Questions & Answers

Brain Quest Kindergarten (Brain Quest)

If only all children had someone as friendly and daring as red-haired Ryan the Lion to guide them through all the new learning necessary for successful kindergarten days in the classroom. Cheerful, slightly daffy Ryan can be found on nearly every question card in these two Brain Quest decks--whether he's eyeing some delicious red licorice as he demonstrates numerical concepts ("Which will buy more candy: the penny or the nickel?") or cautiously approaching a bird's nest as he skydives into treetops (in a correct-the-narrative-sequence episode).

While kids are bonding with Ryan (and enjoying the cool construction of these slick, bound decks), parents will thrill at the range of fundamental academic skills and common-sense information that their children will pick up from these fun-to-guess cards. It's all here: questions about the alphabet, spelling, vocabulary, counting, spatial concepts, the physical sciences, as well as demonstrations of right from left, safety rules, and names of computer equipment. There also seems to be the perfect balance of "easy" and "hard" questions in this huge sampling. Kids feel both capable and challenged with Brain Quest, and thus stay with these decks for a long time. (Ages 5 to 6) --Jean Lenihan

Find the picture names. Count the crayons. Start telling time. Plus patterns, mazes, rhymes, "What's Wrong with This Picture?" pictures - and don't forget the Genius Points! Here are 300 questions and answers to open up your child's world of knowledge and build essential learning skills. Ages 5-6. Kindergarten.Curriculum-based! Teacher-approved. Full-color illustrations throughout. Question and answer cards hinged together by a plastic bolt. Two decks come inside a plastic container. 60 cards per deck. Guide Included.

Brain Quest Preschool (Brain Quest)

Your 4- to 5-year-old will absolutely delight at how much she or he knows while working with the 300 questions in these Brain Quest decks for preschool children. It's the bunny, of course, that does not live "in a river, swamp, or sea." (That's where the crab and alligator live!) Later, it is not long-lashed Amanda the Panda--the deck's adorable guide figure--"who is eating with chopsticks." (Amanda has a fork. And a light brown bear has a spoon. It's the bunny who has the chopsticks!) Proud of their success in unraveling the answers from these cheerful illustrations, kids will gladly challenge themselves to the harder fare, like finding the rectangle in the picture, or counting the circles on the Olympic flag.

Parents too will enjoy the authors' focus on real-world scenarios and real-world questions. Woven through these happy academic fundamentals are lessons about getting dressed, colors, body parts, and many other concepts that benefit preschoolers immensely. (Ages 4 to 5) --Jean Lenihan

Play Time - Learning Time - Together Time Alphabet puzzles and Mother Goose. Number quizzes. Lives of animals. Mix-and-match games -- and lots of "What's Wrong with This Picture?" pictures. Here are 300 questions to open up your child's world of knowledge -- and 300 new ways for the two of you to spend play-and-learn moments together. 300 Questions and Answers to Get a Smart Start. Ages 4 - 5

Brain Quest Grade 1 (Brain Quest)

When the Brain Quest series moves from preschool age to the first-grade set, it transforms from a playful question game into a sort of elementary school version of Trivial Pursuit. (In the spirit of this new grown-up air, there is no longer a cheerful animal guide appearing throughout the decks.) Now, each card features one question from each of five category sections: Reading, Math, Vocabulary, Social Studies & Science, and Grab Bag. The rules are gentle: Playing in teams, with partners, or solo, you can stick to your favorite subject category or play the whole card. Keeping score (they offer three different versions) is optional.

Though the framework of the game feels very grown-up, the questions are not out of a first grader's league. A math question asks, "What coin is the same as 25 cents?" A sample science question reads, "Name the force that keeps you from floating in the air." There is much good humor in these questions, and the name references are nicely up to date, though not completely contemporary (Beanie Baby references can be found here, but Pokémon's not mentioned). (Ages 6 to 7). --Jean Lenihan

It's O.K. to be smart! You're getting smarter and so is BRAIN QUEST. With 50% new material, broader subject matter and more challenging questions, BRAIN QUEST is the up-to-date educational best-seller that quizzes you on the stuff you want to know -- when you want to know it. 750 Questions and Answers to Challenge the Mind. Ages 6 - 7.

My First Brain Quest: 400 Questions to Build Your Toddler's Word Skill, Third Edition (Brain Quest)

Join a little monkey named Max on his fun-filled day and watch your child's vocabulary blossom! Visit the zoo. Have fun at the circus. Celebrate holidays and learn all about animals. It's a game of questions in picture form that will help your child explore the world. 400 Questions to Build Your Toddler's Word Skills. Ages 2-3.Curriculum-based! Teacher-approved! Full-color illustrations throughout. Question and answer cards hinged together by a plastic bolt. 3 decks come inside a plastic container. 26 cards per deck. Includes Guide for Parents.

