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Scholastic Success With Basic Concepts

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Written by Danette Randolph

Cover design by Ka-Yeon Kim-Li
Interior illustrations by Janet Armbrust
Interior design by Quack & Company

ISBN-13 978-0-545-20093-6
ISBN-10 0-545-20093-8

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 Introduction
Parents and teachers alike will find this book to be a valuable learning tool. Children will enjoy completing
a wide variety of activities that are both engaging and educational. The activities focus on basic concepts
that will prepare children for kindergarten. These concepts include colors, shapes, number recognition,
patterns, sequencing, alphabet recognition, and rhyming. Hidden pictures, coloring by numbers, dot-to-dots,
and mazes are some of the fun activities used to engage children in learning about the concepts. Take
a look at the Table of Contents and you will feel rewarded providing such a valuable resource for your
children. Remember to praise children for their efforts and successes!

Table of Contents
Color Train (Identifying colors). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Transportation Station (Big/small).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Clowning Around (Identifying colors).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mark the Map (Left/right).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Rolling Through the Hills (Identifying colors).. . . . . . 7 Triangle Teasers (Same/different).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shape Match-Up (Recognizing shapes). . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Side by Side (Recognizing relationships).. . . . . . . . . . 27
A Shapely Castle (Recognizing shapes).. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Together Is Better (Recognizing relationships).. . . . 28
Shapely Sets (Identifying groups of Special Helpers (Recognizing relationships).. . . . . . . 29
1–5 objects).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Out of Place (Classifying objects).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
More Shapely Sets (Identifying groups of Rounding Up Opposites (Opposites).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6–10 objects).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Different As Can Be (Opposites).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
A Sea of Numbers (Identifying numerals Alphabet Parade (Recognizing uppercase /
1 to 10).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 lowercase letters).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Crawl Before You Fly (Ordering numbers from Batter Up! (Alphabet sequencing).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
1 to 10).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hop to It! (Recognizing letters and sounds).. . . . . . . 36
Counting Windows (Ordering numbers from
Letter Flags (Recognizing letters and sounds).. . . . . 38
1 to 20).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Out of This World (Alphabet sequencing).. . . . . . . . 40
Tricks for Treats (More than/less than).. . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Play the Day Away (Alphabet sequencing).. . . . . . . . 41

Picking Flowers (Recognizing patterns).. . . . . . . . . . . 16
Speedy Work (Alphabet recognition a–h). . . . . . . . . 42
What Comes Next? (Recognizing patterns).. . . . . . . 17
Mitten Matches (Alphabet recognition i–o). . . . . . . 43
First Things First (Sequencing).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Letter Scoops (Alphabet recognition p–u).. . . . . . . . 44
Perfect Order (Sequencing).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
King or Queen for a Day (Alphabet recognition
Up on Top (Top/bottom).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
v–z).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
In, Out, and All About (In/out).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Time for Rhymes (Rhyming words).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Above or Below . . . Sure You Know!
Check the Signs (Rhyming words).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
(Above/below).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A Silly City (Real/pretend).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Size It Up (Short/long).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Name Identifying colors

Color Train
Draw a line to match each picture to the correct color.
Color.
bl
ue

ye
llo
w

bl
ac
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k
red

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 Name Identifying colors

Color Train
Draw a line to match each picture to the correct color.
Color.

e n
gre
te
hi
w
ge
an
or
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w n
o
br

purple

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Name Identifying colors

Clowning Around
Color. red

yellow
blue

green
black

purple
orange

purple
red
orange green

black
orange
yellow yellow
yellow
blue

red
yellow

red
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purple
purple
purple
blue green purple

orange orange blue

green

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Rolling Through the Hills

Color.

blue
yellow
white white

orange
blue green

green
ye green
llo
w bro
wn
purple
blu green
e

purple red
green
purple purple green
purple

purple
brown black green
red
yellow black
ye
llo

yellow
w

orange
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br
ow
n

green
orange
blue green brown
yellow

blue

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Name Recognizing shapes

Shape Match-Up
Trace each shape. Draw a line to match each object to
its shape. Color.

square circle

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triangle rectangle

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 Name Recognizing shapes

A Shapely Castle
Color.
yellow purple blue

green orange red

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Name Identifying groups of
1 to 5 objects

Shapely Sets
Draw a line to match each number to the set of shapes.

one

two

three

four
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five

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 Name Identifying groups of
6 to 10 objects

More Shapely Sets

Draw a line to match each number to the set of shapes.

six

seven

eight

nine
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ten

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Name Identifying numerals
1 to 10

A Sea of Numbers
Color.

1 yellow 2 green 3 blue

4 black 5 red 6 brown

7 purple 8 orange

7
7 4
5
7 3
7
3

4 5
4
5
8
3 1
1
1
2 8 3
1
2 2
2 2 7
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2 1 2
6
6 2
6 7
2
7 6
6 2
2
1
5
8 6
6 8 1
6

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 Name Ordering numbers
from 1 to 10

Crawl Before You Fly

Write the missing numbers.

1
4
2 7 10
8

Connect the dots from 1 to 10.

1 10
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9
2
5 6

3 8

4 7
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Name Ordering numbers
from 1 to 20

Counting Windows
Write the missing numbers.

