Every minute counts when the classroom clock is ticking! Fresh Starts and Fast Finishes offers math and language arts activities for teachers of grades K–2 to use at the beginning or end of the day or during those few minutes before lunch or recess. The book includes more than 50 quick-and-easy games and activities that teach vocabulary development, dictionary skills, word building, calendar skills, numeration, patterns, and computation skills. This 48-page book includes reproducibles and supports NCTM Standards.