Through rhyming, repetition and phonemic awareness, children are exposed to many pre-literacy skills that prepare them to read, all while dreaming of the fun and exciting opportunities and occupations that may lie ahead of them.
Poetry is rhythm and music and sounds and beats, but children very rarely recognise the power of poetry the special pleasure you can get from memorizing a favourite poem or reading it again and again and the ability to inspire emotions when you create one.
Assessing Second Language Reading is addressed to both teacher-trainees and to those interested in the teaching and learning of reading in a second or foreign language.
With the current reading crisis in South Africa reaching critical proportions (Council on Higher Education Report, 2013) the importance of teaching reading cannot be underestimated.
Sophie Mouse discovers a giant paw print in Pine Needle Groveand follows it right into a bears denin the ninth charming book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse series!
Michas Fortune is a proverb in that it encourages one to trustin the Lord with all of ones heart, and teaches one not to leanon ones own understanding Michas Fortune is a story about ayoung boy on an adventure to discover his dream of being rich.
Six year old Geoffrey Simms has worked hard to save a whole lot of money to buy his mother a very special birthday, but finds out he still does not have enough money to get her the special present that he wants to get his mother.
An extract from the review by the president of the International Association of Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, Mark Barkan: I have read Gennadiy Ivanovichs book Denis the Inventor and felt pity that I had not read it when I was 10-12 years old, but its never too late.
This is a true story of cockatoos who try to eat a log house who are defeated by a small dog who defends the home from intruders with the help of a neighbor's dog.
In the Deep Woods of Dudleytown takes place in the Connecticut forest, not far from the charming town of Cornwall, under the shadow of three mountains: Bald, Woodbury, and Coltsfoot.
"e;On My Feet"e; a vibrant storey about a child's love of shoes, the bright and colourful pictures make this delightful little book one that every child can relate to, and every parent will enjoy!
