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Starting School (Picture Puffin) by: Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg List Price: £5.99 City Travel Guides Price: £4.49 You Save: £1.50 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780140507379 ISBN: 014050737X Label: Puffin Books Manufacturer: Puffin Books Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: August 02, 1990 Publisher: Puffin Books Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Puffin Books Sales Rank: 20466 Related Items:
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 Rating: - Excellent for Pre- SchoolersOur local pre-school gives this book out every year to the children who are leaving to start school. The book follows several children as they start reception class through the first term up until Christmas. Whilst written as a childrens story book it is excellently thought out and very perceptive. My two older children were both given one and loved it! A great book to buy before your child starts school, and a good starting point for parents who wish to prepare their young child for that big step! Rating: - The perfect starting school book.My little boy was given a few books about starting school - this was by far the best. We read it quite a few times before he started in reception, and he asked to read it a lot over the course of the first term. So much in the book was 'just like in my class' - it really struck a chord. This book is just perfect; I can't recommend it highly enough. Rating: - It just helpsIt's so difficult to explain new concepts to little ones and it helps to have visual hooks and scenarios they can relate to. This book provides all that. I knew it had all been worthwhile when on her first morning my daughter said "now you leave don't you mummy, like in my book" - and she didn't cry, because she understood that she, like all the children in the book, would be dropped off for a day of new experiences (some good, some bad) and would then be collected. Particularly good is the way in which it teaches how school is an ongoing process, day by day and term by term. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It was just perfect in vocabulary and illustration. Rating:  - A 'must-read' for anyone with a 4 year old child!This book introduces the world of school in a colourful and child friendly way. It deals with most activities the child will encounter, taking them through the first day, week, month and term. I've always used it with my new Reception class when they came on their induction days to ease them into school life. Rating: - An essential guide for four year-olds.My third child (Millie) is going to start school in a couple of months and so I got this book out again and as we read it I was reminded of just how good a book it is. The illustrations are clear and detailed and the story is calm and interesting. My older children (6 and 8 year olds) were reminded of their own first days at school and it prompted them to discuss the reception class with Millie. A lot of books just deal with the first day or week but this one takes you through the first term, giving the child the promise of variety and excitment. Over that period of time things do go wrong (from spilt paint to chicken pox) and we see that everyone is able to cope. I would also recommend The Anholts' "Billy and the Big New School" and Shirley ... Read More: |
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