LDA Book Catalogue international 2016/17

Book Catalogue 2016-17

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We are pleased to partner with ECIS, the global best practice network for international schools. This has allowed us to strengthen our collaborative relationship to share and exchange new ideas and initiatives within the international schools community to the benefit of the ECIS member schools and projects.

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BSME is an organisation that supports British Curriculum schools in the middle east and holds annual events for BSME member schools and teachers. As an associate member of BSME we will be attending each event where we will be on hand offering expert advice and support on all your educational needs.

AISA membership schools are strongly influenced by their location in Africa.

Some AISA schools have an American based curriculum, others are British, and still others have an eclectic mix.

All have an international focus. The mission of the Association is to facilitate school effectiveness and to inspire student learning in the international schools of Africa.

Learn • Develop • Achieve

The East Asia Regional Council of Schools is an organisation of 130 member schools in East Asia. EARCOS inspires adult and student learning through its leadership and service and fosters intercultural understanding, global citizenship and exceptional educational practices within our learning community. EARCOS play a prominent leadership role throughout the global educational community.

WHAT MAKES LDA SPECIAL? Over the past 40 years, LDA resources have helped thousands of children learn new skills. Many of these children are the ones with labels – not all of them kind.

Labels such as dyslexia, autism, ADHD, special needs, learning disabilities, as well as bullied, low self-esteem and many more.

We consider it a real privilege to help every child achieve the best they possibly can and we are widely recognised by both teachers and parents for our highquality, practical resources. We’re really excited about this year’s new products and we are sure that your customers will be too!

As well as publishing books, LDA also produce a variety of other educational materials that have proved very successful in the classroom and at home. If you would like more details of our full non-book resources, visit our website at www.findel-international.com.

MEET THE EXPERTS We work closely with a team of respected professionals...

CONTENTS Teaching Support

4 - 13

Literacy & Dyslexia

14 - 19

Literacy & Social, Emotional and Mental Health

20 - 23

Motor Skills

24 - 26

Autism

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Maths & Dyscalculia

28 - 29

Social, Emotional and Mental Health

30 - 39

...who have a wealth of knowledge and experience of working with children with various SEN, from dyslexia and dyscalculia to DCD, from ASD and Behaviour That Challenges to speech and language difficulties.

The work that these experts have put in through authoring and advising, now means that LDA offers over 395 own-developed resources to help children with SEN reach their full potential.

Kate Ruttle

Mark Hill

Lois Addy

Kate is a SENCo and primary deputy head. She is a Lead Practitioner for Inclusion and delivers training in the UK and internationally. She is the series editor for Target Ladders on page 5.

Mark is a specialist teacher for children with autism and complex needs, working across primary and secondary schools. His latest book Target Ladders: Visual Perception is on page 5.

Lois is the Specialist Lead for Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) in North Yorkshire.

Her latest book How to Support Children with Sensory Processing Needs is on page 9.

Dr Melanie Forster

Lynn McCann

David Moseley

Melanie is a dual-qualified consultant clinical psychologist and teacher with extensive experience working within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). She is the author of How to enhance the mental health and emotional wellbeing of Primary Children with SEN on page 8.

Lynn heads a team of specialist teachers who deliver autism advice and training. She has worked as a mainstream teacher, early years lecturer and SENCo. Her new book How To Support Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Condition in Primary School is on page 9.

David is a former English teacher, educational psychologist and academic. He is the author of the bestselling ACE Spelling range on page 15.

Celia Stone

Lucas Wellington

Alison Schroeder

Celia has many years’ experience running a dyslexia unit and is the director of Irlen Centre North East where she diagnoses Irlen syndrome, a visual perception difficulty. She is the co-author of the Beat Dyslexia range on page 16 – 17.

Lucas is Deputy Head and Head of English at a school for secondary students with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties. He has taught English for over 15 years. He is the author of The Kaos World Chronicles series on page 20 – 23.

Alison is a dual-qualified speech and language therapist and primary school teacher. She runs her own private clinic for pupils with social and communication difficulties. Her bestselling Socially Speaking game and book are on page 30.

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TEACHING SUPPORT Target Ladders This powerful series of practical books fully supports the SENCo and class teacher in implementing the 2014 SEND Code of Practice in order to close the gap between children with SEN and their peers.

The Target Ladders books provide an overview of the range of difficulties experienced by children with a particular SEN, enabling the busy teacher to get a better understanding of the child’s learning priorities.

Photocopiable materials include checklists to help you identify children who may be in need of extra help, and templates for records of progress and monitoring sheets.

Target Ladders focus on what a child can do, rather than what they cannot do, in order to identify next steps, presenting ‘small steps’ targets for children and suggested strategies for achieving these targets.

They provide the structure and flexibility to recognise that every child is different and will follow their own pathway through the targets.’

Series Editor - Kate Ruttle is a Lead Practitioner for Inclusion and a SENCo and deputy head in a primary school in Suffolk. Kate delivers training courses in the UK and internationally and is a widely respected literacy consultant. She is the author of numerous books, including Target Ladders: Dyslexia and Target Ladders: Dyscalculia.

NEW Target Ladders Developing Co-ordination Sharon Drew Areas covered: • Coping in the classroom • Unstructured times • Controlling emotions • Taking responsibility • Social interactions with peers • Managing transitions Contains 96 pages size 254 x 196mm.

ISBN 9781855036017 EGMT13772

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Target Ladders Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties

Target Ladders Autistic Spectrum

Rachel Foulger, Sue Smallwood & Marion Aust

Areas covered: • Social interaction: friendships • Social interaction: relationships • Getting attention • Managing change • Personal organisation • Managing feelings • Non-verbal interaction Contains 96 pages size 254 x 196mm.

Areas covered: • Coping in the classroom • Unstructured times • Controlling emotions • Taking responsibility • Social interactions with peers • Managing transitions Contains 96 pages size 254 x 196mm.

ISBN 9781855035515 EAMT12587

£18.95

Learn • Develop • Achieve

Louise Nelson

ISBN 9781855035492 EAMT12586

£18.95

£18.95

TEACHING SUPPORT

Target Ladders Dyscalculia

Target Ladders Dyslexia

Kate Ruttle

Kate Ruttle

Areas covered: • Foundation skills • The number system • Addition and subtraction • Multiplication and division • Shape and measure • Money and problem solving • Data handling and fractions • Behaviours for learning Contains 96 pages size 254 x 196mm.

Areas covered: • Phonological awareness • Visual/auditory perception and memory • Phonics and spelling • Reading comprehension and fluency • Writing – handwriting, punctuation, sentences and text • Planning, organising and remembering • Self-confidence and motivation Contains 96 pages size 254 x 196mm.

ISBN 9781855035935 EGMT13420

£18.95

ISBN 9781855035485 EAMT12584

Target Ladders Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Target Ladders Visual Perception

Susan Lyon

Areas covered: • Visual memory skills • Visual sequential memory • Visual closure • Visual discrimination • Visual form constancy • Visual figure ground • Visual motor integration Contains 96 pages size 254 x 196mm.

Mark Hill

Areas covered: • Early communication • Attention control • Play and social interaction • Comprehension • Expressive language • Social communication • Phonological awareness, auditory discrimination and speech Contains 96 pages size 254 x 196mm.

ISBN 9781855035508 EAMT12585

£18.95

ISBN 9781855035928 EGMT13421

£18.95

£18.95

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TEACHING SUPPORT INTRODUCTION Our ‘’How to...’’ series of books focus on specific areas of special educational needs. They have been created to help support you through understanding, teaching and developing children with areas of difficulty.

These fantastic books include a range of materials and resources for use in the classroom and at home.

Take a look at some of the topics we cover, including autism, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and EAL - plus much more.

How to Inspire and Develop Positive Values in your Classroom

BEST SELLER

Neil Hawkes

How to Understand and Apply Reforms in SEN Policy Lois Addis Following the most radical shake up in special needs education in 30 years, this book aims to simplify the abundance of new legislation, policy and guidance available to help teachers and parents support their pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and/or disability. The book contains a wealth of information, as well as interactive tasks, quizzes and handouts that can be used for training purposes.

This book will benefit: • senior leadership teams, who must review and amend systemic practices to reflect current legislation • SENCos, who are primarily responsible for the implementation of these changes • primary and secondary teachers, who must enhance their existing skills in order to support and teach pupils with SEN • teaching assistants, who may find their role in supporting pupils with SEN has changed as a result of new policies • parents who wish to understand the impact of policy changes on the education of their child • governors, who must ensure the school is accountable for implementing these reforms.

Contains 102 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855035683 EDMT1324811

£13.95

How to Survive and Succeed with an Interactive Whiteboard Greg Baham In this accessible and supportive book, Greg Braham offers practical advice on how to use an IWB effectively in your classroom.

Whether you have had an IWB for a while or are just starting out with one, there is reassuring and encouraging guidance for you.

The IWB should be a tool that aids your teaching in a powerful way and this book will help you to achieve this in your classroom.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034037 EAMT10002

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Perfect for teachers and head teachers alike, this book will show you how to introduce positive values into your classroom and how to maintain a positive outlook on your role.

A great deal of national and local effort has been directed at school improvement and curriculum development. Teachers have found themselves inundated with change.

Amidst all these changes is the relationship between the child and the teacher. In the desire to cover the curriculum this fundamental fact can be overlooked. This book will help you to redress the balance in a manageable and practical way.

Written by Neil Hawkes, internationally renowned for his pioneering work in encouraging the development of a value-based approach to teaching and learning, this book will help you to make a change for the better!

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033719 EAMT00601

£13.95

How to Create and Develop a Thinking Classroom Mike Fleetham Interest in different thinking skills and learning styles has grown considerably over the last few years.

Many books have been written introducing such tools as individual learning styles, multiple intelligences, thinking skills, accelerated learning and VAK. How to Create and Develop a Thinking Classroom will show you how to integrate the best of these new teaching methods with the finest traditional classroom practice.

Mike Fleetham, an experienced teacher and trainer, cuts through the confusion of the many initiatives to provide a clear guide to how you can incorporate innovative teaching and training methods into existing good practice.

This clear guide includes these sections: • an explanation of why interest in thinking is popular at the moment • an introduction to a Thinking Classroom • help with creating a Thinking Classroom • ways to develop your Thinking Classroom by working, learning and thinking in different ways.

This book will help to raise standards in your school by directing attention not only to the ‘what?’ of learning but also to the ‘how?’ Make a difference today!

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033788

£13.95

Learn • Develop • Achieve

EAMT00602

£13.95

TEACHING SUPPORT

How to Survive and Succeed as a Teaching Assistant

How to Support and Manage Teaching Assistants

Veronica Birkett

Veronica Birkett

Essential reading for teaching assistants and useful for classroom teachers and head teachers too!

