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

Peggy Kaye is a reading and math tutor in New York City. She has a master's degree in early-childhood education from Columbia University's Teachers College and has taught in both public and private schools. She is the author, as well, of Games for Writing, Games for Reading and Games for Math.

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 grade: 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.

Library Journal

Kaye, author of Games for Reading ( LJ 6/1/84) and Games for Math ( LJ 3/1/88), here profiles 85 learning games which can be played in ten minutes or less with children between the ages of five and ten. She includes games for improving vocabulary, math, handwriting, phonics, and science, all of which require material no more complex than cards, dice, or pennies. Kaye is a master at turning learning tasks into easy games that will have children clamoring for more. Her appendix includes a list of important words kids should know, great books for reading aloud, and notes for teachers. This great resource for parents and teachers is recommended for public as well as school li braries.-- Linda Beck, Indian Valley P.L., Telford, Pa.