1 3 4

6 8 9

11 12 14

17 20

123 Number Drive

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 Name More than/less than

Tricks for Treats

Count. Circle the dog with less bones.
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Name Recognizing patterns

Picking Flowers
Circle what comes next.

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 Name Recognizing patterns

What Comes Next?

Circle what comes next.
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Name Sequencing

First Things First

Write 1 by what Write 2 by what Write 3 by what

happened first. happened happened third.
second.

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 Name Sequencing

Perfect Order
Write 1 by what happened first.
Write 2 by what happened second.
Write 3 by what happened third.
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Name Top/bottom

Up on Top
Draw a around the Draw a around the
on the top. on the top.

Draw a around the Draw a around the

on the bottom. on the bottom.

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 Name In/out

In, Out, and All About

Color the animals that are in their houses.
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Name Above/below

Above or Below . . . Sure You Know!

Draw a around the Draw a around the
above the . above the .

Draw a around the Draw a around the

below the . below the .

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 Name Short/long

Size It Up
Draw a around the picture that is short.

Draw a around the picture that is long.

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Name Big/small

Transportation Station
Draw a around the picture that is big.

Draw a around the picture that is small.

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 Name Left/right

Mark the Map

Trace a or path in each picture.
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Name Same/different

Triangle Teasers
Draw a around the picture that is different.

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 Name Recognizing
relationships

Side by Side
Draw a line to match the pictures that go together.
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Name Recognizing
relationships

Together Is Better
Color the picture that goes with the first picture in each row.

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 Name Recognizing
relationships

Special Helpers
Draw a line to match the workers to their tools.
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Name Classifying objects

Out of Place
Put an X on the picture that does not belong.

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 Name Opposites

Rounding Up Opposites
Circle the picture that shows
the opposite.

full empty

loud quiet

slow fast
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over under

wet dry

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Name Opposites

Different As Can Be
Follow the maze to match the pictures that show
the opposite.

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 Name Recognizing uppercase/
lowercase letters

Alphabet Parade
Name the picture. Trace the uppercase and lowercase
letter. Color.

Aa Bb Cc Dd

Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii
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Jj Kk Ll Mm
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Name Recognizing uppercase/
lowercase letters

Alphabet Parade
Name the picture. Trace the uppercase and lowercase
letter. Color.

Nn Oo Pp Qq

Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv
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Ww Xx Yy Zz
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 Name Alphabet sequencing

Batter Up!
Write each missing letter.

A B D
F

J
L

R
Q
N O
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U
W

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Name Recognizing letters
and sounds

Hop to It!
Color the lily pad with the letter that matches the frog
in each row. Then circle the picture that begins with
that letter.

A D A E

B B D H

C G A C

D F D B

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E E F H

F C E F

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 Name Recognizing letters
and sounds

Hop to It!
Color the lily pad with the letter that matches the frog
in each row. Then circle the picture that begins with
that letter.

G A C G

H H G B

I J L I

J J O M

K L I K
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L I L P

M M N K

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Name Recognizing letters
and sounds

Letter Flags
Color the carrot with the letter that matches the flag
in each row. Then circle the picture that begins with
that letter.

N P N M

O J K O

P O P N

Q Q U X

R
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V T R

S S Z W

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 Name Recognizing letters
and sounds

Letter Flags
Color the carrot with the letter that matches the flag
in each row. Then circle the picture that begins with
that letter.

T X T R

U U Q W

V Y S V

W W V R

X Q X Z
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Y R U Y

Z Z T S

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 Alphabet sequencing
Name

Out of This World

Connect the dots from A to Z.

G I

F J

K
E

L
D M
C N
B O
A

P
Z Copyright © Scholastic Inc.

T Q
Y V
U

W S

X R
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 Name Alphabet sequencing

Play the Day Away

Connect the dots from a to z.

z a
b
v y d
u c
x e
w
n
t m f
s g
o h
l
r p i
q k j

Connect the dots from A to Z. F G

H
E

I J
D K

C
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Z Y M
B L
A
W
O

X N
V P
Q
U
T S R
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 Alphabet recognition
Name a–h

Speedy Work
Name and trace the letters.
A
a
a a a a
B
b
b b b b C
c
c c c c
D
d
d d d d E
e
e e e e
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f
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G
g
g g g g
H

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h
h h
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 Name Alphabet recognition
i–o

Mitten Matches
Name and trace the letters.

i
i i i i i I

j
j j j j j J

k
k k k k k K

l l l l l l L

m m m m m m M
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n n n n n n N

o o o o o o O

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Name Alphabet recognition
p–u

Letter Scoops
Name and trace the letters.

p P
p p p p p
q Q
q q q q q
R
r
r r r r r
S
s s s s s s
t t t t t t T
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u u u u u u U

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 Name Alphabet recognition
v–z

King or Queen for a Day

Name and trace the letters.

v w x y z

v w x y z
v w x y z
v w x y z
v w x y z
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W Y
X Z

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Name Rhyming words

Time for Rhymes

Say the name of each picture. Circle the two pictures that
rhyme in each group.

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 Name Rhyming words

Check the Signs

Say the name of each picture. Circle the animal with the
picture that rhymes with the first picture in each row.
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Name Real/pretend

A Silly City
Circle 5 pretend things in the picture.

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