Colorful Step-by-step Activities
Another outstanding book by the world-renowned Kumon company, Are You Ready for Kindergarten? Pencil Skills will help your child become familiar with using a pencil by following colorful step-by-step exercises.

Prepare for Success in Kindergarten and Beyond
Are You Ready for Kindergarten? Pencil Skills is filled with fun mazes designed to improve the fine motor skills and dexterity of pre-kindergarten children. As your child gradually advances from colorful mazes with clear directional indicators to more difficult mazes, he will practice the essential ability to hold and use a pencil, preparing for academic success in kindergarten and beyond.

One Note
This is from a secular publisher, so you'll find a Halloween and a Santa page in Pencil Skills. If your family is as conservative as ours you may want to skip or modify those pages.

About Kumon:
Over 20 years ago, when our family began this delightful home school adventure, workbooks for toddlers and preschoolers were hard to find. But that was just as well because the ones that were available were inane, insipid or intolerable. (Why would we choose to prohibit watching corrupting television, then turn around and use workbooks with those same characters depicted in them?)

Just What You've Been Looking For
Workbooks are not appropriate for all young children; many are simply not ready for the fine motor skills that are necessary. Let those children continue to learn at their God-ordained pace and in a way that encourages a love of learning. But when your children are ready to move to focused learning, reach for Kumon Workbooks. The captivating illustrations are child-friendly and the scope and sequence are just what educating parents have been looking for.

Master Fundamental Skills
Kumon centers have been helping children master fundamental skills for over 50 years. Originating in Japan, they have excelled in their primary emphasis of math and reading instruction. With the exception of a page or two of nonsense, these are outstanding books, worthy of any child's time and effort. The skills taught are essential and appropriate, and their presentation can entice even the most hesitant learner. The assignments are short; each is slightly more challenging than the last so that your child progresses at a gradual, comfortable pace.