Brain Quest Kindergarten [Cards]

Chris Welles Feder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 2005 | Age Range: 4 and up | Series: Brain Quest

Count the marbles. What’s the opposite of fast? How many pennies make one nickel? Suppose you mix red and blue. What color will you get? Plus patterns, shapes, mazes, opposites, rhymes, "What's Wrong With This Picture?" pictures—and don't forget the Genius Points! Here are 300 questions and answers to build essential learning skills as parents and children work together.

Vetted by a panel of America’s highest award-winning teachers, and embraced by kids and parents because it flat-out works, Brain Quest opens a world of information and education with its fast-paced question-and-answer format, bright full-color illustrations, and lively attitude

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If only all children had someone as friendly and daring as red-haired Ryan the Lion to guide them through all the new learning necessary for successful kindergarten days in the classroom. Cheerful, slightly daffy Ryan can be found on nearly every question card in these two Brain Quest decks--whether he's eyeing some delicious red licorice as he demonstrates numerical concepts ("Which will buy more candy: the penny or the nickel?") or cautiously approaching a bird's nest as he skydives into treetops (in a correct-the-narrative-sequence episode).

While kids are bonding with Ryan (and enjoying the cool construction of these slick, bound decks), parents will thrill at the range of fundamental academic skills and common-sense information that their children will pick up from these fun-to-guess cards. It's all here: questions about the alphabet, spelling, vocabulary, counting, spatial concepts, the physical sciences, as well as demonstrations of right from left, safety rules, and names of computer equipment. There also seems to be the perfect balance of "easy" and "hard" questions in this huge sampling. Kids feel both capable and challenged with Brain Quest, and thus stay with these decks for a long time. (Ages 5 to 6) --Jean Lenihan --This text refers to an alternate Cards edition.

Book Description

Smarter. Fresher. Better.

And now with new content, and new packaging.

Announcing the relaunch of Brain Quest, America’s #1 educational bestseller with over 23.7 million copies in print. Featuring a complete updating of the content and an eye-catching, brainy-retro new look, this is a dazzling makeover, inside and out.

For kids, it’s fun unplugged. For parents, it’s the easiest, most trusted way to know if their children are keeping pace. Assisting in the relaunch is an advisory panel of ten of America’s top educators, each of them winners of Teacher of the Year or Milken National Educator Awards. The result: completely revised questions and answers, with up to 20%new material, to bring each deck up to the standards of today’s curricula. The content is the same that kids will find on standardized tests, handled in such a way that it promotes mental flexibility.

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Product Details

• Age Range: 4 and up
  
• Cards: 148 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 3rd edition (April 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9780761137719
• ISBN-13: 978-0761137719
• ASIN: 0761137718
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 2.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Brain Quest cards August 4, 2006

By TJB

Format:Cards

We love the Brain Quest card sets. We have several sets for our 5 and 3 yr-olds. Their size and the fact that the cards are secured together make them perfect for slipping in a purse or backpack. They have proven invaluable when waiting in restaurants. The only problem we've had is getting the kids to stop playing when the food comes. We've also played so much that they have several of the sets memorized so it would be nice to have more sets within each age group.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars My pre Kindergartener loved this January 16, 2007

By Kim

Format:Cards

These are great stocking stuffers. My daughter received hers the Christmas before she was to start Kindergarten so she could become familiar with the curriculum.These became her favorite flash cards. It also opened doors to teaching things she didn't know like time. Highly recomended

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Is it really for Kindergarteners? June 24, 2012

By coffee-toffee

Format:Cards|Amazon Verified Purchase

For some reason, the decks themselves say ages 4-5, rather than 5-6. Can't figure out why since the box (which was sealed)says Kindergarten 5-6. Content is way too easy for my 5 y.o. Disappointed...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Kids like it, a bit easy for the average kindergartener June 26, 2011

By Amber

Format:Cards|Amazon Verified Purchase

Kids seem to really like this but it seems pretty simple for the average kindergartener. If your child has pretty solid skills, you might want to try a higher level.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product! May 11, 2010

By Mark Twain "Lisa"

Format:Cards

I bought this for my 4 year old daughter, and she LOVES it! (She had the Pre-K version before this and loved it too.) The best benefit is that she is challenged with more difficult questions, but they don't hit the fustration level for her. This set has improved her learning A LOT!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars She loves it October 14, 2010

By A. Deutsch

Format:Cards|Amazon Verified Purchase

We got this for my 4-year-old when the preschool set was getting to easy. She loves to sit with me and be quizzed with these. And they're small enough to throw in my purse and keep her entertained at a restaurant or doctor's office too.

41 of 59 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, and educational, except for an occasional error. May 15, 2002

By M. Henry

This game is exceptionally diverting for boring car trips and waiting time for medical appointments. The kindergarten game does seem more appropriate for 4 year olds rather than 5-6 year olds if the child has had a lot of exposure to letters, colors, shapes etc. There are a few dreadful lapses in accuracy, among the worst being the placement of a penguin next to an Eskimo and igloo. The Eskimo/igloo cliche is annoying, but the transposition of that poor little penguin from Antarctica is inexcusable. Our pre-schooler concluded the penguin must be just visiting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Be aware - this is the same as the green (Revised 3rd Edition) May 5, 2013

By Edit Varga

Format:Cards|Amazon Verified Purchase

My daughter is in love with the Brain Quest Questions and Answers. We own several of them for different age groups. we are constantly on the look to find new ones we don't have, but suits her age. I ordered this Yellow Brain Quest for her birthday and it turned out that it is exactly the same as the Green Ryan the Lion for ages 5-6 (what we already have). It's just a revised edition...She was so disappointed...She already knows all the questions and answers by heart. Why on earth did they change the color???? Now I cannot return it, because we removed the packaging foil... So, my rating for the product itself would be 5 stars, but the Company's way of package design is 0 star...