BOOK FEATURES 320 pages: 295 activity pages, 25 answer key pages - For ages 6 to 8 - 7.75" x 10.75" pages with durable glossy cover - Activities include codes, crosswords puzzles, word searches, games, and more! - The skill being practiced is listed at the bottom of each page - Colorful, kid friendly illustrations expand imagination and problem-solving - Fun facts throughout the workbook add to the fun and learning - Perforated pages are easy to tear out for individual worksheets Big Codes, Puzzles & More is packed with 300+ colorful exercises that will keep your child thinking! These proven activities will help prepare your child for success by using logic puzzles, problem solving learning games, word search puzzles, and much more! This educational games workbook will make you child's imagination soar, as your child also builds logic, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Big Codes, Puzzles & More is loaded with crossword puzzles for kids, games, riddles, codes, and other big learning disguised as pure fun. For example, Monster Appetites makes it easy to learn fractions by showing the fraction of a pizza each monster, including a griffin and a cyclops, devoured. Or use logic as the key to unlocking a mysterious problem. This kind of enjoyable reinforcement learning is perfect as both a school aid, or as a great addition to kids homeschool teaching. This workbook is intended for first grade and second grade children ages 6 to 8. I've chosen to homeschool my child. I found a nice curriculum on Pinterest to base our curriculum on. As I searched for educational activities, I quickly realized it was time consuming and expensive. I knew then that I needed to find a good base workbook. I looked through the many workbooks we had stashed away and came across this one that had been bought recently by my grandmother as a gift. When I began to look through it, I noticed that it had FIVE of the subjects I knew we needed to cover. Numbers, Letters, Pre-Writing Skills, Colors, and Shapes. This book has saved us so much time, money, and sanity! Absolutely love it and recommend to ANYONE with young children. 6 (yes 6) stars!!! It's above and beyond what I could've ever expected. This book has been our absolute favorite, but we've ventured into other School Zone workbooks as well and they are all brilliant! Thank you so much, School Zone! --School Zone Website For nearly 40 years, School Zone has helped make learning fun! Our research-based content, developed by leading educators, delivers award-winning, state-of-the-art products digital and print for individual learning styles and goals. Every product placed in a child's hands is brimming with color, content, and creativity. In every detail, innovation meets imagination and timeless tradition. In that same spirit, School Zone both embodies success and embraces possibility, stepping boldly into new media and platforms to connect with kids where they are. Parents appreciate the quality and attention to detail. The company continually updates materials with new features and content, reflective of changing standards, evolving teaching methods, and overall best practices. The result? Great learning at home and in the classroom. Joan Hoffman, M.A., is the author and co-author of hundreds popular storybooks and workbooks for children. Among the titles are Peter’s Dream , I Don’t Like Peas , and The New Bike (the latter two published under the pen name Marie Vinje), the Get Ready for Preschool , Kindergarten , and First Grade workbook trio, along with the entire Get Ready, Little Thinker, I Know It!, Try-n-Spy, and Little Busy Book workbook series. She is also co-founder, along with her late husband James Hoffman, Ph.D., of School Zone Publishing. Visionary in business, she has long looked at the world through a child’s eyes, infusing her stories and lessons with joy and relatability. As a mother of 4 back in the ‘70s, like moms the world over throughout history, she wanted what was best for her children. And she knew that teachers didn’t have the time to give her kids everything they needed. As an elementary school teacher, Hoffman worked hard to give her students what they needed to learn. And parents would ask her what they could do to help. That’s why she started School Zone—to help give children every possible chance to reach their potential. She brought retail experience gleaned from previously founding and managing two regional educational book and supply stores for teachers and parents. Her husband lent his blended talents of educator and entrepreneur. A professor of education who also had first-hand experience as an elementary teacher, he was involved in teacher education programs at several colleges and had served at the helm of a company that published classroom materials. Combining rock-solid editorial judgment and creative instincts with a thorough understanding of early education, Joan Hoffman was an exemplary proponent of design thinking long