THe Children in this book, as well as the reader, are surprised to find that what they think they see is not what is really there'
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Essential skills practice for better reading and writing Part of three separate series, focusing on comprehension, spelling and grammar to help focus teaching on the skills the children most need to improve. All three series offer comprehensive support for assessment and marking.
Louise Borden has explained the problem of longitude and its surprising solution in children's terms. Thanks to this fine book, John Harrison and his miraculous timekeepers will now inspire the dreams of young readers. Erik Blegvad's sensitive, warm-hearted illustrations evoke all the creativity of Harrison's workshop and the perils of life abroad ship in the eighteenth century.
Nine-year-olds are hovering on the brink of adolescence, and this in part contributes to their up-and-down nature. The book offer useful advice to make life easier for parents and children alike.'
How do parents help an eight-year-old through this up-and-down age? What should parents expect in their relationships with the child and how can life in the family me amde easier? What will the child's relationship with friends and siblings be like? this
You Seven-Year-Old is devoted to the delightful but often anxious and withdrawn child of Seven. Although any seven-year-old will have moments of exuberance, security, and happiness, in general this is an age of introspection. Tears come easily at this ag