Every day your child is acquiring skills needed for entry into the world beyond family and home. This book provides practice in learning these essential skills in an engaging way. The activities in this book are designed to give young children practice in letter recognition as well as letter discrimination and initial sound awareness, both important reading-readiness skills your child will encounter in Kindergarten. Though Kindergarten may be a year or two away, your child can still begin to prepare for school success now. Completing these activities with your child will promote early academic achievement.Upon your childs completion of each activity, use the provided incentive chart and stickers to track progress and celebrate your childs success. Whether students need extra practice with grade-level skills or a head start on next year, Stick Kids® Workbooks offer engaging activities, games, and puzzles that help make learning lots of fun. Each 56-page book features full-color activities, a list of the skills, and an explanation of why those skills are important for development. Also included are helpful tips, an answer key, a handy tracking sheet, stickers for acknowledging achievements, and appearances by the lovable Stick Kids!These right-sized (7 x 9) skill practice workbooks are perfect for use at school, or as entertaining activities on the go. Tuck them into a backpack, purse, or travel bag. Great for school breaks, vacations, and year-long practice.SKILLSUppercase letter identificationHand-eye coordinationLowercase letter identificationFine motor developmentLetter/sound relationshipsFollowing directionsBeginning soundsHOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT LEARNINGHunt for uppercase and lowercase letters on signs while out shopping.Read books aloud together.Assist with picture identification and sounding out words when reading.Provide a selection of writing tools, such as pencils, markers, crayons, and colored pencils, to keep the activities engaging.