Veronica Birkett offers practical solutions and advice on how to function effectively as a teaching assistant. Chapters include tips for working with the whole class, groups of children or individuals with special needs. There is advice on supporting literacy, on helping with spelling and writing, and on coping with the paperwork involved in this demanding and rewarding job.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

As the role of teaching assistants has become ever more integral to school life, so the management of them has become increasingly important. Written for senior management teams, teachers and teaching assistants, this book covers: appointing a teaching assistant, an outline of the role of the teaching assistant in the context of current thinking, clear guidelines on who is responsible for the support and development of the teaching assistant, an outline of the ways in which teaching assistants can be fully integrated into school and their skills utilised effectively, and a wealth of resources and strategies for effective support, including how to compile a simple and invaluable teaching assistants’ handbook. This essential guide will raise awareness of how a welltrained and motivated teaching assistant can make a major contribution to your school.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034303 EAMT10768

£13.95

ISBN 9781855033856 EAMT00604

£13.95

This book is essential reading for teachers, classroom and teaching assistants, SENCos, ASN staff and senior management. It provides helpful hints and strategies to support children with a wide range of difficulties, including those in the areas of communication, learning, behavioural, sensory/ physical and medical. The book includes: details of responsibilities towards children with special educational needs and checklists for assessment, useful addresses and resource lists.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033825 EAMT00605

£13.95

How to Survive and Succeed as a Headteacher

Veronica Birkett

ISBN 9781855034006 EAMT10000

Veronica Birkett

£13.95

How to Manage and Teach Children with Challenging Behaviour Faced with deteriorating behaviour with a long list of possible causes, many teachers feel overwhelmed by the problem of challenging behaviour. This book has been written to strengthen and inspire even the most battle-fatigued teacher. It provides: • Clear, practical advice for senior management teams, teachers, classroom assistants and teaching assistants • Definitions of troubled and troublesome behaviour • A model of behaviour management • Strategies for avoiding confrontation and dealing with it when it does arise.

Taking the approach that prevention is better than cure, advice is given on how to create a positive ethos in which challenging behaviour is less likely to occur in the first place.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

How to Support and Teach Children with Special Educational Needs

Kevin Harcombe

This inspiring book has been completely revised to reflect changes in government policy, especially Every Child Matters. Co-authored by an SEN consultant and a practising SENCo, this essential guide explains roles of the SENCo and staff, takes you through the ‘graduated approach’ of assessment, suggests ways to manage provision and offers resources for in-service training. This comprehensive and highly accessible read will support all primary SENCos in their changing role.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

Written by a former winner of the Headteacher of the Year award, this practical book is full of advice and guidance, supplied by someone who understands the challenges of headship. This book includes sections that will help you to focus on what is important – the children – while managing the everyday demands of headship, develop a clear, succinct and explicit vision of your school, build, manage and encourage a staff team, promote collegiality and collaboration, build a wide and strong school community, cope with difficult situations effectively, plan for school improvement, create a distributed model of school leadership, model and promote an effective work–life balance.

Everyone remembers a good headteacher, and this book will help you to be just that.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034211 EAMT10167

ISBN 9781855034877 EAMT11600

How to Survive and Succeed as a SENCo in the Primary School Veronica Birkett & Marj Lautman

£13.95

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£13.95

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TEACHING SUPPORT

How To Enhance the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing of Secondary Children with SEN

NEW How To Enhance the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing of Primary Children with SEN

Dr. Melanie Forster

Dr. Melanie Forster This book will help you to: • understand important childhood developmental milestones and the impact of SEN • understand the key mental health difficulties found in primary-aged children • recognise the importance of preventative whole-school provision, and know how to establish and improve this provision • know how to assess emotional need and who needs to be involved in this process • be able to plan, personalise, deliver and assess an intervention programme • improve working relationships with parents and families of the children you work with, as well as professionals from other sectors.

Contains 128 A4 pages and a CD-ROM with printable activities.

ISBN 9781855035973 EGMT14870

£21.95

£21.95

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Lois Addy

How to Identify and Overcome Handwriting Difficulties Lois Addy Handwriting is a complex perceptual and motor skill which does not always develop spontaneously but requires careful guidance and practice. Despite advances in technology, handwriting remains an important means of helping children compose and structure their ideas.

Difficulties in this area can have an adverse effect on all aspects of the child’s learning and self-esteem.

The book gives teachers and SENCos, for children at Key Stages 1 to 3, an understanding of how pupils’ handwriting skills develop and what to do when pupils struggle to produce legible handwriting.

It provides practical strategies to alleviate difficulties such as poor grip, posture, pressure through the writing medium, letter formation and orientation, alignment on the page, spacing, sizing, fluency and speed. It will also suggest when to use technology as a form of written communication.

Contains 128 A4 pages.

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ISBN 9781855035980 EGMT13843

How To Increase the Potential of Students with DCD (Dyspraxia) in Secondary School

NEW

ISBN 9781855036024 ECMT13794

This book will help you to: • understand typical adolescent developmental milestones and transitions and the impact of SEN • understand the key mental health difficulties found in adolescents • know how to assess emotional need and who needs to be involved in this process • be able to plan, personalise, deliver and assess an intervention programme • support emotional wellbeing across different contexts.

Contains 128 A4 pages and a CD-ROM with printable activities.

£21.95

Learn • Develop • Achieve

Secondary education demands that young people are organised, selfsufficient, autonomous learners, who can cope with a range of teachers, a diverse timetable and multiple buildings. However, many young people have motor co-ordination and perceptual difficulties which affect their participation in class activities. This condition was previously termed ‘dyspraxia’ but is now more universally referred to as ‘developmental co-ordination disorder’ or DCD. For these pupils, poor handwriting, erratic organisation and difficulties with reading, mathematics and physical education may have been noted at primary school with their associated detrimental effect on academic success, peer relationships, social skills and self-confidence. These issues are felt more keenly in secondary school due to the desire to ‘fit in’ and be accepted by a larger and often unforgiving peer group.

This book provides an insight into how DCD can affect students at Key Stage 3 & 4, and provides practical strategies.

• understand the unique needs of young people with DCD • understand why young people with DCD have difficulties in perceptual and motor planning • appreciate the impact of DCD on learning • consider the added influence of peer-pressure and puberty on DCD • consider post-16 and vocational training.

It is also intended to help parents/carers of young people with DCD to understand the potential help available to their child as they transition into secondary education.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855035539 EAMT12582

£13.95

TEACHING SUPPORT

BEST SELLER

NEW

How to Support and Teach Children on the Autism Spectrum Dave Sherratt Most schools will have at least one child on the autism spectrum, and teaching children with this very different thinking style can be challenging. Those who work with them often find their behaviour puzzling and feel it’s hard to know how best to meet their learning needs. In this reassuring book, Dave Sherratt offers a valuable insight into the particular difficulties of children with autism, Asperger syndrome and other conditions sometimes associated with autism. He explains the fundamental principles that underlie successful teaching for children on the autism spectrum, and suggests a wealth of strategies and activities for developing skills in key areas.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033900 EDMT01151

£13.95

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Lois Addy Do you like thrill of rollercoasters or spinning roundabouts•Do you feel grumpy when you are trying to concentrate and someone is eating an apple nearby•Do you find woolly jumpers itchy and irritating•If so, you are reacting to a sensory experience.

Sensory processing describes the way we receive and interpret the incoming stimuli from our 7 sensory systems. The integration of these systems helps us to maintain our positional sense and be attentive to our surroundings. This interactive system requires a sense of balance and so our body naturally craves this.

This book has been written to describe some of the sensory responses which are more overt and may be affecting a pupil’s ability to learn.

It examines sensory responses or behaviours which look unusual or inappropriate out of context, and explains these in the context of a fluctuating sensory system. It provides strategies; resources, and interventions to help teachers and parents reduce the impact of these on the child or young person’s ability to learn.

Contains 132 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855036000 EVMT13783

How to Support Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Condition in Primary School Lynn McCann This practical guide provides valuable insight into all aspects of the ASC condition that you are likely to face, and will help teachers and SENCos put in place the right support, expectations and aspirations for these pupils.

The book also offers an insight into challenging behaviour, what lies behind it and strategies for dealing with it, as well as guidance on how to use and write social stories. It also stresses the importance of pupilcentred goal-setting and parental involvement from early years to the end of Key Stage 2, with advice on transition between these stages and beyond.

Includes chapters on: • Getting the school environment organisation skills right • Social stories • Communication support • Challenging behaviour • Visual communication and • S ocial interaction and developing structure friendships • Accessing the curriculum • Emotions and anxiety • Developing independence and • Transition The accompanying CD includes tried-and-tested photocopiable activities and resources to help guide practitioners’ work.

Contains 128 A4 pages and a CD-ROM with printable activities.

ISBN 9781855035997 EGMT13773

How to Support Children with Sensory Processing Needs

£21.95

£21.95

How to Teach and Manage Children with ADHD Fintan O’Regan This practical book is packed full of tips, advice and support for teachers, teaching assistants, classroom assistants and parents coping with children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It promotes strategies that enable pupils with ADHD to gain full access to the curriculum, and to become successful and happy. Fintan O’Regan, the author, has many years’ experience of working with and managing ADHD children. He brings together the latest thinking on ADHD and provides a wealth of winning schooltime ideas and strategies.

The book gives advice on the different ways in which ADHD may affect girls, and reflects upon tactics to stop bullying in schools. Other chapters provide tips on developing alternative learning strategies, classroom organisation, key management principles and playtime supervision. The book focuses on the specifics of ADHD, but also gives advice on a wide range of behavioural problems. It also contains a helpful section listing a range of support groups.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033481 EAMT00566

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£13.95

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TEACHING SUPPORT How to Identify and Support Children with Speech and Language Difficulties Jane Speake Speech and language difficulties are the most common developmental problem encountered in the primary classroom, yet identifying the children who are affected can seem a complex and difficult process. Jane Speake, an experienced speech and language therapist, cuts through the jargon and terminology to provide a clear guide for the class teacher. Sections include: • a ‘rough guide’ to various types of speech and language difficulty and the terminology used • how to identify a child with difficulties, and when to refer to speech and language therapy for assessment • the Afasic Checklists for easy identification and profiling for the non-specialist teacher • the different roles of teachers, health service professionals and parents.

Illuminating and packed with practical ideas, this book provides a valuable reference and source of advice for every primary class teacher.

Contains 72 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033610 EAMT00598

£13.75

How To Support Children Moving School Mike Fleetham A practical guide to supporting children and young people making transitions at all stages of their school lives, whether they are moving within or between schools, or to sixth-form college or away from home. When educational transitions are managed effectively, pupils can maximise the time and effort they put into the business of learning, rather than using that same energy in dealing with orientation, friendship and learning-style issues.

With sections on understanding transitions, creating a Personal Learning Profile, and how to plan and run transition events, as well as a wide range of inclusive activities customised especially for different types of transition, this book will give you everything you need to give pupils the best possible chance of success.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855035522 EAMT12583

£13.95

NEW How To Garden and Grow: gardening as therapy for children with SEND Becky Pinniger This practical and inspiring book is full of information, suggestions, games and activities to give you the confidence to garden with children with SEND. Covering everything from gardening basics and design considerations to a year-round programme of gardening and garden-related activities, this invaluable book demonstrates the educational and therapeutic benefits of spending time in the garden for children with SEND and how to make it possible for all children to do so.

By linking tasks to the specific needs of children and to the curriculum How to Garden and Grow is suitable for both the novice and the experienced school gardener. It contains a wealth of tried-and-tested activities, including: • information on garden design, advice on appropriate tools and basic gardening techniques • a programme of indoor and outdoor gardening and garden-related activities and suggestions for developing schemes of work • information on recording and assessing progress • a list of suggested plants for sensory and wildlife gardens • includes a CD of printable activities, work sheets and more.

Contains 128 A4 pages

ISBN 9781855035966 EGMT14869

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£21.95

Learn • Develop • Achieve

How To Support Children Learning English as an Additional Language Chris Pim Written to help you to cater for the needs of pupils learning English as an additional language (EAL).

It will support all primary-phase practitioners, including staff working with pupils learning EAL, key staff working on ethnic minority achievement, governors with specific responsibility for inclusion, and student teachers working towards Qualified Teaching Status.

