Games for Learning: Ten Minutes a Day to Help Your Child Do Well in School―From Kindergarten to Third Grade

by Peggy Kaye

In Games for Learning , Peggy Kaye, renowned teacher and author, gives parents more than seventy original, entertaining, and slyly educational ways to help their children master crucial learning skills - in just ten minutes a day . The games cover all the important areas of the school curriculum from kindergarten to third reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, logical thinking, even science, history, and geography. There's fun here for both parent and child alike--plus skills that will lead to success in school and enhance any youngster's self-esteem.

Games for Learning also includes a "Note to Teachers" which shows how to make these games part of school life.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Parenting, Teaching

272 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1991

About the author

Peggy Kaye has a master's degree in early childhood education from Columbia University's Teacher's College, and has taught in both public and private elementary schools in New York City.

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creative, fun ways to help children get the practice they need in writing and number comprehension. I've used most of the ideas with different students with great success!

[Karyn Tripp · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is full of some great ideas to make learning fun- for teachers and moms. I have tried a few & my son loved them.

[Cacey Hopper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book! So many fun learning and teaching tools. Elijah gets really excited when I take this one off the shelf during school.

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is just great! My five year old has loved so many of the games.

[Tessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great one from Kaye! This has games for several subjects and they're all easy to do with most only taking a few minutes to prepare and play.