Interactive software to help teach reading. Each page of the Stage 3 First Phonics Stories is presented on screen. The child is able to move through each story on screen by clicking on a button using the mouse. Roderick Hunt's text is narrated either as a whole page, individual sentence or individual word depending on choice, with each word being highlighted individually as narrated. On every page Alex Brychta's illustrations have a lively animation and sound effect.
Reading Tree Songbirds Phonics CD-ROMs are written by the Series Editor of Songbird Phonics, Clare Kirtley. Songbirds Phonics CD- ROMs are a unique blend of materials for the systematic teaching and practise of phonics, this CDROM is ideal for using on an Interactive Whiteboard and for independent use, and builds phonic knowledge using the six stages of the lively Songbirds Phonics stories written by Julia Donaldson. It can be used for whole class teaching of Songbirds Phonics on an interactive whiteboard, or for individual use on a PC, and practises all of the phonics in the first six Songbirds stories.
In a house in Oxford three people are having breakfast - Carol, her husband Jan, and his father Josef. They are talking about Prague, because Carol wants them all to go there for Christmas. Josef was born in Prague, but he left his home city when he was a young man. He is an old man now, and he would like to see Prague again before he dies. But he is afraid. He still remembers another Christmas in Prague, many long years ago - a Christmas that changed his life for ever...
Part of the dynamic reading programme Project X, this book is truly boy-friendly. Project X is a reading programme that has been developed based on research into what will really hook boys into reading and make them love books. Project X includes fiction and non-fiction, exciting adventure stories, lots of gadgets, and 21st-century illustrations. Each book comes with notes for parent/teaching assistants that highlight tricky words or concepts in the books, prompt questions and suggest a range of follow-up activities.