Make Back to School Brighter with Skill-Building Books from Highlights

By Kat La Mantia | July 22 2025 | Children'sGeneralAllBlog

Back-to-school season is full of new beginnings—new classrooms, new routines, and new skills to practice. And while kids are getting ready, grown-ups are always looking for ways to support learning at home in ways that feel playful and low-pressure.

That’s where Highlights Learning comes in! Their award-winning workbooks and wipe-clean activity books are created by education experts and loved by kids and families alike.

The Big Fun Workbook series covers a full year of age-appropriate skills for Preschool, First Grade, and Second Grade—all wrapped in puzzles, mazes, and games that make learning genuinely fun.

For preschoolers just getting started, Get Ready for Preschool helps ease the transition from home to school with gentle skill-building activities and cheerful illustrations.

Highlights’ Write-On Wipe-Off books offer hands-on practice with numbers, letters, tracing, and more. Sturdy pages can be reused again and again, making them perfect for early learners who benefit from repetition and tactile learning.

Books to explore in the series:

These fun titles are an easy way to spark confidence, build skills, and keep learning joyful—whether kids are preparing for their very first school day or heading into second grade.

🎉 Bonus: Enjoy this Back to School Bingo printable to make prepping for the new school year easy and fun!

256-Page Activity Workbook for First Graders, Vocabulary, Math, Science and More
9781629798646
Over 1.7 million Highlights Big Fun Workbooks sold! Jumpstart your child’s learning journey with this award-winning workbook for 1st graders from the kid experts at Highlights.
$12.99 US
Aug 22, 2017
8-3/8 x 10-7/8
Paperback
256 Pages
Highlights Learning
Age 4-7 years

Learning Activities including Language Arts, Creativity, Math and Life Skills, First Day of Preschool Crafts, Activities, Songs and More
9781644726655
Get ready for preschool with this 256-page activity-rich workbook book designed for children who are about to begin school for the first time. Teacher-approved skills practice combine with puzzles, humor, colorful illustrations, and sing-along songs designed to lower the barriers to learning and set children up for early-learning success!
$12.99 US
May 23, 2023
8-3/8 x 10-7/8
Paperback
256 Pages
Highlights Learning
Age 2-4 years

256-Page Preschool Learning and Activity Workbook Full of Preschool Math, Writing Practice, Shapes Practice, Puzzles and More
9781629797625
Winner of the Family Choice Award, Play Advances Language (PAL) Award, PAL Top Ten Pick, and the 2020 National Parenting Seal of Approval! Jumpstart learning with this 256-page workbook for preschoolers developed by the kid experts at Highlights.
$12.99 US
Apr 04, 2017
8-3/8 x 10-7/8
Paperback
256 Pages
Highlights Learning
Age 3-6 years

256 Pages of Puzzle-Based Practice in Math, Reading, Science and More, A Fun Second Grade Workbook for Kids to Build School Skills
9781684371587
Over 1.7 million Highlights Big Fun Workbooks sold! Jumpstart learning with this award-winning 2nd grade workbook from the kid experts at Highlights.
$12.99 US
Oct 02, 2018
8-3/8 x 10-7/8
Paperback
256 Pages
Highlights Learning
Age 6-9 years

9781644723036
This wipe-clean workbook for ages 5-7 is a playful way to practice early math skills--combining math practice with Hidden Pictures puzzles and humor in a convenient reusable format.
$12.99 US
Sep 21, 2021
8-3/8 x 10-7/8
Spiral Bound
56 Pages
Highlights Learning
Age 5-7 years

9781644723029
This wipe-clean phonics book combines curriculum-based language-arts-skills practice with puzzles, humor, and playful art. The convenient, reusable format is designed to make learning phonics exciting and fun.
$12.99 US
May 18, 2021
8-3/8 x 10-7/8
Spiral Bound
56 Pages
Highlights Learning
Age 5-7 years

Dry Erase Letter Tracing Workbook for Kids, Wipe Clean Activity Book with Marker
9781629798448
FUN is infused with handwriting readiness in this dry-erase workbook for kids!
$12.99 US
Aug 22, 2017
8-3/8 x 10-7/8
Spiral Bound
56 Pages
Highlights Learning
Age 3-6 years

Handwriting Practice for Kids Learning to Write, Dry-Erase Lettering Workbook for Ages 3-6
9781629798837
Writing letters has never been more fun! With wipe-clean pages and an included dry-erase marker, Write-On Wipe-Off Let’s Write Letters invites kids 3-6 to complete tracing exercises over and over again. This activity book’s 56 reusable pages provide endless hours of learning fun through puzzles and activities that increase writing confidence and build fine motor skills.
$12.99 US
Aug 22, 2017
8-3/8 x 10-7/8
Spiral Bound
56 Pages
Highlights Learning
Age 3-6 years