Over the summer holidays I normally update our texts that teach lists. These are books that we think support the teaching of literacy. On my desk I have a pile of new ones passed to me by our fantastic School Library Service so a big thank you to @bogchild for them all. Here are a [...]
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Games and activities for ages 7 – 12 This is one of Pie’s latest books based on his recent work around talk for writing . The book is packed full of ideas for developing children’s story telling and story making. The sections based around creative warm-ups and strengthening the imagination are especially valuable for dev [...]
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If you enjoyed Traction Man Is Here then you will also enjoy this latest book from Mini Grey. Once again Traction Man has a series of adventures only this time Scrubbing Brush goes missing and Traction Man is on a mission to find him. Everyone will remember Traction Man’s all-in-one knitted green romper suit. Well [...]
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