This book includes sections that will help you to: • dispel the myths surrounding effective provision for pupils learning EAL • support whole-school approaches for ethnic minority achievement • use research about bilingualism to inform best practice for beginner and advanced bilingual learners • develop appropriate and targeted interventions for EAL learners.

While good practice for ethnic minority achievement is clearly about qualityfirst teaching, this book explains that there is something distinctive about the needs of EAL learners and offers a range of practical ideas and strategies to support this area of work.

Ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity should be recognised as an asset to be respected and celebrated. This book will help you to achieve this.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034884 EDMT11903

£13.95

TEACHING SUPPORT

BEST SELLER

How to Identify and Support Children with Dyslexia Chris Neanon This book is a practical and accessible guide designed for anybody working alongside dyslexic children in schools. It provides a wealth of helpful information and teaching tips to ensure every child is successfully included in the mainstream classroom.

This book will: • give you an understanding of the current thinking on dyslexia • offer ways to identify dyslexic students • provide ideas for classroom management and teaching strategies • help you build partnerships with parents to support their children • outline an effective whole-school approach to dyslexia.

Contains photocopiable resources and ideas and materials for in-service training.

Paperback. Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033566 EAMT00600

How to Understand and Improve Boys’ Learning Mike Fleetham

£13.95

Boys are outperformed regularly by girls in standard tests, with the gap appearing to widen. They are often seen as problematic in the classroom. Their behaviour can be disruptive and they can lack motivation for learning. Being a boy today is not easy. This practical and insightful book is intended to help you to make a difference in the lives of the boys you teach. It does this by helping you understand boys and by showing you how to use that knowledge to improve the teaching and learning in your classroom. This book will enrich your thinking about boys and give you a wealth of ways in which you can enhance your teaching, their learning and, ultimately, their future.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034327 EAMT10769

£13.95

How to Understand and Support Children with Hearing Difficulties Wendy Brown One in four children will at some time suffer from a temporary hearing loss such as glue ear, and many more will have a more serious or permanent hearing problem. This practical and reassuring book includes: • a jargon-free explanation of the causes and implications of a full range of hearing difficulties, including glue ear • easy-to-use checklists on how to identify children with a hearing loss, with information on what to do next and liaising with other professionals • simple but effective tips for adapting classroom management and layout • useful strategies for literacy, numeracy and cross-curricular teaching • easy-to-follow guide to a range of aids, including hearing aids and cochlear implants • clear explanation of alternative communication options, including signing.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034020 EAMT13138

£13.95

How to Develop Numeracy in Children with Dyslexia Pauline Clayton This book will help you to successfully understand, teach and support pupils with dyslexia in the mathematics environment. Interest in this area has grown recently as teachers, SENCos, ASN staff and parents have become aware of children’s difficulties. Written by Pauline Clayton.

This book includes sections that will help you to: • engage with the skills necessary for children with dyslexia to succeed at mathematics • explore some practical ideas to support children with dyslexia in the classroom Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033795 EAMT00567

www.findel-international.com

£13.95

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TEACHING SUPPORT Help! My Child has Dyslexia Judy Hornigold As an experienced teacher and the mother of a dyslexic child, Judy Hornigold has written the book that she wishes had been available when her own son was diagnosed.

She writes with knowledge and understanding, both of the challenges of dyslexia and of the way in which parents can help to support their child.

Contains 144 pages.

ISBN 9781855035034 EDMT12106

£15.95

Understanding How Children Learn

Learning Skills KS3

Irene Swain

Over 85 structured, practical and enjoyable classroom activities. KS3 is sometimes seen as an unfocused transition period between basic learning at primary school and rigorous challenge at KS4. But it can offer teachers the chance to build the vital skills needed to access the curriculum and to succeed at GCSE level. This book guides students through a series of interesting activities that will help to develop many important learning skills that will enable students to succeed in the classroom and beyond, including describing, interpreting, evaluating and investigating. The group size, resources and time needed for each activity are clearly indicated, as are the learning skills it will develop. Some activities can be completed in 5 minutes, others are suited to a whole lesson or can run over a series of lessons.

Contains 152 pages.

Helen and Cassandra Sonnet

This important book provides a clear explanation of the sensory systems that are vital to good learning and development. The book includes simple screening tools and suggestions to help pupils, especially those with learning difficulties. If we truly wish to offer our children the best education possible, we must take care to provide an environment to help the emergence of strong cognitive functioning based upon integrated sensory foundations.

Understanding How Children Learn offers an insight into the world of sensory processing and integration, enabling teachers to identify children with challenges.

Contains 80 pages.

ISBN 9781855035003 EAMT11815

ISBN 9781855035645 EAMT13166

£11.95

£11.95

Receptive Language Difficulties Liz Baldwin Children’s ability to understand and act upon spoken language is a crucial skill in terms of their development and education.

However, children who struggle to process such information are often difficult to detect, which can harm their progress. This book has been written to help you address this difficult area. Based on her extensive experience as a speech and language therapist, the author provides content that explores: • what is involved in understanding spoken language • difficulties encountered in understanding spoken language • how to identify children with such difficulties • the impact of receptive language impairment on behaviour • how to develop effective listening skills • how to develop strategies to help children’s understanding • how to develop children’s language and literacy skills It includes advice, guidance, strategies and activities for supporting children who struggle to understand spoken language, including a self-evaluation checklist to help you review your own practice.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034419 EBMT10778

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Learn • Develop • Achieve

Learning Skills KS4 Helen and Cassandra Sonnet Over 95 structured, practical and enjoyable classroom activities.

Many KS4 students do not realise their full potential at school because they’re not equipped with the learning skills essential for higher-order thinking, or don’t fully understand what is required of them. This book sets out to guide students through motivational activities that will help to develop important learning skills that will help them raise their attainment across the whole curriculum, including awareness, understanding, analysing, and interpreting.

The group size, resources and time needed for each activity are clearly indicated, as are the learning skills it will develop. Some activities may fit into a spare 10 or 20 minutes; some may be planned as whole lessons or used in a pastoral tutor programme.

Contains 152 pages.

ISBN 9781855035294 EAMT12041

£11.95

TEACHING SUPPORT

ReadyStudyGo!

Successful School Transition

David Thomson

Ainsley Dawrent

ReadyStudyGo! is a practical teaching programme for Key Stage 2 children and beyond, designed to help them gain the skills of successful studentship. The structured sessions will enable children to identify their personal approach to study, develop a positive attitude to school work and boost their self-esteem!

The materials in this book present a view of personalised learning that can be implemented in the classroom, create a situation in which the principles of Assessment for Learning can be applied, and support the implementation of Every Child Matters. By using the activities in ReadyStudyGo!, you will be helping your pupils to be ready for study - and to go!

Contains 176 pages.

The transition from primary to secondary school can be one of the most dramatic and demanding changes in a child’s education. This practical book sheds light on the nature of the problems children often encounter, as well as the issues that schools need to address to make for a smooth transition. The author uses her experience of running transition projects in Newham, London, to provide you with a programme of workshops to show children in Years 6 and 7 how to reflect on their learning preferences, develop new friendships, enhance social skills and be safe in a new environment. Written for any professional involved in helping children through such a period of change, the book includes detailed teaching sessions, advice on handling difficult issues and ways of fostering relationships between primary and secondary schools. There is a wealth of photocopiable material, including details on how to audit your school’s transition provision and plan for future developments.

Contains 96 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034150 EDMT10144

£21.95

ISBN 9781855034358 EAMT10787

£18.95

Gifted, Able and Talented Mike Fleetham In an inclusive classroom, all children should have their need for personalised learning met. This includes those children who are gifted and talented in some way. They have the right to be given work that is suited to their specific needs and abilities too. This accessible and practical book has been written to help you identify and promote the gifts and talents of pupils in your class. In this book, you will be provided with a wealth of advice, guidance, activities and materials from an author experienced in this area. It is important that the skills and abilities of all children are recognised and developed in a supportive and caring environment. By addressing the gifts and talents of your learners through reading and applying the materials in this informative book, you will be helping to create learners equipped to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Contains 96 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034365 EAMT10786

£18.95

End-of-Term Projects Helen Sonnet Beat those end-of-term blues with this exciting resource that offers a variety of topics, each one providing a full week’s work. Each topic includes an actionpacked story with five chapters, one for each day of the week, followed by ideas for literacy, numeracy, science, art, active games and many other enjoyable activities and with full photocopiable resources.

This complete package will enable any busy teacher to concentrate on all the demands that the end of a term brings, happy in the knowledge that her class is occupied with work that is both enjoyable and meaningful. Definitely a musthave resource!

Contains 160 pages.

ISBN 9781855034921 EAMT11814

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Visual Perception Skills

Lightning Reads 1

Lightning Reads 2

Jacqui Farley & John Goodwin

Jacqui Farley & John Goodwin

(Interest level 10-12, reading age 6-8). This collection covers a range of genres to capture children’s imagination, including sport, thriller and fantasy. Contains 8 x 2 page comic strips, 10 x 1 page stories and 10 x 2 page stories.

Contains 80 pages.

(Interest level 12-16, reading age 8-12). This unique collection is designed to extend attention spans and reading abilities, as well as motivate readers. All the short stories are linked by an ingenious theme, leading to a final climatic chapter! Your reluctant or struggling readers will be inspired by Lightning Reads.

Contains 80 pages.

ISBN 9781855033450 ECMT00739

£18.95

ISBN 9781855033443 ECMT00740

Mark & Katy Hill

£18.95

Which keys fit the treasure chest? Which dragon is the longest? How many animals are hidden in the farmyard? Children will love improving their visual perception skills with this innovative book.

Visual skills are an essential component of learning and children struggling in this area will often have difficulties perceiving size, shape and outlines correctly, and experience problems with handwriting and spatial organisation. Visual Perception Skills addresses these areas, and is packed with over 40 photocopiable activities to develop many aspects of visual perception including: visual matching, visual discrimination, visual memory, visual size grading and figure ground perception. The imaginative tasks include: spot the difference pictures; selecting the ‘odd one out’; sorting similar items into groups; size ordering; recalling images in the correct position or sequence; and identifying objects from their overlapping or incomplete outlines.

The book is carefully organised to enable a teacher to pinpoint a particular area of need. This book is suitable for children aged 4+, or older children with difficulties in this area.

Contains 48 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034228 ECMT10168

Thinking Stories to Wake Up Your Mind

Surprising Stories To Stimulate Creativity

Mike Fleetham

Mike & Lucy Fleetham

In this vibrant collection none of the 27 stories have a neat conclusion, providing you with a golden opportunity to develop important skills in thinking with your children. This approach means your pupils will need to be active in engaging with such dilemmas as; What is the world’s best question?

Through questions your children will be able to develop their skills of information processing, reasoning, enquiry, creativity, evaluation and metacognition - thinking about thinking. Each story is accompanied by teacher’s notes that outline the skills being developed, a series of searching questions to develop those skills further and ways to apply the National Curriculum’s thinking skills in all subject areas.

Contains 128 A4 pages.

In this volume of 28 stories, bestselling Mike Fleetham, invites you to explore such questions as: How would you use Foible Carrion’s curious cabinet?

What is the smallest story on Earth?

Why are wish devils so dangerous?

What happens if a maige bird dies?

In our rapidly changing world, children’s future personal and professional success depends more than ever on creative thinking and problem-solving.

We never know what’s round the corner. When interesting and unexpected things come our way, we need the tools, techniques and personal qualities to respond. Surprising Stories to Stimulate Creativity will draw children into worlds that will stimulate their imagination and generate original ideas.

