Brain Quest: Educational Tools That Make Learning Fun!
Brain Quest Cards & Workbooks
Our family loves Brain Quest. We first got a deck of their Questions & Answers as a birthday present for our daughter when she was in preschool. We've been buying them each year ever since.
Their slogan is "It's fun to be smart!". I love that. In one little sentence it's letting kids know that it's cool to be smart, and that learning can be fun.
Each Q&A box contains two decks of cards, each held together at the bottom with a grommet. They slide open like a fan. Questions are on one card, with their answers on the next. When you get to the end turn the deck over and their are more questions and answers going back. Then move on to the second deck.
They are great for parents to use at home with their kids, for teachers to have in their classroom, or for friends to play together.
In addition to these cards, Brain Quest also has coordinating workbooks with hundreds of activities, exercises, games, and challenges in every subject, with emphasis on math and language skills.
Preschool: Ages 4-5
Brain Quest Preschool has 300 questions and answers to build essential learning skills. They include alphabet puzzles, number quizzes, mixed-up stories, prices, “What’s
wrong with this picture?” pictures, shapes, rhyming, patterns, lives of
the animals, and more.
The Brain Quest Workbook: Pre-K helps parents follow and explain key concepts. It includes ABCs, 123s, tracing letters, mazes, shapes, colors, beginning sounds, sorting and matching, "what's wrong with this picture" games, and more.
Kindergarten: Ages 5-6
Brain Quest Kindergarten has 300 questions and answers to build essential learning skills. They include patterns, shapes, mazes, opposites, rhymes, "What's Wrong With This Picture?" pictures, and more.
Brain Quest Workbook: Kindergarten helps parents follow and explain key concepts. It includes ABCs, 123s, mazes, “paint by letters,” sorting games, phonics, shapes and colors, money, telling time, and more.
Grade 1: Ages 6-7
Brain Quest Grade 1 has 750 curriculum-based questions and answers reflecting the latest school standards.They include sums, opposites, time, shapes, places, Grab Bag, and more.
Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 1 reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. It includes phonics, spelling, vocabulary, find the rhyme, addition, subtraction, skip counting, time, money, maps, science, brain boxes, and more.
Brain Quest Grade 1 Reading is an excellent way for kids to hone their reading skills. They can practice reading comprehension, grammar, phonics, word choice, and more.
Brain Quest Grade 1 Math teaches kids the fundamentals of math with 750 curriculum-based questions on operations, minute hands, money, number patterns, measurements, fractions, and more.
Grade 2: Ages 7-8
Brain Quest Grade 2 has 1,000 curriculum-based questions and answers reflecting the latest school standards. They include contractions, sequences, making change, rhyming, Grab Bag, and more.
Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 2 reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. It includes phonics, how to build a sentence, story starters, addition and subtraction, first fractions, tic tac total, time, geography, science, Brain Boxes, and more.
Brain Quest Grade 2 Reading is an excellent way for kids to hone their reading skills. They can practice reading comprehension, grammar, phonics, word choice, and more.
Brain Quest Grade 2 Math teaches kids the fundamentals of math with 1,000 curriculum-based questions on operations, fractions, patterns, angles, three-dimensional shapes, Celsius and Farenheit, and more.
Grade 3: Ages 8-9
Brain Quest Grade 3 has 1,000 curriculum-based questions and answers reflecting the latest school standards. They include fractions, plurals, telling time, vowels and consonants, Grab Bag, science and nature, and more.
Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 3 reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. it includes spelling and vocabulary, parts of speech, reading comprehension, odds and evens, magic squares, multiplication tables, Brain Boxes, and more.
Brain Quest Grade 3 Reading is an excellent way for kids to hone their reading skills. They can practice reading comprehension, grammar, phonics, word choice, and more.
Brain Quest Grade 3 Math teaches
kids
the fundamentals of math with 1,000 curriculum-based questions on decimals, fractions, number patterns, Roman numerals, time, measurements, and more.
Grade 4: Ages 9-10
Brain Quest Grade 4 has 1,500 curriculum-based questions and answers reflecting the latest school standards. They include decimals, synonyms and antonyms, plants and animals, the human body, root words, number patterns, Grab Bag, government, and more.
Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 4 reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. It includes language arts, word searches and crosswords, idea clusters, multiplication and division, story problems, geometry, graphs, time lines, Brain Boxes, and more.
Grade 5: Ages 10-11
Brain Quest Grade 5 has 1,500 curriculum-based questions and answers reflecting the latest school standards. They include contractions, ratios, prepositions, time zones, the solar system, similes and metaphors, Grab Bag, and more.
Grade 6: Ages 11-12
Brain Quest Grade 6 has 1,500 curriculum-based questions and answers reflecting the latest school standards. They include prefixes and suffixes, measurements, geography, presidents, the elements, percentages, homophones, Grab Bag, and more.
Grade 7: Ages 12-13
Brain Quest Grade 6 has 1,500 curriculum-based questions and answers reflecting the latest school standards. They include onomatopoeia, fusion, equations, the planets, Roman numerals, abstract nouns, capital cities, the periodic table, Grab Bag, and more.
Extras: Ages 9-12
Brain Quest America has 850 questions and answers celebrating our nation's history, people & culture. Laws, literature, events and inventions, it's the Brain Quest that asks: How well do you know the U.S.A?
Brain Quest Presidents has 850 questions and answers about the men, the office, and the times. It's the story of America's leaders, and of America herself.
Brain Quest Black History has 850 questions and answers challenging your knowledge of African-American heritage. Black History celebrates 5,000 years of heroism, culture, struggle and achievement.
Brain Quest Hispanic America has 850 questions and answers about people, places, culture, and language. Celebrate the heritage.
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