Series: Sylvan Language Arts Super Workbooks
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Sylvan Learning Publishing; Student/Stdy Gde edition (July 21, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 037543030X
ISBN-13: 978-0375430305
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.8 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 6 - 9 years
Grade Level: 1 - 4
I love sylvan products. My son struggled in first grade and I have bought a lot of extra material. Sylvan books have proved to be one of the best. They are thorough. They have a good amount of material in the book. And they have a good,assortment of work. For example, my son likes to do the cross word puzzles which I love because it makes him think logically. He likes the mazes.Because he gets "fun" activities mixed with the traditional fill in the blanks, he will be engaged for longer period of time. I mix the books up every day so it gives him more variety and doesn't burn him out. He has gone from a .5 reading level in September to a 1.8 level last week. It can mix books like this where he reads short sentences and library books and he has just learned so much.Thank you sylvan.
I am so glad that I found this, before purchasing the separate books -- all of which I had been looking at, as well. It really does include all three books shown on the cover, and each one is separated within the larger book with it's own cover page. The price was perfect (not much more than any one of the single books would have cost) and I couldn't be happier about the content.Each section includes several pages that focus on that particular reading or spelling rule, or vocabulary type, and it isn't stuffed full of pages that require a ton of writing. I like that it's friendly to my 8yo's hand, since it allows us to still work on "real" content while giving her a break from writing-intensive lessons. We are using this as a content review before moving on to the next level of lessons.The one thing I would change, if I had the option, would be to make the pages perforated. The only reason I would prefer this is that it is a very thick book, so my 8yo has to force it to lay flat enough for her to write on some of the pages, while dealing with the inner spine as an extra impediment against her hand. It certainly isn't a deal-breaker, but I may very well end up needing to remove the pages from the book, and perforated edges would have made that simpler. For the price, however, I won't complain that they didn't make it easy to rip out pages!
My child's school now teaches reading, English, and spelling out of one "language arts" book, but doesn't send the book home. If a child needs extra studying beyond the homework assignments, we have to find study materials on our own, since nothing is provided by the school. This workbook is tying in nicely to the different chapters covered at school, even though they use a completely different book publisher.The workbook is presented on colorful pages, more like word games than "work," which makes kids more willing to do it, but the material is effective for reinforcing the school lessons. And I was impressed with how many different lessons it covers, it is thorough and worth the price paid. I would recommend this for anyone, homeschooling or not.The one disadvantage, if you are not homeschooling, is that several pages have vocabulary words you will not use.
We use this book for homeschooling our 6 year old. We finished the kindergarten book first and moved on to 1st grade. The books are actually quite large, which is a plus and very understandable. We have looked into purchasing other LA books but the Sylvan books are colorful which is an attention grabber, full of information and great value. No complaints here!
For my 7 year old that struggles with reading, this is an amazing resource! I don't mind to set and do reading exercises with him, the problem is that I'm not gifted in teaching. When we use this, I don't have to be :) He really loves the work compared to other things that we have tried and it has helped him to not lose knowledge over summer vacation and even dance academically.....all in just a few minutes a day! We might spend 15 minutes doing it.
My daughter loves these books. They cover a huge range of material and progress from extremely basic (what would be about the beginning of kindergarten) to advanced (what would be around the beginning of 2nd grade).
My children earn extra screen time at weekends by doing worksheets. I bought my second grader the Second Grade Language Arts and Super Maths Success books and she is working through them. They are maybe a touch too easy but she does struggle with math sometimes in particular and I figure it's all good reinforcement for what she's done at school. My Kindergartner is reading already and is good with his numbers so I bought him the 1st Grade Sylvan Learning Language Arts Success and Super Maths Success books which are just at the right level for him. It's a very thick book, which can make writing in the early/latter pages difficult sometimes, but you could always tear the pages out and work on them that way if that's a problem for your child. I think the combined Sylvan language arts and math success books are fantastic value and definitely recommend.
My 6 year old LOVES this book! She gets excited to do a few pages every day during the summer. It helps me make sure that she is staying on track with where she needs to be for her age AND to it helps her remember everything over the summer.
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