What Your First Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, John Holdren (1998, Paperback, Revised)

TREMENDOUS BOOK!!! Any parent could make great use of this book as it will tell you specifically what things your child will be (or should be) learning in 1st grade. As a home school parent, it will give a GREAT outline for setting up curriculum! You won't BELIEVE the information packed in this book!

I use this book for reference while homeschooling my 7 year old. It is such a great book! There are so mnay interesting things to learn! Perfect!

I love the convenience of having the content for what a first grader needs to know right at my fingertips. This saves me time in gathering all the materials at the library or purchasing it separately, especially as I am homeschooling my son. Of course, I definitely supplement the book with other resources. This book is especially useful to me as a guide when I am planning out a course of study over a period of time, it's nice to have the book at my fingertips for perusal and for generating other ideas of study. Thus far, I don't have any cons about the book. Some friends of mine who looked at the book said that it was kind of advanced for first grade. For me, I'd rather it be more advanced than less advanced. The material matches up pretty well for the most part with the state's curriculum frameworks.

the book was a suggested for my first graders core curriculum for this years homeschool year.this is exactly what i needed. it gives GREAT indetail description of what my son basically needs. this was a wonderful buy.

I use this book as a reference for homeschooling. Great tool to keep on track with what they need to know. I bought this one after using What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know. Great Books!!

This is a great book. I already have a full curriculum for my boys, but this will add such enrichment. Even the poems that are listed--what memories they bring back of my education! Wonderful resource!