Get your first grade student ready for the upcoming school year with this full-color book to blast away summer learning loss. With cross-curricular activities, this parent resource provides nine weeks of fun exercises to excite young learners. Theme-based units focus on the key skills grade one students need to know. Practice pages offer activities that focus on language arts, mathematics, and critical thinking skills, while exploring age-appropriate content in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and art. Each theme-based unit includes critical thinking puzzles and an art-based activity to develop the 21st century skills they need to prepare for college and career readiness. This resource includes an easy-to-use Parent Guide that gives helpful suggestions on ways that caregivers can provide practical learning opportunities, including science labs, suggestions for books to read, and recommended websites and apps. Parents will love how easy it will be to keep their child excited about learning through the summer months with Summer Blast: Getting Ready for First Grade.