Series: Wipe Clean Workbooks
Spiral-bound: 28 pages
Publisher: Priddy Books; Spi Wkb edition (June 8, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312508700
ISBN-13: 978-0312508708
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 0.4 x 10.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (224 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 3 - 6 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 1
Length: 3:21 Mins
My son and I love this wipe clean workbook!! A friend of mine shared a video of her daughter using this workbook. Before seeing that video, I never knew that any thing like this even existed!! I really wanted something reusable, as we practice to get my son ready for preschool. Something to help him practice his tracing, pen control and writing. This product has exceeded my expectations 100000%I love the fact that you can easily wipe this clean. I use a damp paper towel to ensure it is completely clean. I always make sure to clean it after we use it. I recommend doing this so that it doesn't stain. There are so many different things for the kids to trace in this book! All sorts of lines and images. My son LOVES the dog and cat tracing! They have so many different books, I look forward to purchasing more. Now we can practice and make it fun! This is one purchase I am exceedingly happy about! I highly recommend this for your preschool aged child!
We've been using multiple books in these series since Pre-school, and they are a godsend. The only complaint (like others) is the pen. The wipe on/off dry erase CRAYONS (Crayola-about $4 here or at Wal-Mart) are working the best...and Junior can handle those much more easily because they aren't as slippery on the page so they offer more control as well. Realizing these books are a bit more expensive, I have to say...if you can, spend the extra couple of dollars it's really worth being able to: a) keep this stuff all in one place within these great spiral-bound books; b)the content is exactly what your child is ready for and needs to supplement his school curriculum at home; c)Dry-Erase offers the convenience of being able to wipe-off and go over and over as many times as you want/need to offer consistency AND you're not wasting paper! (Did I mention, his Kindergarten teacher was very impressed at parent-teacher conferences?) Highly recommend any of this series.
If you're looking for a good, educational, and fun workbook for your toddler, this is the one to buy. I spent countless hours reading reviews on and researching on other sites. My daughter is 2, and she seemed ready for something other than just random coloring on paper, so I wanted a workbook that would begin teaching her to trade, color in the lines, etc. I ordered about 10 workbooks including this one, some Kumon tracing and maze books, and some basic concept ones by Spectrum. This is by FAR the best one and worth the extra few dollars for a 2 year old. It's great because it starts with VERY basic ideas (trace from a dot down), then has the child draw diagonally, draw in a u-shape, draw in a circle, trace shapes, and then trace multiple shapes to create a drawing (example: a cat is make up of triangles for the ears and a circle for the face). All great concepts. I didn't use the pen and instead ordered some dry erase Crayola Crayons, which work perfectly in the book and don't smear or have fumes. HIGHLY recommend this book which holds her attention well. She has a good attention span for her age, but still tends to do a few of the exercises per page and then wants to move on to another page or concept. With the other workbooks, they aren't trace-able, so I put them in the C-Line Reusable Dry Erase Pockets, thereby making my own diy dry erase sheets. But my daughter prefers this book, where she can move on from one concept to another by just turning the page and not get bored (as she tends to do at this age fairly quickly). It's definitely worth the few extra dollars to get this dry erase book over the regular paper workbook style, for the 2-3 year olds and probably the older kids, too. You get WAY more use out of it.
I bought a few of these books in the same series for my son and daycare kids to get a jumpstart on writing.My 2 year old, who is fairly intelligent, doesn't really grasp the concept of following the dotted tracing lines, and instead prefers to 'color the kitty's eyes' or color in the pictures. My 3 year old loves it though, and immediately understood that we start our marker on the big purple dot, then follow the dotted lines. Within minutes she was doing all sorts of pen control exercises that I didn't know she could do! It really helped her learn the most comfortable way to hold the marker and be able to control it the most, which quickly led to her being able to write her whole name!!!While my son isn't using the book for its sole purpose, he's still learning things, and I know he'll grow into it.I've found that Expo low-odor dry erase markers work best with kids in these books, but make sure you erase the pages everyday!! We made the mistake of leaving the writing in the book for a couple days, and it stained the pages a bit.
I think this book is fantastic for any young child, whether just starting to write or working on their pen control. I remember doing books like this when I was young, and when I saw this I bought this for the 3 1/2 year old I nanny. I think this book is perfect for his age, and will "grow" with him for a while. I like that there are a variety of pages in the book; it starts with just tracing lines, goes to shapes, then a little more complex pictures (a teddy bear, drum, etc) and the last few pages are whole (simple) scenes with a blank page in the back to draw whatever you like. This book is great because your child can just draw on it if he isn't at the point of tracing and work his way up to it. Of course the fact that you can erase and do it over and over is very appealing. The only negative is it only comes with one black pen which may not be as much fun for younger children, but it is very easy to buy more markers, and they even make dry erase crayons now! (Any dry erase crayons or markers appear to work. I noticed the red crayon doesn't come off as easily, but a little water or even windex works great to get the traces off)
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