it and getting used to it) I would pick these books. Each letter has several pages of fun and varied activities and are a good "printed in a book" intro to letters. I'll admit it helps that my son was already very well versed in the alphabet when we started, but that's more a reflection on his individual temperament and not the books themselves. I am definitely a fan of these books.

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    Bryce T.
    Easy to use!

    My son is doing really well with these books. Easy to follow along.

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    Tasha
    Engaging

    My 3/4 year old son loved these books. It was a great introduction to letters, sounds, and handwriting. I was expecting a bit more work with the letters themselves, but the coloring and activities did keep him engaged. Great for very beginners, but if they know their letters at all it could be a bit boring for them.

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    bina w.
    fun workbooks

    Our 3 year old loved these books, we didn't start until January since we focused on the other hands-on materials at the beginning of the school year. The stickers are nice and our little kiddos loves to get these after each page.

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    bina w.
    Great books

    This is great to start introducing book work to your 2-3 year old. We started with 1-2 pages per week with just one book (loosely). Then when he turned 3, we started doing 3-4 pages per week, one page a day. We didn't do both books at once, just one at a time. He loves to put the stickers on the pages when he's done, it's great it came with the stickers. This helped to make 'school' fun.

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