Learning is Fun - 2 A Skill-Based Activity Book for Integrated Development Age Group: 4–5 years | Pre-Primary / LKG / UKG

Learning Is Fun – Book 2 is the second step in the acclaimed Learning Is Fun series, designed to deepen early childhood learning through a developmentally sequenced, activity-based approach.

Building on the foundations laid in Book 1, this book strengthens language, cognitive, sensory, early mathematics, and social skills through carefully structured worksheets, stories, rhymes, games, and hands-on activities.

Developed through over two decades of research and classroom experience, Book 2 ensures learning that is joyful, meaningful, and burden-free.

  Educational Focus of Book 2

Learning Is Fun – Book 2 focuses on incidental learning — where children learn naturally while doing enjoyable activities.

Core Developmental Areas Covered:

 Cognitive Development

• Identification, matching, sorting, classification

• Logical sequencing and whole–part relationships

• Observation, reasoning, and early thinking skills

 Language & Literacy Development

• Phonic reading: sounds of letters and words

• Recognition of vowels and consonant sounds

• Early reading and writing

• Vocabulary building through stories and rhymes

• Listening, speaking, and verbal expression

 Sensory Development

• Activities based on touch, smell, sound, and visual discrimination

• Texture-based learning (hard/soft, rough/smooth)

• Sand play and hands-on sensory tasks

Early Mathematics Skills

• Counting with understanding

• Number names and sequencing

• Pre-number concepts: big–small, one–many, opposites

• Shapes, patterns, and seriation

Social & Emotional Development

• Sharing, cooperation, leadership qualities

• Following instructions and classroom discipline

• Traffic rules, safety habits, healthy habits

• Group participation through play and stories

 Physical Development

• Gross motor skills: running, hopping, balancing

• Fine motor skills: tracing, colouring, cutting, pasting

• Eye–hand coordination and posture control

How the Book Is Structured

• Every page is a worksheet, developed with a clear objective

• Skills covered are mentioned on each page for teacher reference

• “For Teachers and Parents” tips guide adults on:

  • What to observe

  • How to reinforce learning

  • Safety and good habits

• Activities follow a playway, pictorial, and storytelling method

• Learning progresses spirally, revisiting concepts with increasing depth

Key Learning Areas Included

• Letters and their sounds

• Phonic reading and early word formation

• Rhymes and storytelling

• Colours (including secondary colours)

• Shapes and patterns

• Numbers and number names

• Vegetables, fruits, animals, body parts

• Traffic rules and environmental awareness

• Sensory and creative activities

Special Value for Teachers & Parents

• Clear developmental objectives on every page

• Integrated approach covering mental, physical, emotional, and social growth

• Built-in observation opportunities for child progress

• Supports NEP-aligned early childhood pedagogy

• Reduces learning burden while improving outcomes

 Why Schools Prefer Learning Is Fun – Book 2

✔ Research-based and classroom-tested
✔ Child-friendly, stress-free learning
✔ Supports school readiness
✔ Encourages independent learning
✔ Trusted by teachers for decades
✔ Part of a complete 3-book developmental continuum

Part of the Learning Is Fun Series

• Book 1: Foundational pre-writing, early number concepts

• Book 2: Language, phonics, sensory and early maths development

• Book 3: Early reading, writing, knowledge building and life skills

Together, the series offers a complete preschool curriculum.

Step by Step  learning in Your New Learning Is Fun 2

Sounds of letters and words, phonic reading, writing words, number words, counting with understanding, shapes, opposites, early maths skills, sensory development, vegetables, fruits, traffic rules, parts of body, secondary colours, stories, rhymes, whole-part  relations.

Skills - Identification, matching, sorting, classification, listening with understanding, running, hopping, cutting, pasting, following instructions.

These Books help to

• Optimize the mental, physical, emotional and social development of children.
• Incidental learning of Early Childhood Skills give a headstart to the children for primary school.
• Every page of the books is a carefully developed worksheet of Activities for developing cognitiveskills of children.
• Develop reading and writing skills. Interesting and clear practice in phonic reading.
• Develop verbal capacities and vocabulary with the activities provided in the books.
• A programme of physical and emotional development runs through the books.
• The books follow a playway, pictorial and storytelling method of learning.
• Rhymes and other conversational tips are given for verbal development.
• Multiple activities with clear instructions are given for sensory development such as sense of smell,listening, touch etc.
• The suggestions for parents are provided on each page.
• Tips for focussing on pre-primary skills and safety habits are also provided.
• Colourful illustrations in the books enliven the stories, songs and activities.

The aims of the series are :

• Total Development of the Child - Mental, Physical, Social and Emotional
• Reducing burden on the child by integrated approach of teaching and learning
• Incidental learning of Early Childhood Skills to give a head start to the child

Book Features

• ​Reducing Burden
• Simple Self Learning activities
• Systematic Spiral Learning
• Sensory Development
• Reading Skills
• Playway, Pictures and Story telling method
• Colourful and Attractive
• Social and Physical Development
• Verbal Communication

Learning Is Fun Book 1, 2 and 3 are Textbooks for Pre-primary / Nursery LKG / UKG Classes. Children Age group 3 to 5 years.

About the Author

Dr. Poonam S. Kohli
Author of 20+ bestselling children’s books with over one crore copies sold.
A pioneer in early childhood education, her books have shaped preschool learning in India for decades and continue to be trusted by schools, teachers, and parents alike. Dr Poonam S Kohli is an author of 20 books for children, which have gone into several reprints and have sold more than 1 crore copies. With a specialisation in optimising the integrated development of preschool children her research has been appreciated internationally. She is a State award recipient for one of her creative works. Her niche is creating visually appealing books for children with strong content so that children enjoy learning and develop a love for knowledge and books.