The stories in this book are linked to lively classroom activities that will arouse creative thinking and excite the learning process.

Contains 124 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034136 EDMT10142

£27.95

ISBN 9781855034839 ECMT11770

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Visual Literacy 1 David Lambert & Jo Browning Wroe A timeline of Johnny Depp’s films, instructions for how to make a Diwali lamp and a calendar of the Shaw family’s activities are a few of the varied subjects and texts covered in this book of activities for children aged 7-8, or for older children with special needs.

Contains 64 pages and teacher’s notes.

ISBN 9781855034426 ECMT10783

£15.95

LITERACY & DYSLEXIA ACE Spelling Dictionary David Moseley Pupils with spelling difficulties often experience problems accessing the curriculum and BEST SELLER lose confidence with writing. The ACE Spelling Dictionary breaks through these problems, taking away the frustration of hunting through a conventional dictionary and actually improving users’ spellings through increasing their understanding of common spelling patterns and unusual features.

The Dictionary is designed for writers of all ages who need to check spellings, and is intended for use in educational settings and at home.

The fourth edition of the ACE Spelling Dictionary has expanded user’s notes and thousands of new words, including more alternative spellings, plural forms and ‘sound-alike’ pairs and groups than before. The darker blue long vowel section makes it easy to open the book near the wanted page. It has an up-to-date vocabulary and provides full ‘how to use’ guidance for new and experienced users.

Using the unique ACE Spelling Index, users need only think about how a word sounds to find out how to spell it. By simply identifying the first vowel sound, the speller is directed to the page where the problem word is found. The easy-to-use reference system will tempt users to use more interesting words in their writing. Both spelling patterns and irregularities are highlighted in the dictionary so that pupils learn to spell incidentally.

Contains 328 pages. 176 x 250mm.

ISBN 9781855035058 ECMT11592

£15.95

Advanced ACE Spelling Pocket Dictionary

ACE Spelling Activities

David Moseley

David Moseley & Gwyn Singleton

The Advanced ACE Spelling Dictionary is designed for everyone who needs to check spellings quickly, no matter how skilled they are. As a companion volume to the ACE Spelling Dictionary, it retains all the assets of the standard Dictionary, along with some added extras.

The Advanced ACE Spelling Dictionary is smaller and more transportable than the standard Dictionary, easy to carry from lesson to lesson, making for a more compact and subtle reference guide for older users.

This pocket-sized dictionary links vowel sounds with colours. The vocabulary is extensive and up-to-date, and this second edition has over 600 new words added, many of them to extend word ‘families’. A colour distinction is made between high-frequency core vocabulary and lower-frequency, more specialised vocabulary up to degree level.

Using the unique ACE Spelling Index, users need only think about how a word sounds to find out how to spell it. By simply identifying the first vowel sound, the speller is directed to the page where the problem word is found. As with the ACE Spelling Dictionary, both spelling patterns and irregularities are highlighted so that users learn to spell incidentally.

The Dictionary is ideal for first- and second-language users as the unique ACE Index takes you directly from speech to spelling.

Contains 578 pages. 114 x 162mm.

ACE Spelling Activities is designed to be used with the ACE Spelling Dictionary.

It provides a framework for all learners to get to grips with phonics and the English spelling system. While especially valuable for dyslexic pupils, this resource is designed to improve spelling and writing performance on a whole-school basis through fun activities like crosswords, puzzles and games.

With over 100 photocopiable activities for individual, pair, group and whole-class work, this revised second edition of the ACE Spelling Activities fully covers the statutory spelling lists for the National Curriculum for English for KS2. Activities cover tricky word endings, spellings for sounds, searching for patterns and more. A new Slippery Characters section focuses on 240 frequently misspelt words between 5 and 13 letters in length, providing the opportunity to correct misspellings that could otherwise persist for a lifetime. The resource also includes sections on how to teach and practise spellings.

Contains 150 photocopiable pages. 297 x 210mm.

ISBN 9781855035324 EDMT11410

ISBN 9781855035942 EDMT00380

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LITERACY & DYSLEXIA INTRODUCTION The step-by-step multi-sensory literacy programme for all dyslexic pupils has just got better! Each book includes a colour card pack and an audio CD. Full of variety and using imaginative approaches, each stage in the Beat Dyslexia Series is structured so that all the goals are small and attainable. Pupils gain confidence through success as they develop a sound understanding of basic spelling and grammar. Books 1-3 cover all the letters of the alphabet, and on completion of the third book pupils will have mastered consonant digraphs and consonant clusters. Books 4-5 are geared towards the needs of slightly older pupils and introduce long vowels. Each book contains between 50 and 80 photocopiable worksheets, teachers notes, photocopiable reference sheets and card packs. Book 6 is primarily targeted at students in years 6 to 8. Help with skills that elude dyslexic pupils, such as telling the time, map reading and homework planning is also offered.

About the Author – Elizabeth Franks is qualified and experienced as a speech and language therapist and a teacher, and has worked with dyslexic pupils across the age range from 7 to 17 years.

Myra Nicholson developed an interest in SEN working as a primary school teacher. She runs a language unit attached to a mainstream middle school in Leeds.

Celia Stone has many years’ experience running a dyslexia unit and is the director of Irlen Centre North East where she diagnoses Irlen syndrome, a visual perception difficulty.

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Beat Dyslexia 1

Beat Dyslexia 2

Elizabeth Franks, Myra Nicholson & Celia Stone

Elizabeth Franks, Myra Nicholson & Celia Stone

Covers: i, t, p, n, s, st, sn, sp, a, d, c, o, r, tr, cr, dr, pr, m and e. Includes audio CD and cards.

Contains 96 pages.

Covers: h, b, u, -nd, -nt, -mp, l, sl, pl, cl, bl, -ll, -ss, f, g, gr, gl, k, sk, ng, r blends, th, spr, str, scr and -ing. Includes audio CD and cards.

Contains 96 pages.

ISBN 9781855034174 EDMT10157

ISBN 9781855034181 EDMT10158

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Beat Dyslexia 3

Beat Dyslexia 4

Elizabeth Franks, Myra Nicholson & Celia Stone

Elizabeth Franks, Myra Nicholson & Celia Stone

Covers: -ck, v, w, j, y, sh, qu, wa, x, -ed, z, -ff and -ch. Includes audio CD and cards.

Contains 96 pages.

Covers ee, ar, or, -y, i-e, a-e, ay, cy, ci, ce, wh, er, oo, ge, gi, gy, -dge, o-e, ea, u-e, e-e, ai, ow, oa, -igh. Includes audio CD and cards.

Contains 112 pages.

ISBN 9781855034198 EDMT10159

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ISBN 9781855034372 EDMT10791

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Beat Dyslexia 5

Beat Dyslexia 6

Elizabeth Franks, Myra Nicholson & Celia Stone

Elizabeth Franks, Myra Nicholson & Celia Stone

Beat Dyslexia Book 5 covers ou, -ful, -ic, -ick, -tion, -le, -tch, ir, ur, oy, oi, ie, au, aw, ph, ew, ei, -ue, -ous, ch, -ti, -ci, -ssi, -xi, -ture. Includes audio CD and cards.

Contains 112 pages.

Covers: o, -ice, -ace, ea, -sion, ou, -age, -ough, ear, suffix -or, -que, -cian, final syllables -el, -al, -le, -us, suffix -ar, -ey, time, map reading and homework planning.

Contains 120 pages.

ISBN 9781855034747 EDMT11479

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ISBN 9781855035379 EDMT12686

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LITERACY & DYSLEXIA Switch On Bob May & Jon Ellis Schools are welcoming a growing number of children who are learning English as an additional language (EAL). Equipping these children with the necessary skills to integrate successfully can seem a daunting task for many teachers.

This 10-week intervention programme aims to enable these children to progress both academically and socially. It consists of 50 sessions, each lasting 40 minutes, and progresses from the vocabulary of greetings, school objects and place names to that of number, time, weather and animals. The programme provides focused and intensive support so that children quickly acquire the basic language skills they need in order to access both classroom and social activities with more confidence. Each session is packed with interactive activities that make learning fun, and is supported with the necessary photocopiable resources.

Contains 96 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034792 EDMT11483

£25.95

Thrilling Comprehension Michael Coleman Support materials for use with Five and Ten Minute Thrillers. Each story has its own illustrated and photocopiable page with a simple plot summary, comprehension questions and trigger questions.

Contains 32 A4 photocopiable pages of activities and includes answers for teachers to refer to.

ISBN 9781855032286 ECMT00734

This collection of 102 active phonic games is the perfect resource for developing children’s phonological skills. The games cover a wide range of skills including identifying syllables, recognising initial and final word sounds, rhyming knowledge and phoneme manipulation.

Phonic skills are taught in a multi-sensory way by combining visual, auditory and kinaesthetic approaches to learning. Designed to be played in group settings using little equipment, the activities enable the children to learn in an interactive way and gain knowledge from their peers. Each game has suggestions for making the task harder or easier, helping you to pitch the game at the right level for your group. Suitable for children age 4 years +.

Contains 144 pages (246 x 168mm) and includes photocopiable materials.

£19.95

I Hear with my Little Ear 2 Liz Baldwin

£17.95

Liz Baldwin Spoken language breaks down in to sentences, phrases, words and individual sounds (phonemes), and phonics is the building block on which all spoken and written language is based.

This book is all about sounds in words.

Written mainly for parents and carers, it’s a fun, useful way of helping children to develop their skills with phonics. By doing this, parents will be supporting their child in developing speech sounds, their spoken and written language, and their spelling.

The games are presented in three sections according to where they might be played. Within each section there are syllable games, games for individual sounds within words and rhyming games. The syllable games will be much easier than the other sets of games, so it is best to start with some of these. All games require very little if any equipment - just keen eyes and everyday items!

All the games can be played with one child and one adult. They can equally be expanded to include brothers and sisters, friends, grandparents etc.

Words are all around us... so go out there and have some fun with phonics!

Size: 246 x 168mm portrait. 112 pages.

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ISBN 9781855034853 ECMT10143

Sounds Fun!

ISBN 9781855034990 ECMT11818

I Hear with my Little Ear

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This book is a companion to Liz Baldwin’s earlier book with LDA, I Hear with my Little Ear, which was a collection of 102 phonic games.

I Hear with my Little Ear 2 is a collection of 102 language games designed to help with aspects of language acquisition and use. The book is divided into four sections focusing on listening skills, language structures, vocabulary development and use of language. Each section provides games addressing different aspects of the communication process.

The games are designed to be played in groups. Most are written for use as a whole class, but all are equally applicable to small groups. The games are intended for use by anyone with an interest in extending children’s language development.

They are suitable for children from the age of 3 to 11. Most of the games need very few resources and no preparation. Every game has ideas to make the activity easier for those children who are at the start of being able to understand and use the language target. Similarly, there are suggestions for making every game harder for those children who need to have their language skills stretched.

Contains 128 pages (246 x 168mm) and includes photocopiable materials.

ISBN 9781855034143 ECMT11753

£19.95

LITERACY & DYSLEXIA This invaluable collection of photocopiable reading comprehension activities offers a rich variety of subjects and text types to engage and stimulate all your pupils, including fiction, poetry, dialogue, letters, recipes, charts and tables, and news reports. Aimed at pupils in Key Stage 2, the activities in each book are grouped and graded within four main skill areas:

• Getting the main idea • Making inferences • Noting details • Using context clues.

