Ever Tried Amazon KDP Workbooks?
Are you familiar with Amazon KDP? It stands for Kindle Direct Publishing but many of the books are not digital books on a Kindle device but actual, printed books. Amazon KDP provides print on demand books of all kinds. Some are self-published novels, journals, children’s books, workbooks and more. Customers order a book and Amazon prints it and ships it to them. Have you ever tried Amazon KDP workbooks?
High Content, Medium Content, Low Content
There are high content books, medium content books, low content books, and my favorite (as a librarian), no content books! High content books included novels or children’s books. Medium content books include workbooks and activity books. Low content books include coloring books or planners. No content books include blank journals or sketchbooks. Why would anyone buy a “no content” book? Well, they might have an attractive cover and layout and they are better than jotting down your thoughts on random scraps of paper.
In the education world, activity books or workbooks are available through Amazon KDP. You might want some extra worksheets for your students or your own child. Perhaps you are homeschooling. Having a workbook is more convenient than a folder full of dog-eared printouts. You are not restricted by a state approved curriculum. Kids love fun workbooks. Activity books might include tracing letters or sight words, filling in missing letters or numbers, completing math problems or answering reading comprehension questions. Some books include games such as word searches or mazes. These are great as a reward or to reinforce eye tracking and focus.
What Types of Activities Are Included
Here are some examples of preschool content: tracing letters and words, rhyming words, identifying shapes, finding missing letters, counting and adding objects, easy mazes.
Included in the Kindergarten book: sight words, rhyming words, CVC words, ten frames, easy addition and subtraction, word searches, mazes.
Books at Various Levels
For differentiation, there are books at various levels. As a librarian, I always kept a variety of worksheets on hand, to give the kids something to do after their book was checked out. I had to keep an assortment, as I taught all grades from Kindergarten to Fifth.
The first grade book has slightly more challenging activities for compound words, digraphs and blends, number lines to aid addition and subtraction, bar graphs, easy word searches and mazes.
So, why not try an activity book from Amazon KDP? And if you buy one, consider writing a review. That helps the books get seen more easily in the search.
