The Best Elementary Education Books 2025

1. Carson Dellosa Education STEM Challenges Learning Cards

STEM Challenges for grades 2-5 provides a fun way to enhance STEM learning in the classroom, at home, or anywhere in between. This boxed set includes 30 challenge cards—10 each for the three categories of physical science, life science, and earth and space science. Designed to capture a student's attention, challenges are diverse, simple, and easy to complete and include these fun activities: creating structures and bridges, experimenting with camouflage, learning how to dig for "fossils," and more. Help students go full STEAM ahead with grab-and-go activities! STEM Challenges offers an engaging way to get students interested in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Each challenge card features two sides—the front side includes the challenge and a visual list of materials needed to complete the challenge. The back of the card is ideal for extended learning and includes hints, questions, and explanations of the science behind the challenge. Each activity uses common materials and can be completed individually or during whole-class instruction. STEM Challenges helps teachers integrate STEM into the classroom by providing hands-on activities that appeal to students. Because of the child-friendly text and the visual materials lists, these easy, but fun, activities can be completed independently, in small groups, or as a whole-class activity. The activities require common materials so students or teachers can "grab and go!" Don't forget to check out the Seasonal STEM Challenges set for more fun ways to learn STEM.

Help students practice essential STEM skills with 30 unique, open-ended challenge cards Extend learning with questions in each of the five STEAM areas and a simple explanation of the science behind the challenge Each challenge card uses simple, common materials and is flexible enough to fit STEM learning into jam-packed curriculums

2. Learn to Read: A Magical Sight Words and Phonics Activity Workbook for Beginning Readers Ages 5-7: Reading Made Easy - Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st Grade, (Paperback)

Learn to Read: A Magical Site Words and Phonics Activity Book This book is perfect for kids of all ages who want to learn to read and write in a fun and magical way! The book contains over 40 sight words that kids learn through the image of the word as opposed to sounding letters out. These words make up almost half of most children's books which results in a much easier experience learning other words. It also includes word recognition drills along with fun puzzles and games using magical creatures like unicorns, mermaids and dinosaurs. The Book Contains: Premium matte cover design Printed on high quality 60# interior stock Perfectly sized at 8.5" x 11"

Learn to Read: A Magical Sight Words and Phonics Activity Workbook for Beginning Readers Ages 5-7: Reading Made Easy - Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st Grade, (Paperback) Author: Modern Kid Press ISBN: 9781948209540 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 2019-04-16 Page Count: 104

3. Daily Warm-Ups: Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grd 5 (Paperback)

Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing. Sound too good to be true? Not at all. Thats just what each book in this series offers.

Daily Warm-Ups: Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading Grd 5 (Paperback)