Each lively and entertaining text is accompanied by a set of multiple choice questions designed for practice and reinforcement of the main skill, as well as an open-ended activity requiring either an imaginative or reflective response or independent research. With teacher’s notes and separate answer pages for easy checking, this series provides a great way to develop and hone crucial literacy skills.

Each book contains 64 A4 pages. All activities are photocopiable.

Reading Comprehension Book 1

Reading Comprehension Book 2

Jo Browning Wroe & David Lambert

Jo Browning Wroe & David Lambert

Texts featured in this book include: • a subverted fairytale • a jam tart recipe • a press report on a sea rescue.

Age Suitability: 7–8 years and older children with additional learning needs.

Contains 64 pages.

Texts featured in this book include: • the stories of Roald Dahl • mail order catalogues • Greek mythology.

Age Suitability: 8–9 years and older children with additional learning needs.

Contains 64 pages.

ISBN 9781855033627 ECMT00755 £15.95

ISBN 9781855033634 ECMT00756 £15.95

Reading Comprehension Book 3

Reading Comprehension Book 4

Jo Browning Wroe & David Lambert

Jo Browning Wroe & David Lambert

• a beginner’s guide to skateboarding • a search for an expedition in difficulty • a holiday report on Fabuloso.

Age Suitability: 9–10 years and older children with additional learning needs.

Contains 64 pages.

• a poster advertising Jam in the Park • a diary of an eventful holiday • an article on fighting spiders.

Age Suitability: 10–11 years and older children with additional learning needs.

Contains 64 pages.

ISBN 9781855033832 ECMT00749 £15.95

ISBN 9781855033849 ECMT00750 £15.95

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The Kaos World Chronicles series INTRODUCTION The Kaos World Chronicles is a comprehensive literacy scheme aimed at KS3–4 students. It is structured around a series of high-interest, low-reading-age short stories designed specifically to appeal to older students who are struggling with reading, including those with social, emotional and mental health difficulties.

The readers develop in complexity and should be read in sequence. The first ten readers come in standard (pink) and easier (blue) versions to allow differentiation within the classroom, meaning that more students can access whole-group work.

The stories are set in a futuristic post-apocalyptic world where society has broken down and follow two main characters, Travis and Spanna, as they battle to survive in a dangerous, unpredictable world.

The stories develop in complexity and cover a range of cross-curricular areas. They also deal with contemporary and age-relevant issues such as violence, bullying, gang-membership, risk-taking and love.

All readers feature atmospheric and gritty illustrations throughout to engage students.

Each story contains a list of tricky words at the back to help students develop fluency, and the number of words are highlighted on each page to promote enjoyment of reading (particularly with competitive boys!).

The photocopiable teacher’s books contain worksheets, monitor and objective sheets, records of progress, target sheets and certificates to motivate and reward students. Each one comes with an accompanying CD-ROM which provides electronic versions of these sheets.

The readers cater for teenage students with the following reading ages (based on the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level): Readers 1–5 easier: RA 5.5–6.2 years.

Readers 1–5 standard: RA 6–7.2 years.

Readers 6–10 easier: RA 7.3–7.8 years.

Readers 6–10 standard: RA 7.5–8.3 years.

Readers 11–15: RA 8–9.5 years.

About the author Lucas Wellington is Deputy Head and Head of English at a school in Bristol for secondary students with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties. He has taught English for nearly twenty years, the majority of this time with students with BESD. During this time he has developed The Kaos World Chronicles.

Teacher’s Book 1 Contains pre-reading worksheets that focus on a phonics-based approach to reading, through CVC and CVCC/CCVC words up to basic blends. These are the building blocks of literacy yet many older students have significant gaps in their learning. Worksheets are designed to support students who need help engaging with the easier versions of the readers.

Contains 136 pages.

ISBN 9781855035065 ECMT12254

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Teacher’s Book 2 Contains worksheets to support Readers 1-5, offering small, achievable steps at word, sentence and text level.

A4 book with 168 pages and a CD.

ISBN 9781855035072 ECMT13801

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Reader 1: Attack of the Dogs

Reader 2: The Fight in the Night

The Rider has grown up in The Settlement run by Elvus and his gang of thugs. The world of Kaos outside The Settlement is unsafe and filled with many dangers. There is no law and order and little food and clean water. The Rider is sent on a mission outside The Settlement. He needs to get back home before it gets dark. When the sun goes down the world becomes even more dangerous.

Can he get home before the wild dogs get him?

The Rider and Spanna arrive back too late to be let back in to The Settlement. They have broken the rules and won’t be allowed in. Will they survive the night in a small shelter outside the thick walls of their home?

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Reader 3: The Escape

Reader 4: The Chase

Reader 5: The Tower

After being attacked in the Shelter by a gang of Oodies, The Rider and Spanna escape into the darkness. The Rider has never been out after dark before and has no idea where to go. Will they survive in the wild until morning?

The Rider rides into a trap and is nearly killed by an old woman. Spanna leads him to a church where they spend the night but next morning Elvus’ thugs arrive. They have survived wild dogs, Oodies, an old woman and a strange bat-like creature. Can they escape from their own clan?

Knocked out by Elvus’s thugs for trying to escape from The Settlement with Spanna, The Rider is taken back to face the anger of the cruel Elvus. Has his luck finally run out? And what will happen to Spanna?

ISBN 9781855035157 ECMT12523 Easy

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Teacher’s Book 3 Contains worksheets to support Readers 6-10, offering small, achievable steps at word, sentence and text level.

A4 Book with 168 pages and CD.

ISBN 9781855035416 ECMT13802

£29.95

Reader 6: The Battle

Reader 7: Homeless

In the future, society has changed beyond recognition. There is no law and order and little food and clean water. Only the fittest or luckiest survive.

The Settlement is under attack by an organised army of Creatures who have got through the main wall.

There has never been an attack like this before. Can Spanna and Travis escape the attackers to get to freedom, avoiding Elvus and his men?

The Settlement is under attack and on fire. Spanna and Travis have left people trapped in the burning Tower. Can they rescue them, get past the huge leader of the Creatures and escape? Where will they go? Should they help their clan fight off the attack first?

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Reader 8: The Doctor

Reader 9: Death

Reader 10: Life

Travis, Spanna and Wism have escaped from the burning Settlement. They are in the wilderness with all its dangers, including the terrifying Oodies.

Where will they go now? Will they even survive their first few hours outside The Settlement? Maybe the mysterious Doctor will help them.

Wism is seriously injured after the Oodies attack.

The Doctor has allowed Spanna and Travis to bring her into his compound, but can he be trusted? What might he want in exchange for his help?

The full horror of their situation comes home to Travis after a night filled with dark dreams. He wakes to find Spanna has disappeared.

Life goes on for Spanna and Travis after the death of Wism. Spanna takes up the great chance to learn to read but Travis doesn’t like the Doctor. He is jealous of the Doctor’s developing relationship with Spanna and he is envious of his huge stock of guns. Can the Doctor be trusted? Are they as safe as Spanna seems to think?

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Teacher’s Book 4 Contains worksheets to support Readers 11–15, offering small, achievable steps at word, sentence and text level.

Contains 168 pages.

ISBN 9781855035829 ECMT13395

£29.95

Reader 11: The Supermarket

Reader 12: The Skulz

The future looks even bleaker. Kaos World has become more chaotic as a swarming army of Creechurs rampages across the land destroying everything in its path. Is anyone safe? Travis sets off on his own to find supplies for the Doctor, unaware of the terrible danger he is heading into. The supermarket isn’t as empty as he was led to believe – monsters really do exist in Kaos World. Can he survive in the Wilderness on his own and complete his mission or has he been betrayed by the Doctor?

With little chance of rescue, Travis has to save himself from the monster in the supermarket, but he jumps out of the frying pan and into the fire.

With the threat of monsters and mutant animals, a hostile landscape and a murderous motorbike gang, has he got any chance of making it back to Spanna?

And is she as safe as she thinks?

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Reader 13: The Wilderness

Reader 14: The Broken

Reader 15: Outcast

Things go from bad to worse for Travis. He is trapped in his overturned Land-Rover while the remaining members of the motorbike gang move in to kill him. Can he get out of yet another difficult situation and get back to Spanna before the marauding Creechur army does?

The Doctor’s compound has been over-run just like the Settlement. Can Travis and Spanna escape through the tunnel and get to the mysterious Broken before the Creechurs do? And what do Travis and Spanna have to do with the Doctor’s strange prophecy?

The full horror of their situation comes home to Travis after a night filled with dark dreams. He wakes to find Spanna has disappeared.

The Broken have a plan to escape the army of Creechurs, but can they prepare in time? And will they include Travis in their escape? More danger and death await Travis and Spanna, but how much of the Prophecy is true?

ISBN 9781855035799 ECMT13392 Standard

£4.79

ISBN 9781855035805 ECMT13393 Standard

ISBN 9781855035812 ECMT13394 Standard

£4.79

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Speed Up! Lois Addy

Fidget Busters Sharon Drew & Liz Atter Fidget Busters provides a wealth of stimulating activities that connect movement and learning. All the activities involve minimum resources and disruption, and the majority may be used within the confines of the classroom. Sections include ‘Shake and Wake’, with activities to help children wake up and refocus; ‘Active Bodies, Active Minds’, features activities that link movement to a selection of curriculum areas. Written by experienced authors, Fidget Busters will enable you to combine physical fitness and kinaesthetic learning, helping children to be physically active, to play, to learn and have a great deal of fun.

Contains 144 pages (246 x 168mm).

ISBN 9781855034822 EDMT11455

£22.95

In just eight weekly sessions, Speed Up! provides a multi-sensory course of help for any child aged 8-13 whose handwriting is illegible, slow or lacking in fluency. Poor handwriting hinders many children’s progress - right across the curriculum. Unfortunately, most handwriting schemes do little to help children who are struggling with this vital skill. Here, at last, is a new and highly effective approach. Developed by a leading paediatric occupational therapist and designed specifically for older children struggling with handwriting, Speed Up! gets to the root of writing difficulties by developing kinaesthetic awareness through multi-sensory activity and exercise. The programme includes: • a baseline assessment • clear, fully illustrated, photocopiable instruction sheets • an overview of the theory behind the practice • advice on identifying underlying causes of difficulty and how to tackle them.

The sessions may be delivered by a teacher, teaching assistant, classroom assistant or therapist. The emphasis throughout is on enjoyment, building selfesteem and developing writing confidence.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033863 ECMT10918

£18.95

Jungle Journey Helen Burrows, Sara Christie, Sara Orr & Yvette Ostermeyer Take your class on an exciting adventure through the jungle! Once they’ve packed their suitcases and travelled by aeroplane, they’re off to meet the animals. Teach the children how to slither like a snake, walk tall like a giraffe and throw bananas in the air like a monkey. They could even have a go at being a hulahooping hippo! The children will love these jungle-inspired activities, and you will see their motor skills improve as they join in with the jungle dances and games, and create animals using a range of materials.

The Jungle Journey is a 9-week whole-class programme for the development of early fine and gross motor skills. It is designed to be delivered to Reception/P1 classes, and helps children work towards many of the early learning goals set out in The Early Years Foundation Stage.

The Jungle Journey includes: •A screening tool consisting of 12 assessment activities with accompanying photocopiables and record sheet •9 gross motor sessions, each containing warm-up, strength and skill sections •2 7 fine motor sessions (3 short sessions per week), with activities to improve skills such as hand-eye coordination, pencil control and finger isolation •A ll the photocopiables you need for the programme, as well as song words and actions •A dditional useful information, such as ideas for improving ball skills, checklists for dressing skills and agerelated guidelines for the development of gross and fine motor skills.

