Colorful and fun activity books give kids a screen-free alternative that is entertaining and educational! These top workbooks for children are great solutions to keep kids practicing educational skills while having fun with hands-on projects, brain teasers, crossword puzzles, creative writing activities, colorful skill worksheets, and arts and crafts. With game-like activities, these kids’ books provide positive learning experiences for children and help foster a love of learning.
These are the best activity books for kids for fun and learning—and make great kids’ gifts for holidays and birthdays!
You can find these on the Evan-Moor Amazon store or the Evan-Moor online store.
Early Learning
Listen and Learn: Animals
for grades PreK–1 includes colorful animal activities that help children practice beginning reading and writing skills with hands-on art, drawing, writing, games, and more. From chameleons to kangaroos, the beautiful animal photographs and stories will take young children on an animal adventure around the world. Recipient of a Mom’s Choice Gold Award and a National Parenting Product Award, every page includes an audio read-aloud option so that children can listen to read-alouds and learn about their favorite animals.
Smart Start: Beginning Coding
for grades PreK–1 includes engaging, screen-free activities that help young children build a strong foundation in computer science. Recipient of the Creative Child Award, the fun coding stories and colorful activities help early learners become critical thinkers by practicing the building blocks of thinking.
Smart Start: STEM
for grades PreK–1 includes hands-on STEM challenges and activities that encourage your child to think creatively and explore different ideas to solve problems. Engaging science stories and colorful thinking activities help guide children to complete a hands-on STEM activity. Complete with planning guides and engaging artwork, these activity books provide endless hours of entertainment as children build and create their own creations.
Ages 4–12
Heart and Mind Activities for Today’s Kids
for ages 4–11 has 100 fun activities that support your child’s well-being. The activities create positive learning experiences for children and help them learn to manage emotions, reduce anxiety, and navigate social situations. Activities include art, puzzles, games, coloring, and more!
The Never-Bored Kid Book 
for ages 4–9 This fun activity book is full of game-like activities and art projects that help children practice important skills without them even knowing it. Each full-color book provides mazes, riddles, hidden pictures, things to cut out, dot-to-dots, and other engaging, age-appropriate activities.
Real-World Writing for Today’s Kids
for ages 6–11 demonstrates how diverse and innovative writing in today’s world can be. The colorful and hands-on creative activities include infographics, blogs, restaurant reviews, and more! Real-life writing activities will give your child practical writing experience and inspire even reluctant writers to put pen to paper.
Top Student
for grades PreK–6 jumbo workbooks provide more than 350 activities to keep kids challenged and excited as they strengthen their skills in every subject area. Topics include math, science, reading, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, writing, social studies, computer science, SEL, STEM, and mindfulness. Give your child in-depth review and practice in every subject area with these packed workbooks! Each book includes a full-size informational poster and stickers (for grades PreK–3).
Skill Sharpeners: STEAM
for grades PreK–6 activity books integrate science, technology, engineering, art, and math to create meaningful learning opportunities for kids! The real-world topics in these STEAM workbooks connect learning to the environment, Earth, people, and cultures, and inspire children to solve real problems related to sun safety, water conservation, wildlife, and more! If your child prefers hands-on learning, these books are a great fit. The open-ended questions and problem-solving capture children’s interest and keep them thinking and learning long after the activities are over. Each workbook includes a free downloadable teaching guide with additional activities and tips.
Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking
for grades PreK–6 activity books offer creative activities that challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills such as analyzing, inferring, solving, and creating. The imaginative puzzles, drawings, and matching activities create fun learning experiences that children enjoy.
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Skill Sharpeners series
for PreK–6 has 8 subject areas including: reading, math, spelling, science, geography, STEAM, critical thinking, and grammar and punctuation.
Smart Start
activity books for PreK–1 offers 5 subject areas including: reading, sight words, math, STEM, and coding.
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Heather Foudy is a certified elementary teacher with over 7 years’ experience as an educator and volunteer in the classroom. She enjoys creating lessons that are meaningful and creative for students. She is currently working for Evan-Moor’s marketing and communications team and enjoys building learning opportunities that are both meaningful and creative for students and teachers alike.