First Grade

First grade is the year a child learns to read, and everything else is arranged around that. One math book, one reading and one writing book, a science and a social studies page a couple of times a week, and a lot of books. This shelf holds all of it, including the first chapter books a six-year-old will finish on their own.

How to use it: about an hour, four days a week, with math first while they are fresh. The reading is the part that matters most this year, and the fastest way to wreck it is to make it the hardest part of the day. Read to them well past the point where they can read to you.

The whole year in one place: The Whole Year: 1st Grade. Or answer five questions and we will point you at the right shelf.

Shop our First Grade products below

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The Most Magnificent Thing

Ashley Spires
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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

Deborah Heiligman
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What's It Like to Be a Fish?

Wendy Pfeffer
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Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull

  • Physics & Energy
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Maker / Problem-Solving

Why it works: Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull gives the class a concrete design challenge: build a dog-treat dispenser that uses both opposing forces. Cece's team has to apply the force idea, create a device, and see whether it works, so the concept carries the leveled-reader story.

Kimberly Derting Shelli R Johannes
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Robotics for Babies

Chris Ferrie Sarah Kaiser
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Quantum Computing for Babies

Chris Ferrie Whurley
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Andy and the Lion

Puffin Books
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Go, Cub! (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader)

Susan B Neuman National Geographic Kids
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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the World

Elizabeth Carney National Geographic Kid
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Evolution for Babies

Chris Ferrie Cara Florance
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Electromagnetism for Babies

Chris Ferrie
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Iggy Peck's Big Project Book for Amazing Architects

Andrea Beaty
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How Do Apples Grow?

Betsy Maestro
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Spectrum: Spelling Workbook (Grade 1)

Spectrum
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Skill Sharpeners: Geography Workbook (Grade 1)

Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
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Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember

Steve Jenkins
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Rapunzel

Dutton Books for Young Readers
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Over and Under the Canyon

  • Life Science
  • Environment & Ecology
  • Lyrical / Visual Picture Book

Why it works: Over and Under the Canyon follows a family hike through a desert slot canyon, shifting attention between the trail and life tucked above, below, and around it. Bighorn sheep, roadrunners, geckos, cliffs, heat, and a wildflower bloom turn a shared walk into a layered habitat discovery.

Kate Messner
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