Contains 112 A4 pages and a CD.

ISBN 9781855034778 EDMT11427

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£29.95

MOTOR SKILLS Write from the Start Lois Addy & Ion Teodorescu The ability to produce fluent, legible handwriting has been given an increased focus, and affects attainment in many areas.

If a child struggles to master this vital skill the implications can be serious. However, the process of handwriting involves the complex co-ordination of motor, perceptual and cognitive skills which do not always develop spontaneously but which require considerable explanation, demonstration, experimentation and practice.

The Write from the Start programme offers a different and effective approach that will guide children through the various stages of perceptual and fine-motor development to lay the foundations for flowing, accurate handwriting.

The programme contains over 400 graded activities that develop the intrinsic muscles of the hand so that children gain the necessary control to form letter shapes and create appropriate spaces between words, alongside the following perceptual skills required to orientate letters and organise the page: • hand–eye co-ordination • form constancy • spatial organisation • figure-ground discrimination • orientation • laterality This cumulative programme is structured into 8 sections. Age Suitability: mainstream children aged 4–6 or older children with DCD/additional learning needs.

Contains: Workbook 1 (120 A4 pages), Workbook 2 (136 A4 pages) and a Teacher’s Handbook (20 A4 pages).

ISBN 9781855032453 ECMT01082

£41.95

Get Physical!

Lois Addy Designed as an inclusive PE scheme, the materials in this unique programme provide focused support for those children with specific motor problems. Lois Addy is a paediatric occupational therapist and senior lecturer who has written extensively on helping children with perceptual and motor difficulties, making Get Physical! suitable for use by class teachers, occupational therapists or physiotherapists. Get Physical! provides 40 clear, detailed lesson plans that: • develop important perceptual and motor process skills in all children • are formative and diagnostic, enabling you to identify individual areas of need • help you to integrate learning in PE with other aspects of the curriculum • covers the National Curriculum programme of study for games and gymnastics at Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7).

Contains 148 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034068 EEMT10004

Cutting Skills Mark & Katy Hill Build robots, design flags, make spinning snakes, pack for a journey and learn how to develop scissor technique without even noticing!

Contains 48 A4 photocopiable pages of imaginative and challenging activities - developed by experienced teachers to help children to develop hand-eye co-ordination, motor skills and scissor control.

ISBN 9781855033498 EEMT00565

£17.95

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More Cutting Skills

Fine Motor Skills

Mark & Katy Hill

Mark & Katy Hill

Make ice creams, build an aeroplane, create a door hanging, pack a spy case and learn how to develop scissor technique without even noticing!

Building on the success of Cutting Skills from the same authors, More Cutting Skills contains 90 imaginative and challenging activities to help children develop hand–eye co-ordination, motor skills and scissor control. The varied activities provide additional levels of progression and extend the wide range of skills introduced in Cutting Skills in a fun and original way. The book includes extensive teacher’s notes.

Written by experienced teachers and authors, Mark and Katy Hill, all the activities have been tried, tested and enjoyed!

Contains 104 pages.

Find your way to the hidden treasure, join the dots to complete the train, finger paint all the colours of the rainbow and take part in many other exciting adventures! Fine Motor Skills contains over 40 photocopiable activities designed to improve fine motor control, pencil skills and hand-eye coordination. Carefully differentiated tasks enable children to progress effectively through the varied and challenging activities, which include finger-painting, colouring-in, following mazes and paths, overdrawing and dot-to-dots. The activities are so enjoyable that children will improve their motor control without even noticing!

Contains 48 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855035287 EEMT12080

£23.95

ISBN 9781855034044 EEMT10003

£17.95

Take Ten Sharon Drew

Ruler Skills Mark & Katy Hill Ruler Skills provides a wide range of opportunities to improve manipulation, orientation and accuracy when drawing and measuring.

Contains 104 pages.

ISBN 9781855034976 EFMT11875

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£23.95

Learn • Develop • Achieve

This collection of practical games and activities is perfect for improving vital fine motor skills in an enjoyable and accessible way. The flexible activities can be used with little or no equipment or preparation and in 1:1, group or class situations.

The book is divided into sections focusing on warm-up activities, hand-eye coordination, hand and finger strength and manipulation. Each activity includes suggestions for adaptations to make it suitable for children at all levels. The book begins with a detailed explanation of fine motor development and includes a checklist to identify children with difficulties in this area, as well as practical tips for troubleshooting potential problems.

Suitable for children aged 5+ and older children who need to improve their motor control.

Contains 128 pages and includes photocopiable materials.

ISBN 9781855034389 EDMT10779

£19.95

AUTISM

Roar Brave and Strong

Come on Roar, Let’s Explore!

Hello Roar, Little Dinosaur

Hazel Reeves & Jay Morris

Hazel Reeves & Jay Morris

Follow Roar as she goes on an adventure.

Contains 36 pages.

Meet Roar the friendly little dinosaur for the first time.

Contains 36 pages.

ISBN 9781855035553 EDMT12316

£7.19 ISBN 9781855035546 EDMT12117

Roar’s About, Let’s Go Out! Hazel Reeves & Dave McTaggert Join Roar on a variety of expeditions – and watch out for Roar the secret agent!

Contains 36 pages.

ISBN 9781855035409 EDMT12689

£7.19

Roar’s Creating, Let’s Get Making!

£7.19

Hazel Reeves & Jay Morris Roar makes some amazing creations from things around the house. Contains 36 pages.

ISBN 9781855035560 EDMT12317

£7.19

Roar’s in Shorts, Let’s Play Sports!

Roar’s Strumming, Let’s Get Humming!

Hazel Reeves & Dave McTaggert

Hazel Reeves & Dave McTaggert

Enjoy Roar’s love of life and all things sporting.

Contains 36 pages.

Share Roar’s joy as she dances, sings and makes music in her own special way.

Contains 36 pages.

ISBN 9781855035386 EDMT12690

£7.19

ISBN 9781855035393 EDMT12688

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£7.19

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MATHS & DYSCALCULIA

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Fizz Buzz Janet Rees This bumper 64 page A4 collection of lively oral number games is a great way to develop core mathematical skills, introduce new concepts, assess progress, begin a numeracy lesson or conduct a plenary session. Children are often expected to write mathematics before they have learned to imagine, discuss and verbalise their thoughts about it. The games in Fizz Buzz provide an ideal alternative to this. By allowing children to ask questions, give or reflect on explanations, and express and justify opinions, you will enable them to grow in confidence and meet new challenges successfully. The games in Fizz Buzz combine the benefits of visual, auditory and kinaesthetic approaches to learning. Suitable for ages 4-11, this popular bestseller provides alternatives that make the games easier or more difficult.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033528 EFMT00849

£18.95

Ten Little Fingers Louise Binder Scott A great whole class start to your numeracy lesson! These delightful participative rhymes teach spatial awareness and listening skills as well as early maths concepts. Finger and action rhymes play a vital part in children’s development, using a kinaesthetic approach that will also improve dexterity and muscular control. With charming poems and rhymes like Dive Little Tadpole, Ten Circus Wagons, Where are the Baby Mice? and many more, ranging from home and the family to seasons and dinosaurs, Ten Little Fingers promises hours of finger fun!

Contains 64 photocopiable A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855032743 EFMT00452

£22.95

Fizz Buzz 2 Janet Rees Following on from the success of the best-selling Fizz Buzz, the same author has created a second volume of games to get children actively involved in and excited about mathematics. All of the 101 games in this book require minimal preparation and equipment so that they can be used in the classroom with ease. To help you further, the games are organised by the strands of the Primary Framework for Mathematics, providing a means to introduce new concepts or reinforce existing knowledge. The games can be enjoyed by individual children, small groups and even the whole class.

The comments section that accompanies each game provides suggestions for alternative game plays, should you need to make the game easier or more challenging, along with tips to get the most out of the game, whether you are playing it for 5 minutes or longer. <return/>Through participating in these wonderful games children will extend their ability to use and apply their maths skills, think visually and support each other’s learning. Children will love playing these games and will develop firm favourites, enabling you to nurture their confidence and develop their mathematical skills.

Contains 64 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034440 EFMT10772

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£18.95

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MATHS & DYSCALCULIA

Number Fun

Number Bonds Fun

Mark & Katy Hill

Mark & Katy Hill

Fly balloons, climb ladders, swim underwater with tropical fish, and learn how to recognise, read and write numbers without even noticing! Number Fun contains photocopiable worksheets to help your pupils with writing number words and digits. It is ideal for children to practice recognising, forming and sequencing numbers. You can have confidence that these imaginative and truly educational activities will be a hit with your pupils and will prove an invaluable resource to you for years to come.

Contains 96 A4 pages.

Give your pupils practice and confidence with their number bonds to 20, 50 and 100 in multiples of 10. This photocopiable book contains highly original and enjoyable activities to give your pupils the reinforcement work they need, while saving you hours of preparation time. Written by an experienced Key Stage 1 teacher, all activities have been tried, tested and enjoyed.

Contains 96 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033146 EFMT00487

ISBN 9781855033153 EFMT00488

£20.95

£20.95

Visual Memory Skills Mark & Katy Hill

Auditory Memory Skills Mark & Katy Hill Do you have children in your class who find it difficult to follow instructions or forget important information you have given them? Recalling auditory information is such a vital skill, but it can often be overlooked in a busy classroom. Auditory Memory Skills enables children to improve their auditory recall ability in a focused, innovative and enjoyable way. It is packed with over 40 beautifully illustrated photocopiable activities, and divided into easy-to-use sections of increasing difficulty. This book is ideal for children aged 4+ or older children with particular needs in this area.

Contains 48 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034402 EBMT10781

£16.95

Visual memory skills are so important in the classroom context: they are an essential element of reading, spelling and retaining all sorts of information.

This book will be a fantastic resource to boost children’s visual recall skills, and therefore their ability to effectively access the curriculum. Children will love the imaginative tasks, and won’t even realise they are practising this important skill as they work through these challenging activities. The book is divided into handy sections, each of which is designed to improve a different aspect of visual memory, such as remembering objects, object details and elements of objects like colour and pattern. The second part of the book explores sequential memory for objects, letters and digits; and object details such as orientation and size. The book focuses on higher order skills as it progresses, and the tasks become increasingly challenging within each section. This enables children either to work through the book in order or to pinpoint a particular section they wish to focus on. Containing 48 pages of appealing activities, this book is ideal for children aged 4+ and older children with particular needs in this area. It is a perfect companion to Auditory Memory Skills, written by Mark & Katy Hill.

Contains 48 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034396 EBMT10780

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£16.95

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Time to Talk Alison Schroeder School can be a frustrating and confusing experience for children who have not developed their communication skills. Not only will accessing the curriculum be difficult, but so will developing cooperative skills and friendships.

Time to Talk has been developed to teach and develop oral language and social interaction skills to children, to make these aspects of school easier.

Containing 40 sessions, designed to take place two or three times a week, Time to Talk will help you teach and develop the ‘rules’ of interaction with the help of Ginger Bear, who features in all the activities. Skills taught include: eye contact, turn-taking, sharing, greetings, awareness of feelings, giving/following instructions, listening, attention and play skills.

Contains 224 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855033092 EGMT00498

£27.95

Socially Speaking Alison Schroeder Socially Speaking will help you to introduce and practise skills your pupils need to develop and maintain relationships and to lead independent lives outside the school context. It is a unique social skills programme that lasts a whole school year and is divided into three units: let’s communicate, let’s be friends, and let’s practise. As pupils progress through the carefully structured programme, their self-esteem will increase and their listening skills and expressive language abilities will improve, and in turn everyone will benefit from enhanced social interaction.

