The Looking Book: An interactive children’s activity book on art, artists and creativity

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He is remembered as the alleged ringleader of a mutiny at a training camp at Etaples, France. So harsh was the discipline that it was known as the Bullring by soldiers.

When your child sees you reading and writing, you’re creating a home environment that develops literacy skills. Your reading and writing can be as simple as reading magazines or newspapers and writing shopping lists or messages for your partner or children. Types of books to read with preschoolers The female of the species gets – and, it turns out, genuinely needs – an evolutionary history of her own, and in a fascinating study that covers more than 200 million years. SI If your child can’t read words, encourage your child to tell you a story based on the pictures in a book.We got all that understanding before even opening the book, what it was about, so that gave us some understanding of the vocabulary we may be reading in the book. This study of George Orwell’s first wife, Eileen – whom his books never name – is fresh, original and immersive, thanks to the award-winning author of Stasiland. FW

Here begins 900 winters”: an epic poetic history, from the age of Cædmon to that of Henry VIII, told via the lives of Barking’s abbesses and nuns. TFSLewis Hine is the inspirational teen behind life-changing charity Friend Finder Official, and winner of the Radio 1 Teen Hero Award. He’s achieved amazing things, but Lewis’s everyday life is far from simple. This is his story. Margaret's refusal to be tried led to her being sentenced to the most cruel death, crushed to death under a door loaded with weights on Ouse Bridge.

A timely, impassioned memoir by an Olympic medallist whose differences in sexual development put her at the centre of athetics’ gender controversies. DR A mother searching for her missing daughter in fractious 1970s Boston may be the most memorable character yet from the veteran novelist. JK A luminously warm and intelligent reading of the courageous life, writing and philosophy of George Eliot, the 19th century’s wisest novelist. FWFor example, through these activities your child learns new speech sounds and words. Your child also starts to understand how sounds go together to make words and what words mean. This builds your child’s language skills and literacy skills and helps your child go on to read successfully later in childhood. A public inquiry threatens to unearth the secrets of some Slough House regulars, in this powerful standalone spy thriller from a true contemporary master. JK The author also portrays Margaret's husband John not as the militant Protestant of some portrayals, but very supportive of his wife. Mr Rayne-Davis believed one reason why she refused to have her case go to full trial was because it would have implicated her husband. Vary the pace of your reading, as well as how loud you read. Changing your voice and expression for different characters and using gestures can also be fun.

Speaking to her class So what I thought we could do is just discuss the cover and decide what we think the book might be about. Why not visit your local library? It’s free to join and borrow books. The staffwill be able to recommend books for you and your child to enjoy. Many libraries also offer free story time sessions for children and their parents or carers. Buy the book . 41. Three Little Monkeys and the Grand Hotel by Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark Make a routine, and try to share at least one book every day. A special space where you and your child go to read– with a box of books and something comfortable to sit on– can help with establishing your routine. I noticed that it looked plain on the cover of the book. It said "Men at Work" which didn’t explain much.

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All events have a mathematical element. Sumpter shows that happiness begins with a simple calculation, and explores how our brains spot patterns. SI Or if your child attends child care, kindergarten or preschool, you could talk to your child’s educators to get ideas. Some preschools allow children to borrow books each week or to bring a special book from home to share with the group. Ask your child some questions about the story. For example, ‘What do you think happens next?’, ‘Why is the baby happy?’ or ‘Who has the ball?’