First Grade Foundations is a comprehensive guide that offers Common Core State Standards practice while reinforcing essential skills like long and short vowels, compound words, addition and subtraction, early algebra and more The colorful, innovative activity pages will engage your child for hours of learning fun With First Grade Foundations, your child will build a solid foundation for reading, language arts, and math through the fun and challenging cross-curricular activities in social studies and science. The extension activities on almost every page will encourage your child to utilize critical thinking and apply what he or she has learned to everyday situations. First Grade Foundations is your child s stepping stone to success The Foundations series for Kindergarten through third grade offers activities for a full year of practice. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, these the ready-to-go practice pages are simple and engaging with challenging extension suggestions on almost very page. Essential skills in language arts and math are addressed and presented with a whimsical, innovative style that kids will love The activities included in the Foundations series also utilize critical thinking, coloring, cutting, and gluing skills."