Age Suitability: 7–11 years and older children with SEN. Contains 150 A4 pages, including photocopiable illustrated worksheets and assessment and evaluation forms.

ISBN 9781855032521 EDMT00416

£23.95

The Friendship Formula Alison Schroeder The Friendship Formula is designed to help students aged 8–13 develop their communication and relationship skills. Such focused intervention has proven to yield better results when it includes the peers and family of the targeted pupils, so this unique programme encourages such involvement, including letters home and questionnaires for parents, as well as promoting peer education and whole-school awareness of the issues explored. The Friendship Formula is designed to last a full school year and consists of 40 sessions, divided into four units focusing on: • self-awareness and self-esteem • emotional awareness and regulation • conversational skills • friendship and relationship skills.

Each session includes detailed notes for the adult facilitator, practical activities, games and role-plays as well as photocopiable worksheets. Throughout the programme, students work towards creating an ‘All About Me’ book which helps them learn about and respect themselves and others. The Friendship Formula is designed for use with groups of 5–8 children but can also be adapted for larger groups.

Age Suitability: 8–13 years.

Contains 224 A4 pages. Posters measure 690 x 495mm.

ISBN 9781855034471 EGMT10788

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£23.95

SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH Tom, Katie and Friends Eira Reeves & Shirley Pope Tom, Katie and Friends is a delightful series of picture books that features 6 children and shows how they deal with different situations that occur between them in daily life. While teaching about social behaviour, the books are both fun and colourful.

Young children will be able to relate to the 6 friends coping with different circumstances and emotions, whether they are reading the books themselves or simply enjoying the illustrations while the stories are read to them. Questions at the end of each book are intended to draw children into discussing their thoughts on what is right or wrong regarding behaviour and to work co-operatively as a group.

This series of books can be used in reading time or for Circle Time. Also suitable for parents to read at home with their child.

Contains 24 pages.

Tom, Katie and Friends are Kind ISBN 9781855035331 EGMT12996

Tom, Katie and Friends Show Love £7.19

Tom, Katie and Friends Care ISBN 9781855035348 EGMT12998

ISBN 9781855035362 EGMT12997

£7.19

Tom, Katie and Friends Tease £7.19

ISBN 9781855035355 EGMT12999

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Social Skills for Primary Pupils 1

Social Skills for Primary Pupils 2

Deborah Cohen & Lorrae Jaderberg

Deborah Cohen & Lorrae Jaderberg

Even young children may suffer from low self-esteem, which can have a detrimental effect on their behaviour and learning. This programme is designed to address the needs of such children at Key Stage 1. It is based around the story of ‘The children who wanted to make their school a better place’ and through the group games, role plays and discussions, children will learn how they can help create a calmer and more positive school environment. During the seven hour-long interactive sessions, pupils will learn: • to share their opinions on things that matter to them • to recognise, name and deal with their feelings • to understand that they can make choices and the difference between right and wrong • to appreciate how their behaviour affects others • to listen to other people and play and work co-operatively • to identify and respect the differences and similarities between people The programme includes comprehensive teacher scripts and instructions, evaluation sheets and photocopiable activity sheets.

Contains 96 A4 pages and two CDs.

Every classroom has children who persistently cause low-level disruption: calling out, falling out, not taking turns. This intensive social skills programme is designed to help children develop social awareness and an understanding of their own and others’ responsibilities and behaviour, in order that they are able to concentrate and learn effectively.

During seven one-hour sessions, children participate in discussions, games and practical activities which explore these important issues and help raise self-esteem. Includes scripts for each session, evaluation grids for the pupils, templates of letters home to parents as well as photocopiable activity sheets.

This tried-and-tested programme will ensure your pupils know how to take turns fairly, give and receive constructive feedback, apologise, reduce conflicts and participate or lead a group. Suitable for children aged 7-11, or older children with particular needs in this area and ideally suited for working with a group of 4-6 pupils.

Contains 80 A4 pages and a CD.

ISBN 9781855034488 EBMT10774

ISBN 9781855034495 EBMT10775

£23.95

£23.95

Special Games Betty Rudd

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Adaptable activities for personal and social development. This engaging book is a truly flexible resource, suitable for all ages and abilities.

It contains a wide variety of games that may be played in many different settings. Being involved in these special games will help to uplift the players, make them feel part of a team and allow them to release energy safely, enabling them to calm down. The book’s split-design allows teachers and facilitators to rapidly plan appropriate and exciting sessions tailored to each group’s needs on every occasion. Choose from a wide range of games in 3 categories: warm-up, more interactive/energetic, and calming. Each game may be played in less than 5 minutes, and any combination may be used to make a rewarding session. For players, these games are often the highlight of the school day.

These games will: develop cognitive skills as well as boost emotional literacy and self-esteem, promote co-operation, positive interaction and enjoyment in the company of others, gain participants’ attention quickly, and calm down a fractious group with ease.

Contains 64 pages.

You Talk, I’ll Listen

ISBN 9781855035041 EGMT12431

ISBN 9781855034464 EBMT10789

£11.95

Learn • Develop • Achieve

Tim Harding This innovative and multi-sensory resource will ensure children love improving their communication and relationship skills. Each of the 15 songs is entirely original and has been specially written to promote an awareness of a particular social skill including being polite, apologising and personal safety. The accompanying teacher’s manual includes lyrics for each song, suggestions for practical activities to expand upon the themes in the songs and photocopiable activity sheets. Ideal for children aged 6+, and older children with social skills difficulties. Includes audio CD containing 15 songs plus instrumental versions of each.

Contains: 48 A4 pages.

£16.95

SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

Helping Children Deal With Bullying

Helping Children Deal With Anger

Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet

Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet

Bullying is an issue that all schools need to address to develop a safe-school ethos. Research has shown that an effective and organised approach can dramatically reduce both the frequency and impact of bullying.

In this book, the authors show you how to create an effective anti-bullying policy for a primary school based on a five-strand approach. This whole-school approach guides you through the essential systems that you need to have in place to make sure that your school is tackling bullying. It is these systems that will enable children to grow in confidence and develop a clearer understanding of their behaviour and its impact on others.

Contains 48 A4 pages.

Anger is a natural response to circumstances that we find ourselves in.

However, it can lead to unacceptable and damaging behaviour. Helping Children Deal with Anger gives you a programme of fifteen sessions to teach primary-age children to express anger responsibly, safely and in a controlled way. The activities will help children to recognise anger; investigate strategies to defuse anger before it explodes, and help children to understand that they are responsible for their behaviour and can control their actions.

Contains 48 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034099 EGMT10012

ISBN 9781855034112 EGMT10014

£11.95

£11.95

Helping Children Deal With Conflict

They’re Driving Me Mad!

Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet

Jenny Mosley & Zara Niwano

How often do you deal with conflict with the children you work with? How many times are your plans for a lesson hindered by a playtime incident that needs resolving? Teaching children how to cope with conflict effectively will be beneficial to their personal development and education, and to your ability to teach. Helping Children Deal with Conflict includes a teaching programme of eighteen sessions that will help you to teach children to explore, practise and develop the skills needed for successful conflict resolution. There are a range of games and activities to develop thoughtfulness, self-awareness and co-operation. Lastly, there are resources on how to support children who often find themselves involved in conflict.

Contains 48 A4 pages.

Are you troubled by the challenging behaviour of children you teach? Children who behave in unpredictable and dangerous ways are increasingly apparent in schools. Such children’s conduct is a hazard to the emotional, psychological and physical health of themselves and others. They’re Driving Me Mad! is written to help you cope with children who do not respond to positive strategies, leaving you in despair.

Jenny Mosley and Zara Niwano provide you with a circles of support model for reaching children beyond the normal strategies. They provide comprehensive information on this approach: • what circles of support are and how to establish them, case studies of successful circles of support and extensive lesson plans for conducting circles of support.

Contains 176 pages (254 x 195mm).

ISBN 9781855034129 EGMT10015

£11.95

ISBN 9781855034235 EGMT10171

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£27.95

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Positive Playtimes

Outdoor Activities Around your School

Jenny Mosley

Helen Sonnet

Formerly entitled All Year Round, this practical book, by Jenny Mosley, shows you how to prevent unhappiness, disputes and problems at lunchtimes, and to go beyond this to create playtimes that will revolutionise the school ethos. Orderly systems and procedures are vital to the establishment of calm playtimes. This book contains valuable advice on how to establish such strategies, and provides a systematic model for producing an emotionally healthy school.

Contains 208 pages (254 x 195mm).

This book is packed full of cross-curricular activities that take place outdoors, many using the school site all year and proving to teachers that it is possible to extend their classrooms on an everyday basis. The activities are fun and engaging, while also providing a focus on valuable aspects of teaching and learning. Each activity has a key, indicating the relevant subjects and aspects of the curriculum it supports. Some activities are lively and stimulating; others will provoke thought and reflection, offering the teacher a wide and varied choice.

Contains 128 pages.

ISBN 9781855034051 EGMT00551

ISBN 9781855034914 EGMT11668

£25.95

£21.95

Making Waves

Top 100 Playground Games

Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet

Jenny Mosley

If you find that after a couple of activities you are struggling for ideas, this wonderful collection of games is precisely what you need to get the most out of your parachute. Parachute games are an exciting way to develop children’s self-confidence, team building and co-operation skills, and emotional literacy.

Written by Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet, this handbook is based on their extensive experience of developing parachute games. It is suitable for schools, youth groups, social services and health departments. This book will teach you how to develop active and reflective games and to end a session calmly.

Contains 80 pages (246 x 168mm).

This book is packed with 100 exciting playtime games. It includes a wealth of new games plus some old favourites with an imaginative twist. Each game requires minimal resources and includes clear instructions, enabling you to start teaching them straight away. The games are designed to encourage children’s social and emotional development. Sections include motivations, social skills, empathy, managing feelings and self awareness.

Whether you are looking for ways to develop social and emotional skills or to engage active bodies with minds, this book will meet your needs.

Contains 112 pages (246 x 168mm).

ISBN 9781855033573 EEMT00821

ISBN 9781855034730 EGMT11494

£12.95

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£19.95

SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

101 Activities to Help Children Get on Together Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet This addition to the popular 101 Games . . . series is brimming with exciting and purposeful activities to develop children’s co-operation skills and their ability to get on together. Written by Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet.

This extensive collection of activities will enable children to explore how to work together effectively through ideas for paired tasks, problem solving, games, outdoor activities, music, and many more. At the same time as engaging in exciting and well-planned activities, children will acquire those skills necessary to work with and relate well to others.

101 Activities to Help Children Get on Together will help teachers to develop a classroom that is a pleasant place to work, where relationships are valued and in which every child matters and is appreciated.

Contains 144 pages (246 x 168mm).

ISBN 9781855034709 EGMT11495

£22.95

101 Games for Self-Esteem Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet This practical book provides a comprehensive collection of innovative games that are essential for any teacher interested in unlocking the full potential of children by promoting their self-esteem. This is vital, as a positive self-image leads to more effective social skills. 101 Games for Self-Esteem is full of exciting and engaging games that promote an enjoyable environment in which to teach and encourage children. The games are a great way for children to learn how to relate well to others and to feel more positive about themselves. They teach valuable skills such as self-awareness, empathy, co-operation and the confidence to trust.

Contains 144 pages (246 x 168mm).

