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What will your child be expected to learn in the 1st grade? How can you help him or her at home? How can teachers foster active, successful learning in the classroom? This book answers these all-important questions & more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents & teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American first graders. Filled with a wealth of opportunities for reading aloud & fostering discussion, this first-grade volume of the acclaimed Core Knowledge Series presents the sort of knowledge & skills that should be at the core of a challenging first-grade education. Discover:
Favorite Poems, old & new, such as "The Owl & the Pussycat," "Wynken, Blynken, & Nod," & "Thirty Days Hath September"
Beloved Stories from many times & lands, including Aesop's Fables, "Hansel & Gretel," "All Stories Are Anansi's," "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," & more
Familiar Sayings & Phrases such as "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" & "Practice makes perfect"
World & American History & Geography--take a trip down the Nile with King Tut, & learn about the early days of our country, including the story of Jamestown, the Pilgrims, & the American Revolution
Visual Arts--fun activities plus full-color reproductions of masterworks by Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Georgia O'Keefe, & others
Music--engaging introductions to great composers & music, including classical music, opera, and jazz, & favorite children's songs
Math--a variety of activities to help your child learn to count, add & subtract, solve problems,recognize geometrical shapes & patterns, & learn about telling time
Science--interesting discussions of living things & their habitats, the human body, the states of matter, how we measure things, how electricity works, our solar system, & what's inside the earth, plus stories of famous scientists such as Thomas Edison & Rachel Carson