If you find yourself looking after a preschool child for the first time, or after a gap of some years, you will welcome this book. It explains how to encourage children’s sense of wonder by adopting a
Winner of the United Kingdom Literacy Association's Author Award 2011 for its contribution to extending children's literacy.Praise for the book:'This book is about making readers. A compact summary of
Informational kinds of reading are crucial in every lesson. This book looks at how we can encourage children from the very beginning to think of themselves as young researchers using skills and strate
Winner of the United Kingdom Literacy Association's Author Award 2011 for its contribution to extending children's literacy.Praise for the book:'This book is about making readers. A compact summary of
"This newly updated, user friendly encyclopedia explains concepts, aims and current requirements in all aspects of the primary English curriculum and is an invaluable reference for all training and pr
‘Do you know your diphthongs from your digraphs? Are you au fait with all the main reading programmes published in the UK? And can you really tell the difference between a legend, a myth and a f
Few topics arouse such passionate feelings as how English should be taught to children in the primary years. What is the role of the spoken language in children’s learning? What knowledge needs to und
This fifth edition of The Primary English Encyclopedia: The Heart of the Curriculum covers all aspects of the English curriculum for children up to age eleven. Comprising over 500 entries, this critic
The Guided Reader to Primary and Early Years English covers all crucial areas of literacy including:- reading, writing, speaking, listening, spelling, punctuation and grammar. It also covers a wide ra