ISBN 9781855033511 EGMT00550

£22.95

101 Games for Better Behaviour Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet This popular book in the 101 Games for... series is full of engaging games and activities that will help children to develop the skills and attributes needed for positive behaviour and effective learning. Written by Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet.

This comprehensive collection includes games that will help children to explore the five areas highlighted in the SEAL resource pack: self-awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills. Through exciting activities, children will learn that an effective community is built on co-operation, tolerance and enjoyment.

101 Games for Better Behaviour will help teachers to contribute to the emotional journey that each individual they teach makes through childhood and in their adult life.

Contains 144 pages (246 x 168mm).

ISBN 9781855034013 EGMT10008

£22.95

101 Games for Social Skills Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet This invaluable book is packed with creative and dynamic games that will help children to develop positive relationships. There are 2 sections in the book. The first part includes games that teach looking, listening, speaking, thinking and concentration skills. The second consolidates the 5 skill areas and provides opportunities for children to apply them in different social contexts.

All activities have been tried, tested and thoroughly enjoyed! They are suitable for schools, youth groups, young adults’ groups, health departments and social services.

Contains 144 pages (246 x 168mm).

ISBN 9781855033702 EBMT11732

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£22.95

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Sensory Circuits Jane Horwood Children with sensory integration difficulties often struggle to engage effectively with the physical, social, emotional and curricular challenges of the school day. Behavioural clues such as fidgeting, poor concentration, excessive physical contact or overall lethargy can indicate that a child is not fully available for learning. Sensory Circuits is a fantastic new programme of physical activities that provide regular and controlled input to specific sensory-motor systems enabling children to be energised or calmed so that they can get the most out their day.

This book provides a practical guide to setting up your own daily Sensory Circuits programme. It includes information on: • sensory integration theory and the importance of successful sensory integration • key sensory-motor terminology to help you to understand a child’s difficulties and provide them with focused support • sensory observation detective work to enable you to identify children who might benefit from Sensory Circuits • how to set up a Sensory Circuit, including issues such as staffing and equipment, and a large variety of activity ideas • the review process to ensure your Sensory Circuit remains fresh, dynamic and fun • a variety of sensory-motor strategies to use in the classroom and beyond • the paperwork needed to support the programme and example photocopiable resources such as review questionnaires and a target sheet Suitable for all ages and abilities, Sensory Circuits are a fun and effective way to focus concentration in readiness for the day’s learning.

Contains A4 64 pages.

ISBN 9781855034716 EEMT11364

Mark and Katy Hill This fantastic photocopiable activity book is designed to help children to discover, understand and recognise emotions.

Some children find these skills very difficult, and because they struggle to read the emotional clues available they may not react appropriately to people or events. Equipping all children with emotional literacy skills enables them to feel more comfortable and confident in social situations and helps them to recognise and modify their own emotional responses.

The book progresses from the basic skill of facial expression recognition through to exploring emotions within a variety of situations, understanding how and why emotions can change and predicting emotional responses. Comprehensive teacher’s notes offer detailed instructions for each activity, prompt questions and further activity ideas. The beautifully illustrated activity sheets are suitable for all ages and include drawing, cut and paste and discussion-based tasks.

Contains 48 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034754 EGMT11487

£16.95

Quality Circle Time in the Primary Classroom

More Quality Circle Time

Jenny Mosley

Jenny Mosley

Jenny Mosley’s book contains over 200 activities for Circle Time sessions, teacher’s notes, advice and solutions, a resources section and a back-up training and support section.

Contains 255 pages (255 x 195mm).

Make your Circle Times purposeful, imaginative and safe! As well as a host of Circle Time ideas incorporating the objects from the Jenny Mosley Circle Time Kit, it contains an evaluation section to help you assess the quality of your Circle Times.

Contains 158 pages (255 x 195mm).

ISBN 9781855032293 EGMT00408

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£18.95

Understanding Emotions

£25.95

Learn • Develop • Achieve

ISBN 9781855032705 EGMT00437

£23.95

SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH Stories with a Message Rachel Adams Have you ever struggled to tackle those difficult social and emotional issues that often crop up with your pupils? If the answer is yes, then Stories with a Message are ideal for you.

Each of the photocopiable stories in these resources broaches challenging subjects often faced by today’s children, from bullying to bereavement, in a subtle and non-threatening way.

Accompanying photocopiable question sheets encourage further thought and discussion about the topics covered in each story, whilst avoiding any negative or confrontational reactions that can sometimes be expected when raising these matters.

Stories with a Message are flexible and can be used on an individual, group or wholeclass level. Activities fit with PSHE programmes and can fill anything from a ten-minute slot to a whole lesson. Stories can be used pre-emptively or after an incident in order to reaffirm an understanding of what is expected and appropriate.

The books will prove invaluable for any teacher faced with children who need support with social and emotional issues.

Each book contains 108 pages.

Primary

Secondary

ISBN 9781855035898 EGMT13397 £23.95

ISBN 9781855035904 EGMT13398 £23.95

Sharing Books for Social and Emotional Understanding

Forest of Feelings

Margaret Goldthorpe & Percy Buchanan-Barrow Stories are a powerful means to explore dilemmas and issues that children encounter every day. In this insightful book, the authors take 21 of our mostloved and best-known picture books and look at how to share them effectively with children.

Each picture book covered has two sections of guidance: one to be used at school and a second to be photocopied and used in a home environment. Both sections contain a story outline, talking points and ideas for activities. In addition, the classroom sections include circle time ideas, motions for class debates and assembly suggestions. These sections can be used for small group work and one-toone activities.

This innovative book explores such themes as self-awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills, and will in turn address issues such as bullying, loss, inclusion, missing mum and general behaviour.

Contains 112 A4 pages.

An award-winning teacher’s resource to help children understand and explore the emotions of anger, sadness, fear, jealousy and happiness.

The second edition of this beautifully illustrated and enchanting story about Ben’s quest to save a forest is now supported by an expanded introduction on emotional wellbeing, together with additional teacher’s notes, creative activities and a Circle Time script to engage with the emotion explored in each of the chapters.

The book includes recent findings from research interviews with teachers about what makes good teacher/child relationships and how different ways of working can lead to more confidence and satisfaction, and less anxiety and stress.

Forest of Feelings is a powerful way to promote positive emotional wellbeing in children, which will impact positively on their learning and enhance their relationships with others.

Contains 108 pages.

ISBN 9781855034075 EGMT10009

ISBN 9781855035317 EAMT00799

Carol Holliday & Jo Browning Wroe

£19.95

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SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH Nurturing Success Helen Sonnet This book has been written to help those children for whom school is a deeply unhappy experience. Nurturing Success is the story of the author’s desire to help such children in her school by setting up a nurture group.

It is a story full of compassion and warmth for the children she works with. However, it is much more than just a story. The benefit of this book is that it will provide you with all you need to establish a nurture group in your school. It includes sections on how to: • lay firm foundations for your nurture group • select children who will most benefit from joining your group • establish the structures and routines of a successful nurture group • assess the children’s progress • reintegrate children into their classrooms effectively In addition, the book includes a full term’s worth of session plans for a nurture group, as well as a huge amount of games, songs, recipes and clapping rhymes to use.

Nurture groups offer a well-established model for working with children who struggle with school, and this book provides all you need to run one successfully in your school. It could make the world of difference for many children. Foreword by Jim Rose, Director of The Nurture Group Network.

Contains 128 A4 pages.

ISBN 9781855034297 EDMT10773

Jenny Mosley Think of a primary school with: a positive way to end bullying, name-calling and aggressive behaviour, a committed staff who feel part of a valued, effective team, happier, friendlier lunchtimes run by respected supervisors, supportive, involved parents.

That’s possible when using Jenny Mosley’s regular Circle Time sessions.

Contains 184 pages (297 x 220mm).

ISBN 9781855031746 EGMT00381

£17.95

Inventive Assemblies For an Inclusive School

Lively Assemblies for Happy Schools

Margaret & Dennis Goldthorpe

Margaret & Dennis Goldthorpe

An assembly is a key time when a school gathers together as a community in all its diversity. This collection of 22 assemblies, often funny and always thoughtprovoking, will enable you to help others forge the sense of belonging that is crucial to a sense of inclusion.

Margaret and Dennis Goldthorpe, authors of bestselling books of assemblies with LDA, have used their 32 years of teaching experience to create a collection of stimulating and delightful assemblies to help the adults and children in your school to accommodate all faiths and cultures and celebrate them equally.

Each assembly includes a clear theme, preparation notes, a detailed script and a choice of a prayer or reflection.

A hugely enjoyable resource to encourage all and include all.

Contains 96 pages (254 x 195mm).

Assemblies can be times of excitement and inspiration for the whole school.

In this practical and accessible book the authors show you how to ensure that this vision of assemblies is a reality for your school. Drawing on their 28 years of teaching experience, Margaret and Dennis Goldthorpe have included 23 innovative and enjoyable assemblies to help adults and children to look around and think ‘What do we want the world to be like?’ Each assembly has a teaching point, hints on preparation, a lively assembly script to follow or refer to, a suggested Bible verse, and the choice of a prayer or reflection.

Lively Assemblies for Happy Schools is a great way to promote a positive ethos in your school. It will also help to make your life easier!

Contains 96 pages (254 x 195mm).

ISBN 9781855034846 EGMT11617

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£19.95

Turn your School Round

£19.95

Learn • Develop • Achieve

ISBN 9781855033801 EGMT00809

£16.95

SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

Assemblies to Teach Golden Rules

Better Behaviour through Golden Time

Margaret Goldthorpe & Lucy Underwood

Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet

With this book full of dynamic and fun assemblies, you can explore and develop the moral values behind the Golden Rules. For each assembly there is a detailed list of what you will need, a lively text for you to follow or use as your prompt, and the choice of a prayer or reflection to use at your discretion.

Written by experienced assembly leaders, Margaret Goldthorpe and Lucy Underwood, every one of the assemblies has been tried, tested and thoroughly enjoyed!

Contains 102 pages (250 x 193mm).

This practical handbook introduces the concept of Golden Time, a fantastic positive behaviour-management system. Drawing on their wide-ranging experience, Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet provide established strategies that will make a fundamental difference to the daily lives of adults and children in schools. This handbook highlights the quality of children’s behaviour as a key factor in determining a school’s character.

It explains how to set up Golden Time, its psychological underpinning, how to develop Golden Time, and how to keep it ‘Golden’. This book will help you to develop a system that will nurture the social, emotional and behavioural skills of your pupils, making school a happier and more productive place.

Contains 192 pages (254 x 195mm).

ISBN 9781855033108 EGMT11705

£19.95

ISBN 9781855033948 EGMT01178

£22.95

Drama for Better Behaviour Carmel Conn Children and young people who ‘act out’ and present challenging behaviour need active forms of communication and expression. Drama for Better Behaviour provides indirect and enjoyable ways of exploring issues around trust, thinking about others and managing difficult feelings. The emphasis is on achievement and on having good experiences of being with others, being listened to and feeling supported. Drama for Better Behaviour may be used with small or large groups facilitated by a school practitioner, play worker, therapist or group leader. The book is organised around images and metaphors - with over a hundred activities addressing such issues as feeling safe, resilience, emotional literacy, problem solving, celebrating achievement and coping with endings. With guidance on how to set up a group, set ground rules and structure sessions, this practical resource will be invaluable for those who are looking for safe, creative and enjoyable ways of engaging children who challenge.

Contains 116 pages.

ISBN 9781855035027 ELMT12430

£17.95

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