Brighter Child Basic Skills Helpers provides children in grade 2 additional instruction in basic skills necessary for the school year ahead. Offering 80 pages of full-color activities, easy-to-follow directions, and complete answer key, children will have fun learning basic skills. Features activities that teach: -Consonant blends -Short and long vowels -Compound words and contractions -Suffixes and prefixes -Reading comprehension strategies -Same and different -Sequencing and classifying -Parts of speech -Kinds of sentences -Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s -Less than and greater than -2-digit addition and subtraction -Place value and fractions -Geometry and measurement -Time and money The popular "Brighter Child Workbook series" offers a full complement of instruction, activities, and information in 51 subject-specific workbooks. Encompassing preschool to grade 6, this series covers key subjects including basic skills, English and grammar, math, phonics, reading, science, and Spanish. This series is helping prepare children by giving them a solid foundation in key skills necessary for success in the classroom