Let's Fold! (Kumon First Steps Workbooks)

I am a homeschool mom who recently discovered the GREAT Kumon books for children. LET'S FOLD is part of the Kumon First Steps series, which also includes 3 other books: Let's Color, Let's Sticker and Paste, and Let's Cut Paper. The books in this series are recommended for ages 2 and up. I want to say I am using these with my 8 yr. old son, along with the regular Kumon books, and he is enjoying it very much. Many children take a while to learn to handle scissors, pencils, glue, and these fun workbooks are a simple and fun way for them to learn these skills! In LET'S FOLD, there are 39 folding projects. No cutting is involved for the child. Mom or Dad cuts the project off the page for the child to work on. The first 4 folding projects are very simple; folding the square paper in half; a rabbit and panda thus do "peek a boo", a dog has a bone hidden in his mouth, you can make the boy laugh or cry. Projects 5-14 introduce folding the square twice, where the ends meet in the center. This was NOT at first easy for my son, so I am glad there were so many pages of this sort of fold. Projects included: opening the 2 flaps to see the bear and pig change clothes, and many were opening the folded flaps to see the inside of a fruit or vegetable, such as an apple, papaya, cabbage, lemon, melon, green pepper, etc. Projects 15 and 16 introduced folding the 2 bottom corners up to finish the zebra's or bear's face. Projects 17-22 involve the fold where all 4 corners of the square are folded to the center point, making a smaller square. Again, this is NOT always easy for a child to master! These have photos of animals from the rear or as babies, and when the folding is done you see a full view of the animal and in the case of the babies, the grown up animals. Projects 23-32 involve folds that will change the picture (cute drawings) from one thing to another thing as you unfold it: chainging the number of candies, or an elephant into a mouse, or a donkey into a fish. The last 3 have many more folds to create a series of illustrated actions. Projects 33 to 36 are "origami", with the child doing folds in order to make a paper hat, a boquet of flowers in a paper wrapper, a fox's head and a dog's head with ears, etc. The last 3 projects involve accordian or "paper fan" folds, and when folded correctly, one side has tigers, one side has zebras, etc. This is a very well done book for children printed on sturdy paper, and the projects are fun and attractive. Folding isn't something we think children should learn, but it is a good skill, and helps children to learn to concentrate, be careful, and see that paper can make pretty and fun things when folded neatly. I highly recommend it for all children, and I don't think any parent would be disappointed with it. It is something fun and quick you can do together without a lot of supplies; just you and your child, a pair of scissors, and this book. Have fun!

This fold book for toddlers is fantastic! Very colorful . It has instructions for each page.

I can't wait for my granddaughter to play with this cute book!

We use these at home as fun arts projects. Very simple folding. Maybe one or two folding per page. But something about it my kindergartener loves! As for me I was disappointed when I flipped through the book. But my son can get enough of it. So big 5 stars since it’s for my son and teaching how to fold and follow directions. The fact he wants to do more everytime and I have to reason with him to save some for next time is a good thing!

While my kids enjoy playing education apps on the Ipad , Workbooks are a great way to contribute to your child's learning. These books not only teach but as have instructions or reminders for parents relating to giving encourament or to reminder to have child to slow down or the level difficultly for each page etc... I love Kumon books because they visually appeal to my kids the activity is short and each page has instructions and it doesn't take any prep work .I bought this book to do with my toddlers girls ages 1 and 3 yrs old but was pleasantly suprised when my 6 old son wanted to do this activity too , I just choose a more diffcult one for him . They really enjoy folding and also playing peekaboo with project .Once the activity was completed I have my kids to trade with each other or give to someone as a gift. Kumon books are a great way to get kids learning without being too long or boring .

This is a high quality printed book, thick and good weight and the prints are high quality.. almost a little too good, since kids will just cut through it like any other cheap paper. My daughter loves to cut and paste and I figured I get her folding too. She's not quite gotten the hang of it yet and she's 3 and 1/2. I don't think a 2 yr old will be able to do this at all. Nonetheless, it had cute animals and cartoon characters and kids will be sure to like it. The book, like the other books in this series, progress from simple one fold, to tri-fold, to folding corners, to simple origami etc. My daughter likes this book, but not as much as the cut and paste one. Oh, there is a certificate of completion and a reusable drawing board where you and draw and erase. Although you'd probably have to tear it out of the book to use it since the book is very thick and on the small size (5' x 8'). It would be difficult to hold down the rest of the book and just write on the drawing board. We have not used it. I would have liked it more if it was bigger, thinner with perforated sheets, and a bit cheaper!

My 3 (now 4) year old daughter loved this book! I love how it's progressive -- starts easy and gets progressively harder. I was pretty amazed how much better she got from the start to the end. I couldnt imagine her cutting the things at the back of the book when we first started, but by the end she was able to. The drawings are super cute, and the quality is great. Almost a little too good for somethign that's going to get thrown away after being cut... But overall we love it, and i ended up buying other Kumon books too.

great little book, I love the kumon! finally a change from stickers and cutting paper! the book is smaller than the others but as it's a folding game it is better because making it bigger would be a too big challenge for the small ones and the appropriate age would have to go up a bit, lots of imagination and discovery, great logical, mathematical and delicate skills development, just love it :)

I had ordered this as well as a few more Kumon books for my 3 year old kid. My idea was to give him more options to learn. To say the least, these books are amazing. The content is not only interesting but also laid out very thoughtfully and clear. I'm assured now that any long holidays for my kid will be joyful as well as fruitful. I can spend time with him with these books. I can get him to concentrate more on spending time with books. Honestly put, these are better than the school books that my kid has. Even if your kid just completes these books and not worry about other school books, you can feel safe that he will be in a good position to get into the mainstream schooling. This is the first I ordered these books and believe me, I will keep ordering them as long as my kid enjoys spending time with them. The only gripe I have is the fact that the time taken to ship these books is very long. Amazon has informed in advance that these will take more time to ship. But as a customer, I would prefer that I get them as early as I can. But I cannot honestly take away any stars as it was informed in advance. But the quality of packaging is perfect and the books are in mint condition when I received them. I should still say Thanks amazon for making them available at my place.

Uso para atividades com minha filha de 2 anos. Tem níveis básicos e avançados.

Die Übungen fangen hier ganz leicht an: das Kind soll ein Blatt 1x Quer oder Längst falten. Nach einigen Seiten steigert sich die Übung, bis es dann zum Querfalten und dann Zirharmonikafalten über geht. Finde es eine super Übung sogar noch für 4-jährige. Meiner kannte das noch nicht, da er nicht gerne gebastelt hat und daher hat uns dieses Buch definitiv weiter gebracht. Würde es defintif empfehlen.

Un libricino davvero carino e apprezzato da mio figlio di 2 anni e mezzo! Dopo poche pagine ha imparato a tenere le forbicine in mano e a piegare le varie figure che si susseguono pagina per pagina!

Full of fun, creative things to fold. A two-year-old can easily cope with the tasks.