Download or read book Play Smart Color Shape Picture Puzzlers Age 2 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 100 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Color and Shape Picture Puzzlers 2+ is the perfect workbook to enhance children’s art sense, creativity, and focus. This workbook includes a variety of fun-first, age-appropriate, and engaging activities such as coloring, drawing, tracing, and sorting games using a variety of colors and shapes found in a child’s daily life. Children are entertained while they develop important skills such as focus, fine motor coordination, pen-control, and creativity—all necessary to prepare them for lifelong learning! What’s Play Smart Workbooks 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 specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help 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 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, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. 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.
Download or read book Play Smart Skill Builders Challenging Age 2 3 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play Smart workbooks include age-appropriate activities that use a proven step-by-step method to build confidence. Making learning enjoyable in early childhood has positive effects on a child’s lifelong educational journey. **Play Smart Challenging series---2022 National Parenting Product Awards Winner** (NAPPAawards.com) This Play Smart Skill Builders Challenging focuses on drawing basic lines and solving mazes while guessing the path ahead to support your child’s development of preschool readiness skills. 1. Tackle tasks in a variety of ways. Depending on a child’s age, some problems may be a little too difficult. It’s important to encourage your child to approach tasks in different ways, and this can be done by referring to the tips in the “To Parents” section. When a task is complete, your child’s sense of accomplishment will help develop their critical thinking skills and creativity. 2. Develop independence while working on tasks. Activities include tasks related to getting dressed, cleaning up, and helping around the house. When an activity is finished, encourage your child to practice it. This prompts children to be more aware of their surroundings. 3. Learn the names of animals, food, vehicles, and other things. While outside of your home, ask your child to review the things they have learned in the workbook. This will not only expand their vocabulary, but also stimulate their interest in the things around them. 4. Think about the environment. Pages featuring characters living in the Arctic, jungle, and desert as well as in trees, in the sea, and on land are designed to help children learn that various living things reside together on Earth. This helps raise awareness of environmental issues.
Download or read book Play Smart Early Learning Age 2 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 80 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Play Smart Early Learning Age 2+ is an essential first workbook. With a variety of fun-first, age-appropriate engaging activities such as tracing, cutting and pasting, coloring and picture puzzles, children are entertained while developing important skills such as fine motor coordination, problem solving, and social skills—all necessary to prepare them for lifelong learning! What’s Play Smart Workbooks 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 specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help 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 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, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. 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.
Download or read book Play Smart Skill Builders Age 2 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 80 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Play Smart Skill Builders Age 2+ is full of age-appropriate maze activities that are perfect for strengthening children’s hand-eye coordination and focus. Maze activities help develop and improve perception, visualization, and reasoning skills. Children will also trace the lines of mazes and drawings to improve pencil skills and build the foundation of letter and picture drawing. Through trial and error, children will build fine motor skills and increase attention span. What’s Play Smart Workbooks 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 specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help 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 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, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. 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
Download or read book Play Smart My First STICKER Numbers Colors Shapes 2 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Numbers, Colors, and Shapes while having fun with 250+ stickers. This book contains more than 250 colorful stickers of animals, vehicles, vegetables, fruits, and toys that are recognizable to children. Kid-friendly stickers and age-appropriate activities encourage children to learn. This sticker activity book helps children acquire early math skills as they learn colors and shapes. To learn these skills, children must be able to distinguish between different colors, shapes, and sizes while classifying objects. The book progresses in stages as follows: Activities to distinguish colors, shapes, and sizes Activities to observe and find similarities and differences Activities to sort and count things Continuing this process can also nurture a child's judgment and problem-solving skills. What is a My First Activity Book Series? ·This series is a suitable size for children with small hands who are just starting to learn. They can apply stickers, color, and cut with scissors with ease. ·This small size allows children to look at each page without moving their eyes. They can easily understand the activity and remain engaged. ·For children on the go-they can enjoy this easy-to-carry format everywhere. What’s Play Smart Workbooks? Over 50 million Play Smart Workbooks sold worldwide. Educational method with over 70 years of experience. Age appropriate activities: Activities are carefully developed to match the level of specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help 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 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.
