Developing Phonological Awareness Skills in the Foundation Stage
Focusing on phonological awareness, this practical guide offers strategies for teaching early years and Key Stages 1 to 2 children who face literacy challenges due to weak foundational skills. It provides clear methods to help educators effectively support struggling learners, enhancing their reading and writing abilities.
Making Communication Count, from Foundation Stage to Key Stage Three
Focusing on enhancing children's speaking abilities, this structured program is grounded in the research of the Bristol Language Development Scales (BLADES). It offers a systematic approach to language development, providing tools and strategies to foster effective communication skills in young learners.
DragonMasters volume 1 charts the history of the most exciting and dangerous opening known to chess - the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defense. Unlike almost all other books on the Dragon, the focus is not purely on theoretical development. Instead, the author has combined the most historically important games, the famous players who chose to fight either side (sometimes both sides!) of the opening, and the most unexpected and interesting stories featuring the Dragon. World Champions, contenders of the crown, code-breakers, revolutionaries in every sense of the world - all feature in this remarkable and entirely unique look into the history of an opening variation. as the ancient may say: Here be Dragons!