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My First Book Of Mazes

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Kumon's MY FIRST BOOK OF MAZES is a wonderful introduction to mazes for children. They recommend this book for a child aged 3-4-5...well, I would find it hard to believe a 3 yr. old could do some of these mazes! My son is 8 and he had lots of fun with this book. Some were very easy, but some were challenging. Note the cover art is nothing like the inner art. The inner art is beautifully done, with the even page mazes up to page 28 being softly colored 3-D looking mazes of city streets, a forest, a farm a zoo, a garden, a racetrack, etc. The odd numbered pages have mazes in black and white and are flat, in various creative designs, and are more challenging than the 3-D style mazes. Mazes #29 on are of animals: work your way through a soccer playing fox, a doggie waiter, a pig out shopping, a lion king...very fun! The animals are done in black and white with colorful backrounds. A very nice book printed on heavy paper, nothing cheap and junky in the feel at all. I have heard of someone who had their child move a counter or plastic chip along the maze to find the way through, and then have them go again with the pencil or crayon. This prevents frustration with erasing because of wrong turns, and aids in remembering how you went through with the chip. When your child has done this book, they would probably enjoy Kumon's AMAZING MAZES, similar to this one, but a bit harder. These would make great gifts for a child who has everything. Kumon has many many wonderful workbooks that any child would love...check them out! Books on cutting, pasting, crafts, numbers. Enjoy!

We have many of the Kumon workbooks and love them all, but this one is my son's favorite. It's perfect for 3 year olds. It starts with very simple mazes and then each progressive maze gets a little bit harder. When we first got the book and I looked towards the end of this book, I thought there was NO way my son could do this at three years old. . .but the book gradually increases the difficulty level so slowly that it WORKS! This is the one workbook that my son BEGGED to do and would do three or four pages at a sitting! And now he's on the next "Amazing Mazes" book in the series.

This book is pegged for children ages 3 - 5, and that seems about right. My three year old son had a blast working these delightful (and sometimes challenging) mazes. There are 80 mazes in the book, and there is a certificate of achievement at the back of the book.

Highly recommended.

We got the Upper Case Letters book first and the kids really seemed to enjoy going the work. They really love doing this book. It's more like play then school work for them. Our "I can't do it" 4 year old doesn't want to put it away! The progressive hardness of the mazes is so gradual the kids don't have trouble transitioning through it. The patterns, colors and characters are VERY kid friendly and easy on the eyes. The whole Kumon system really has me impressed!

This book gave my 4 yr old daughter the confidence to start deliberately moving the pencil in a certain direction. Since she started these mazes she's more comfortable tracing letters and learning to write her name.

My 4 year-old son is left-brained like his dad and he *loved* this book and was so proud of himself when he completed the whole thing.
I like how this book progresses in difficulty and has a variety of types of mazes. The 3-D looking ones are really fun and are one of the main reasons I love this book. My son developed his visual skills, greatly improved his writing skills (how to hold a pencil correctly and draw straight-ish lines) :-), and learned that it's ok to make mistakes and to keep trying, even when it gets challenging.

I highly recommend this book, especially for the visual learner, to help exercise the young mind and build confidence!

I got this book today and my 3 (almost 4 year old) son finished the whole book (80 pages) in one day! He LOVED it! It looked a bit easy at first but I thought it might be more of a challenge as he went along. I guess he was more advanced than I realized and my only regret is how quickly the money was used up. I'm planning on purchasing the next maze book in the series. On a side note, this was my first Kumon purchase and although they are more pricey than books without color, I think they will be worth it for certain activities.

My 5 year old had a great time going through the mazes. He would have completed the book in a week if I'd let him do nothing else. It was challenging at the higher levels but he sure enjoyed the challenge and wouldn't put it down.

Kumon does it again with a great "progression style of learning" book. In My First Book of Mazes, the first few mazes are really simple to complete. As your child does more, the mazes get more complicated - but not so much that it will discourage your kid. There are a few little tips included, such as do the maze first with your finger before completing with a pencil, and tips on how to hold a pencil properly. The paper stock is also very forgiving for kids who push down on the paper really hard - it's thick enough so that holes won't be punched through or the paper torn. It's also designed so that if you want to erase pencil marks, you can so the maze can be completed a a second time. I was able to erase some lines my son drew, and they came off fairly cleanly. Highly recommended!

My son just turned 3 a few months ago and this book arrived today. He has a broken arm this summer and I wanted to find something low key that he could do. I chose a maze book because he likes a Curious George episode where George likes to do mazes. Apparently my son does too, he loved it. He did the first 20 pages- the equivalent of 40 mazes- in one day. He does prefer the mazes that are in full color, but he did the mazes on the back too. This book has made me very interested in the Kumon program. I'm going to look into it. My son doesn't like to draw that much and has a hard time holding a pencil properly and this helped him with that right away. I'm going to order the Easy Maze book too just so that he can practice using a pencil.