Foster a love of reading and help your child get ready for kindergarten with this engaging full-color workbook! Your child will enjoy the illustrated stories and activities, which are related to plants and how we use them. You will appreciate the engaging language, math, and alphabet card activities that teach basic readiness skills. Early Bird: Plants includes: Three colorful storybooks: Plants Are Living Things, Plants Have Parts, and How We Use Plants. Your child can read the story aloud or listen to you read the story to him or her. The interesting topics and illustrations motivate children to read! Fun activities that provide age-appropriate practice of language, math, and fine motor skills. After each story, the activity pages help your child show what he or she learned and practice fundamental skills. Sample skills include: Following directions; story comprehension; rhyming; vocabulary Counting to 20; geometric shapes; measurement Rhymes and chants to help your child learn new vocabulary Theme-based alphabet cards with games. The flashcards can be cut and sorted to play fun matching games with your child. Hands-on activities further help your child learn letters and their sounds. Answer key About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.