Summer Bridge Activities: 1st to 2nd Grade [Paperback]

Julia Ann Hobbs (Author), Carla Dawn Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006 | Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Summer Bridge Activities

Help children maintain skills while away from school with this award-winning series and original summer learning program! Daily activities in reading, writing, mathematics, and language arts with bonus activities in science and geography. Also included are full-color flash cards, incentive contract calendars, a certificate of completion, and the Summer Bridge Kids who guide children though their daily exercises.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Summer Bridge Activities (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159441727X
• ISBN-13: 978-1594417276
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #59 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Reference
  • #64 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Study Aids

Customer Reviews

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy editing, and not challenging enough, August 4, 2000

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This review is from: Summer Bridge Activities Grades 1-2 (Paperback)

While Summer Bridge has been a fairly decent way for my daughter to keep her skills fresh over the summer, it really wasn't challenging enough to hold her interest. She finished each day's work in about 10 minutes, and said she found the material boring. I think it'd be more useful to a child who needed a little remedial work before starting second grade. Much of the material was actually work that she'd done in kindergarten, and it's not as though my daughter's a prodigy; she's on a par with other children in a parochial school.

The other thing that annoyed me was incredibly sloppy editing - sorry, folks, but "gnat" is not spelled "knat", and there were a number of exercises that were misprinted. Since this isn't an inexpensive book, I don't appreciate spending money and finding it full of errors. Also, the instructions for some of the exercises were pretty unclear - there were a couple where I had to check the answers page to be sure of what my daughter needed to do. I'll hesitate before buying the same series next year, even though the concept is a sound one.

42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Summer Bridge Activities - First Grade to Second Grade, June 3, 2000

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This review is from: Summer Bridge Activities Grades 1-2 (Paperback)

I am a teacher. I think that this book is perfect for a child that is in need to work on skills he/she has not mastered yet because it has so many pages! A child who has worked hard and has suceeded first grade does not need so much exercise. Besides pictures are boring and no reading guides are provided. "Summer Smarts" has fewer pages, activities are funny and related to a first grader's experiences. And it provides guided reading at the end of the book. However I would strongly suggest " Summer Bridge" to a child who has struggled during first grade and/or to a child who has not mastered basic skills yet.

49 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Summer Bridge Activities - First Grade to Second Grade, June 3, 2000

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AmericaninTurin (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer Bridge Activities Grades 1-2 (Paperback)

I would recommend this book to those first graders who still need to learn basic skills. It provides a great deal of practice in any basic skills taught in first grade and those needed to advance to second grade. However it requires about one full hour of work daily, which I think it's too much for a vacationing child who worked hard throughout the school year and obtained good marks.Besides it does not provide worksheets for any book even though there's a list of good reading books on one of the first pages. Another bad point of this workbook is the layout which is rather dull and will not attract the eye of your child. For those average to advanced first graders I would suggest a book like "Summer Smarts" which provides less practice in a more kid-friendly layout.