Download or read book Play Smart Brain Boosters Challenging Age 2 3 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play Smart Challenging develops the skills necessary for children to thrive in the 21st century, such as solving problems in different ways, independence, and awareness of environmental issues. **Play Smart Challenging series---2022 National Parenting Product Awards Winner** (NAPPAawards.com) Play Smart Brain Boosters Challenging 2-3 workbook focuses on the recognition of letters, shapes, and colors to support the development of preschool readiness skills. In this workbook, children will: 1. Tackle tasks in a variety of ways. Depending on a child’s age, some problems may be a little too difficult. It’s important to encourage your child to approach tasks in different ways by referring to the tips in the “To Parents” section. When a task is complete, your child’s sense of accomplishment will help with their critical thinking skills and creativity. 2. Develop independence while working on tasks. Activities will include tasks related to getting dressed, cleaning up, and helping around the house. When an activity is finished, encourage your child to practically try it. This prompts children to be more aware of their surroundings. 3. Learn the names of animals, food, vehicles, and other things. While outside of your home, ask your child to review the things they learned in the activities. This will not only expand their vocabulary, but also stimulate their interest in the things around them. 4. Think about the environment. The “Go Green Activity Board” is an educational tool designed to help children learn that various living things reside together on earth. This helps raise awareness of environmental issues.
Download or read book I Can Do That Stickers written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 350 stickers and 64 clever game boards, this sticker workbook provides hours of learning fun! **2019 National Parenting Product Awards Winner** (NAPPAawards.com) Playing with stickers books is a marvelous way for preschool children to hone fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and spatial relations while they play. With this sticker activity book for children ages 3 to 5, your child will: -solve mazes -play matching games -complete counting activities -decorate pictures While entertaining for hours on end, these preschool activity books can also teach your child to: -practice skills like decision making -sort objects by shape and color -develop observation skills -increase vocabulary -exercise creativity and much more!
Download or read book Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Download or read book Play Smart Early Learning Age 3 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 80 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 3-5 8.25" x 11.875" Play Smart Early Learning Age 3+ is the perfect first workbook experience. Through a variety of age-appropriate engaging activities like tracing, mazes, coloring, matching games, picture puzzles and more—children will naturally learn and recognize the world around them. These fun-first challenges stimulate creative thinking skills while keeping kids thoroughly entertained as they hone important skills from fine motor coordination to problem solving and observation—all necessary to prepare them for lifelong learning! What’s Play Smart Workbooks 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 specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help 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 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, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. 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.
Download or read book Play Smart 500 Stickers Activity Book Our Favorite Things written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 500 stickers and 48 activities, this sticker workbook provides hours of learning fun! Children can enjoy putting stickers on familiar objects such as animals, sea creatures, vehicles, food, vegetables, fruit, plants, pets, and more. This sticker workbook, created for children ages 2–4, includes over 500 colorful stickers featuring children’s favorite things. Your child will develop the desire to learn while playing with stickers. Solving problems while using stickers helps children develop preschool readiness skills, such as recognition of letters, numbers, shapes, and colors as well as fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It includes the following themes: Numbers Letters Shapes Creativity Classification Picture Puzzles Matching Games Mazes Patterns
Download or read book Play Smart My First COLORING BOOK 2 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best workbooks for children's small hands My First Coloring Activity Book is for children two years old and older who are just starting to learn. The size of the book is designed to match a child’s developmental stage, hand size, and vision. Children can apply color with ease. This book contains a total of 126 coloring and drawing activities. It is designed to help children develop their skills in a more carefully calculated, step-by-step way. The coloring steps are as follows. Level 1 Draw dots and lines Level 2 Color a designated area with a designated color. Level 3 Use colors that match the picture, or choose favorite colors. Throughout the book, the difficulty levels increase according to your child’s growth and development. This step-by-step method helps children expand their fine motor skills, color recognition, and creativity. When your child finishes each activities, let them choose a reward sticker to put on the page. What is a My First Activity Book? ·This series is a suitable size for children with small hands who are just starting to learn. They can apply stickers, color, and cut with scissors with ease. ·This small size allows children to look at each page without moving their eyes. They can easily understand the activity and remain engaged. ·For children on the go-they can enjoy this easy-to-carry format everywhere.
