Toys and Games Books

My son worked his way through this book last year in 5th grade - he is homeschooled - (with my help when needed). We both really loved the book. If there was another book like this, we would definitely buy it. It starts out easy and gets harder in three levels. If your child likes using clues and solving word puzzles, they will definitely enjoy this book.

I have a 6 y/o and a 9 y/o both started learning Spanish this year. My 6 y/o sometimes get fussy about doing his "homework" but loves to work on this book.

I'm homeschooling and I could go on the road with the Spectrum books. After trying several different curriculums, I stumbled across these books in the bookstore. They were an answer to prayer. There is an answer key in the back, so I haven't had to haul around a huge teachers edition. These books, all of them (we homeschool a 1st grader and 3rd grader and we use Spectrum Spelling, Writing, Reading, Language Arts, Vocabulary, Phonics, and Math) are exactly what we needed. My first grader LOVES the reading books. We ordered both, the regular Spectrum, and the one written by Mercer Meyer with the Little Critter characters. Childrens books (especially the ones written at her level) are SO expensive, and these reading books come with so many stories, and they have exercises for reading comprehension. I REALLY can't say enough. One thing I'd like to see them do? Add science and social studies/ history and geography to their mix... art and music while we are at it!!

Spectrum Books were recommended by my child's teacher. Now I can understand why. We home school and these books are great. They self teach and are easy to understand. They are economically priced which is rare in educational books. I find that every Spectrum Book on every subject is equally as great. Not only are they valuable to home schooled kids like mine, they also are great to tutor kids in traditional schools who may need a little help. I will never hesitate to buy any book under the Spectrum name brand. They are tops. However it's my nature to be picky, so here it goes, the only thing I recommend is removing the answers from the back of the book. All the pages have been conveniently perforated. Because if you have a child like mine, he'll discover this before you do and whiz through his assignments without getting any question wrong. I'll be buying these books for years to come. I love them and it will be hard to find anything better.

The importance of writing today is essential because technology has given the world the opportunity to communicate with the written word via the computer and internet not to mention through out ones education and life. With this in mind it is essential to begin showing children the means for an intelligent tranfer of ones ideas and thoughts. With this series, beginning as soon as possible, you can be assured that your child or student will acquire the essential craft of translating his or her words legibally and meaningfully to others conveying what is meant to be given. I highly recommend the use and instruction of this material.

My 5 year old daugther loves the book. She could not put it down. The wheel interaction is very entertaining for her. She learned to spell five words in less than a day by herself. If there is a part II of this book I will be buying it.

Like "It's Hanukkah," this book is perfect for a toddler as we approach the holiday. It focuses on the dreidel game, and my almost-2 yr old loves the moving dreidel in the middle. She's learned to spot the menorah and gelt, and exclaims over many details. She's choosing this nightly now, since she recently received her own first dreidel. She's a little young yet to understand the meaning of Hanukkah, but we love hearing her excitement about the holiday on her terms.

This book really helped my son. He has a problem with tests sometimes and this was a great source of help.

I have been collecting Star Trek items since I was a child and this is by far the best book on the subject of Star Trek collectibles. The book is organized very well and has some of the best photographs of hard to find Star Trek items that I have even seen. All I can say is EXCELLENT! Loved the book. I wish a book like this was around years ago. After reading, I am inclined to improve my collection by searching for items that I never knew existed. Great job!!

Before we got this please note that my three year old son has already watched TOS and a bit of STNG. He falls in love with any toy I improvise that has to do with Star Trek and of course he loves his ships. His favorite is a Corgi Enterprise he actually goes to bed with (we take it away quietly as it's rather sharp and heavy metal) and now he has this Enterprise-D. I let him get 'into' ST as he is a late talker and he picks up all the phrases quickly on these shows (going into his highchair he says 'energise' before I lift him) and he loves learning new words like 'Exeter', 'Excaliber', 'Excelsior' (all on the same page in the encycolpedia by the Okudas). Except for the small pieces I have had to remove (the 'sliding' doors which don't really and fell out and now are lost already and are a choking hazard for my other one and removing all other small accessories that came with it) we had fun putting the stickers on with a tweezer and we tape down the little bits that peel off after lots of play with Scotch tape this is a very durable toy. Nice and big, not too heavy and lots of details that will allow him more pretend play over the next years. Star Trek is a world of its own, I didn't really know much about it until last year. Now I know what the nacelles and hull strut supports are.