It's never too early to build a child's vocabulary, and the updated My First Brain Quest--designed specifically for 2- and 3-year-olds--is a fun way to get started. The tall, skinny plastic box contains three decks (the cards are attached so they fan out on a hinge) with a total of 400 questions, and a spongy, nontoxic Max toy monkey. The idea is to have the toddler bond with the monkey, so the child associates the cards with playtime! Deck One offers a full day with Max from the time he wakes up until bedtime. For example, a full-page cartoon of Max in his colorful toy-ridden bedroom asks, "Who just woke up? What is Max wearing? What do you see in his room?" The cards break down into smaller illustrations with object and activity identification ("What is Max doing? He's putting on his slippers" or "What is this called? A clock.") We follow Max through breakfast, school, music lessons, and more. Deck Two introduces children to seasonal activities, including trick-or-treating and playing on a snowy day. Deck Three explores the world, following Max from the mall to a picnic in the country to a farm. The Brain Quest series is a wonderful vehicle for parents to play and learn with their wee ones, and paves the way for a lifetime fascination with words. (Ages 2 to 3)

Brain Quest for Threes (Brain Quest)

Play Time - Learning Time - Together Time Make a play date with a little mouse named Molly and watch your child blossom! Together you'll play ABCs, counting games and "Can You Find Molly?" plus shadow pictures, word associations and "All Mixed Up." This game of questions in picture form will help your child develop essential skills and bring new meaning to your play-and-learn moments. 300 Questions and Answers to Get a Smart Start Ages 3-4

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I Spy: An Alphabet in Art (I Spy Series)

The perfect art book for small children is one that opens their eyes and makes them want to keep looking. I Spy, surely the most cultured alphabet book around, is just right. Parents can leave it out on a table and let it work its magic silently. Its cover picture--René Magritte's Son of Man, a painting of a man in a Homburg and overcoat who inexplicably has a green apple where his face ought to be--has just the right touch of whimsy to grab a toddler's attention, but older children (up to about age 80) should love it, too. Inside, there are 26 paintings: large, clear, colorful, and one to a page. Across from each plate is an alphabet letter, shown both capitalized and lowercase, and the words, "I spy with my little eye something beginning with..." The Magritte starts off the alphabet (A is for apple, of course), and then Henri Rousseau's Football Players keeps the ball rolling, so to speak. Lucy Micklethwait includes wonderful selections of pictures children can dream about, including an Indian painting, Workmen Building the Palace of Fatehpur Sikri (E for elephant), Goya's incomparable Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga (M for magpie), and Miró's Woman and Bird in the Moonlight (S for star). Click to see the spread with Marc Chagall's The Bride and Groom of the Eiffel Tower (V for violin). Compilation and text © 1992 by Lucy Micklethwait. Permission by Greenwillow Books. (Preschool and older) --Peggy Moorman

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with A..." Even the very youngest art lovers can spy out the apple in Magritte's Son of Man through the zigzags in de Geest's Portrait of a Child. Interact with twenty-six of the world's greatest paintings in this educational, entertaining, and beautiful pairing of a classic game with timeless art.

Brown Paper School book: I Hate Mathematics! (Brown Paper School Books)

This book is for non-believers of all ages. It was written especially for children who have been convinced by the attitudes of adults that mathematics is (1) impossible (2) only for bright kids (3) no fun at all anyway. This book says that maths is nothing more than a way of looking at the world and that it can be relevant to everyday life (Street maths) and fun (How many sides does a banana have?). Hundreds of mathematical events, jokes, riddles, puzzles, investigations and experiments prove it!

Brain Quest Bedtime: 175 Stories, Poems, and Jokes to Read Together with Questions and Answers (Brain Quest)

Cozy covers and PJs and a pillow to cuddle into. And stories and questions and poems and jokes. For that special time of the day comes Bedtime Brain Quest, with a little bear puppet companion. Do dogs dream while they're sleeping? Can you see colors in the dark? Does the sun stop shining when the stars come out? Then after the answers, some quiet conversation, just for the two of you. It's all about the wonder of sleep and the magic of the night.With Brain Quest Bedtime, parents and young kids can snuggle up under the covers and learn about the moon, the stars, owls, and Rip Van Winkle. There is a 50-card full-color deck with over 150 stories, poems, questions, answers, jokes and riddles. Accompanied by a plush teddy bear puppet.