Download or read book Play Smart 500 Stickers Activity Book Around Our Town written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 500 stickers and 48 activities, this sticker workbook provides hours of learning fun! Children can enjoy stickers in familiar scenes such as public park, restaurant, amusement park, aquarium, zoo, farm, beach, and more. This sticker workbook, created for children ages 2–4, includes over 500 colorful stickers featuring children’s favorite things. Your child will develop the desire to learn while playing with stickers. Solving problems while using stickers helps children develop preschool readiness skills, such as recognition of letters, numbers, shapes, and colors as well as fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. It includes the following themes: Numbers Letters Shapes Creativity Classification Picture Puzzles Matching Games Mazes Patterns
Download or read book Charlie s Good Night Hug written by Shizue Arakawa Arakawa and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buttercup Babies series of board books presents an original cast of charming characters including Mimi the mouse, Bunny the rabbit, and Lulu the kitty, who are sure to capture the hearts of little ones everywhere! This series gives a fresh take on the board book, featuring Shizue Arakawa’s iconic characters, peek-a-boo die-cuts, touch-and-feels, and early learning concepts. Babies will sharpen their gross motor skills with interactive elements, feel soothed by the touch-and-feel spots, and relate to the child-like characters. It's almost time for bed, and Charlie peeks through the clever die-cuts in this book to see each of his friends. When the page is turned, he sees each friend cuddling in for a good night hug from mommy or daddy. Charlie wants a hug too. When will it be his turn? Finally, Charlie’s mommy appears, and Charlie gets the cozy good night hug he’s been waiting for. Babies will love to see their reflection in the mirror-effect cover!
Download or read book Play Smart Big Workbook Preschool Ages 2 4 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play Smart BIG Workbook Preschool helps your child learn how to write letters and numbers and draw shapes in an easy-to-follow, developmentally appropriate, step-by-step process. Over 250 activities. All pages are perforated for easy removal. This book consists of 9 sections that support the development of your child’s preschool readiness skills. Basic Lines Shapes Colors Letters Numbers Color & Shapes Dot to Dot Mazes Puzzles Your child will first practice writing BASIC LINES (1) such as straight lines, curves, and zigzags. This is the basis for writing letters and numbers. The SHAPES (2), LETTERS (4), and NUMBERS (5) activities prompt your child to use the handwriting skills learned in BASIC LINES (1). They will be able to practice basic lines again in the LETTERS (4) section. In the NUMBERS (5) section, your child will practice writing numbers and matching numbers with the quantity of objects. Children will learn more about putting numbers in order in the DOT TO DOT (7) section. The COLORS (3) and COLORS & SHAPES (6) sections include activities for color and shape recognition. Children will also develop basic skills and draw creatively. MAZES (8) are an extension of basic line practice as children will draw long lines. Mazes also help develop problem-solving and forward thinking skills. The PUZZLES (9) section encourages your child to solve problems, match items, and fill in empty spaces. This improves spatial cognitive skills. Children can start with any page they like, depending on their developmental stage and interest.
Download or read book Preschool Color Activity Book written by Roger Priddy and published by Priddy Books US. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preschoolers will have hours of fun with this activity-packed book from bestselling author and early education expert Roger Priddy. There are puzzles to complete, pictures to color in, drawing activities, as well as over 200 stickers to place on the book pages. A great way for kids to learn while having fun.
Download or read book Play Smart Animal Picture Puzzlers Age 2 written by Gakken early childhood experts and published by Gakken. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the Play Smart secret? Learning should be fun! BOOK FEATURES 70 pages includes over 110 stickers, and a wipe-clean activity board For ages 2-4 8.25" x 11.875" Animal Picture Puzzlers 2+ includes a variety of fun-first, age-appropriate, and engaging activities featuring children’s favorite animals and insects! These pages are filled with learning challenges such as picture puzzles, tracing, number activities, matching games, drawing, mazes, and counting games using children’s favorite theme. Children are entertained as they develop important skills such focus, reasoning, fine motor skills, pen-control, and numbers—all necessary to prepare them for lifelong learning! What’s Play Smart Workbooks 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 specific age group. Step-by-step method: The instruction and the activity gradually get challenging throughout the workbook. Wide variety of activities: Variety of activities from different approaches help children strengthen critical thinking skills and creativity, which help 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 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, Family Choice Award and Mom’s Choice Awards®. 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.
