Play Smart Early Learning by Gakken Early Childhood Experts

Play Smart Early Learning by Gakken Early Childhood Experts

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Play Smart Early Learning by Gakken Early Childhood Experts

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 55 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.
*Play Smart workbooks, though new to the North American market, are the number 1 bestselling workbooks in Japan where Gakken is also well-known for running 14,000+ learning centers and pre-schools.

*Their time-tested, fun-first approach to learning is one that resonates with American parents and educators.

*The books are priced at $6.99 (versus Kumon's $7.95 books), AND Gakken workbooks come with 80+ stickers and a wipe-off game board, making them a much better value than their closest competitor.

*Gakken has more experience and success in the pre-school education space than any other publisher, and there is minimal competition targeting the 2+ and 3+ age group.

*Gakken is supporting their North American program with extensive marketing to consumers, pre-school teachers, and to stores.

*We will publicize the series on an ongoing basis to parenting and early blogs, websites, and publications.

*Animals are always a favorite with pre-schoolers.

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9784056300123
ISBN 10 4056300127
Title Play Smart Early Learning
Author Gakken Early Childhood Experts
Series Play Smart
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Gakken
Year published 2017-07-15
Number of pages 70
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.