Preschool workbooks?

[Pumpkin_Pie]

DS is starting to get crazy interested in letters and numbers and is constantly asking me what things say, what a number or letter is, etc. He also LOVES to sit at his little table and chair set in our play area and color or "do work" as he calls it. I am thinking of buying him a workbook, but was wondering if anyone has any recommendations? I am thinking I will just leave it on his table and if he wants help, I can work on it with him, or he can just color and trace letters and numbers if he wants to.

[AndrewsMother]

My 4 year old loves this book. It is filled with tracing, matching, pattern, etc exercises in addition to letters, numbers and shapes. Even when DS is not in the mood for writing his letter he can easily find an activity to enjoy.

http://www.amazon.com/Get-Ready-Pre-.../dp/1579125492

I purchased my book at Costco! We also have Kumon and Brainquest books which are great. The benefit to the Get Ready books is the spiral binding that allows them to lie fat.

[Pumpkin_Pie]

Thanks! I am going to see if my local bookstore can order it so I can check it out before I buy it. I really think he will flip out when he gets one. He is constantly asking me to draw letters for him and he will draw scribbles and if it turns out remotely looking like a letter, he will try to figure out which one it is.

[St. Margaret]

We've found some really nice ones at Costco, and for a great deal, too. DD loooooves to do "school work" it's so funny-- we were trying to be all unschooly and delayed academics, but we were supernerds and high achievers in school, and it just seems to have leaked into her genetically. She was demanding that we make letters for her to trace, write words for her to read, etc, she wanted to do all the more academic pages in some coloring books I got that had just a few sprinkled throughout (didn't notice), so we broke down and got a huge workbook and she adores it.

[Pumpkin_Pie]

Nice! I will definitely check out Costco for them. He really is so super excited about them. I remember ADORING them as a kid, and really, I have been trying to lay low on academic stuff, but he is really pushing for it, so I am caving.

[LuckyMommaToo]

DD loves workbooks. We've liked the BrainQuest ones from Costco (saw them there today, in fact!).
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[lach]

Another parent of a kid who loves workbooks. I think it's weird, but whatever. I remember worksheets as being never ending busy work, but at this age and in the workbooks (not the faded mimeograph sheets I got at school) I guess they're bright and colorful and challenging enough to be fun. She has all these new skills and knowledge and I guess it's fun to try them out, KWIM?

Anyway, DD loves the Kumon ones. I mean LOVES. They're expensive, so I have to hide them on a high shelf because she'd do an entire one in a single sitting. I bring them out as a special treat. We also have the ones we got at Costco, and she really likes those. I got one that's called Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills at Borders, and it's really thick but it's fun. There are a few activities that are games you cut out and play with them.

[mamac4260]

I'm a fan of the content of the Kumon ones. DS (4) loves them and they seem very thorough.

I bought the Get Ready for Pre-K one just to have him review the basics (he's been working in the "older" Kumon ones) before Pre-K starts next week. He blew right through it, but the book did cover a little bit of everything, which is what I was looking for. I much preferred the spiral bound binder structure of the Get Ready for Pre-K book over the Kumon traditional workbook style (no constantly reminding him to hold down the page, etc).

[Carolinemaths]

My son is the same! One thing I've noticed is that he likes to have a variety of activities to choose from; sometimes he wants to trace, sometimes colour, sometimes match, sometimes letters, sometimes numbers etc! For this reason, I make sure I have plenty of different kinds of books (the big Brain Quest ones are great!)

For those times when he's not in a workbook mood, I use one of the activities from my 24 Short and Sweet Preschool Maths Activities blog post, which I wrote after not being able to quickly find the activities I'd previously seen online!

[Delicateflower]

Singapore math Kindergarten math is great.