The object of this book is to attempt to tell the story of England's history for young children. Important events have been given in fuller detail than is usual, so as to awaken an interest in them, though no story has been told simply because it is interesting. The second part is intended for children a little older than those for whom the first part was written. Political changes, some of them of a complicated kind, occurred from time to time. (Rare Book Collection)
Games for children (kindergarten/preschool) 11 games for children + 33 printable animal images + pictures of animals for colouring These are some of the materials I used to teach children (a 3 and a 5-year-old) some vocabulary, simple phrases and answers to common questions. They keep children interested and make English fun. I created the games using graphics software and some scans of a dictionary for children.
The Children of Lir (a picture book by Sheila MacGill-Callahan)
The craggy coast of Ireland provides a brooding backdrop for this stirring folktale, reputed to be the genesis of Shakespeare's Lear. After the death of his wife, Aobh, King Lir marries her sister Aiofe, whose beauty "hid an evil heart." Jealous of her husband's love for his four children, Aiofe casts a spell on the youths, turning them into swans "for three times three hundred years," or until the twin mountains bordering the kingdom should come together...
I Wish I Had My Father Father's Day is tough for a boy whose father left him years ago and never communicates with him. There are today many boys and girls who live with one parent and visit their other parent.But the children in thbis book live in a single parent family and do not see or know with the other parent who doesn't live with them...
When Angelina finds an injured butterfly in the park, she takes it home to care for it . . . then doesn’t want to part with it. It’s Henry who sets an adventure in motion that underscores a message all young children can understand.
