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The transition from 1st to 2nd grade is another big step in a child’s education journey. During this time period children  begin moving past simple number recognition and addition to more complex problem solving, place value, and deeper reasoning. Practicing  key math skills over the summer can help students feel confident and ready to engage when school starts. Making the school easier on everyone. 

This article reviews the most essential math skills that are aimed at supporting the transition into 2nd grade and offers engaging resources and hands-on practice ideas you can use at home to keep learning active, fun, and stress free.

Transitioning from kindergarten to 1st grade is a big step, especially in English Language Arts (ELA). It’s the point where children start seeing themselves as readers and writers. I’ve learned from my experience in the classroom that summer can either reinforce a love of literacy or cause key skills to fade.  Recreating a school day at home is not necessary however, a little practice mixed with fun  goes a long way. 

Here are the skills I perceive to be the most important ELA skills to review from kindergarten and a few foundational 1st grade skills you can start exploring. Each skill is paired with engaging Kids Academy resources and fun off-screen ideas that will make learning feel natural and playful.

From my time in the classroom,  I can tell you that math confidence isn’t something that can  just happen overnight. It grows with small moments of success (seen throughout the year), and summer is the ideal time to add in those moments at home. The skills I highlight below are the ones I used to reteach in the first few weeks of 1st grade, so staying sharp on them makes a noticeable difference.

The summer before a child enters kindergarten, many parents often wonder how to prepare their future student for this major milestone of transitioning from home into the classroom. In this article, we’ll talk about key competences that are good to have before entering Kindergarten. 

Every educator knows: practice makes perfect. Repeated completion of a certain activity helps brain make that skill automatic. This means one no longer needs to stop and think every time they face a similar task, they just do it without any mental effort or even noticing it. 

With that educational purpose in mind, Kids Academy decided to enrich our diverse range of activities with Learning Drills, or Drill Worksheets. 

Data analysis is not something only researches do. Actually, students as young as first grade are already supposed to be able to collect and make sense of numeric data. Elementary school data analysis skills constitute a critical component of both math and science classes in the early grades. Let’s explore the major milestones that children must learn to master this critical skill. 

Today’s Daily Knowledge Boost is a group of  lessons that explore sustainability,  the importance of natural resources and what we can do to help the  planet.These topics will build science knowledge and help kids understand that even small actions can have an impact.

In this article, we explore the most important skills that are included in elementary ELA standards and offer you at a selection of matching worksheets from our website.

This year Easter falls on April 20th, which is at the height of spring and all its glory. Easter perfectly captures the joy and renewal of spring with its pastel colors, fun family gatherings, and festive traditions like egg hunts and Easter baskets filled with candy. 

To help your family get in the holiday spirit, we offer an array of Easter-themed activities for different ages. Join us as we take a closer look at Easter-themed worksheets, activities, and more from Kids Academy.  

Today we’ll look at Kids Academy’s standards-based math worksheets to discover more about the general skills they teach and standards they align with.