With nearly 310,000 copies in print, Get Ready for Kindergarten has been teaching and reinforcing basic early-learning skills through rewarding activities for more than 10 years. The updated edition, with 30% new material, will features the same adorable art and easy-to-follow instructions, but contain approximately 100 new standards-based activities recognized by educators nationwide. Early-learning skills include recognizing and writing upper- and lowercase letters, counting from 1 to 20, doing simple addition and subtraction, recognizing sight words and word families, making comparisons, and completing patterns.