Publisher's Synopsis
This information corner kit is aimed at children to help them develop the strategies for reading non-fiction that they will need to succeed both in and out of school.;Cross-curricular projects, activities and games provide children with the opportunity to read for a range of different purposes and situations. Topics from everyday life - seasons and food, for example - provide a meaningful and familiar context within which children can develop their information skills.;Contents include: a teacher's guide to using the kit, with numerous projects; nine different full-colour wallcharts, including the hopping frog game, spot the number, at the supermarket, action words, and a world of clocks; four sticker books (with re-usable colour stickers) on colours, shape, opposites and sorting; a curriculum booklet; and a storage box. Three full-colour hardbacks are also included: "My First Word Book", "My First Number Book" and "My First Book of Time", which includes a strong, built-in clock with moveable hands.
