Designed for use by parents teachers & home educators this second volume in the Core Knowledge UK series provides Year 2 children with the fundamentals they need to prepare them for a lifetime of learning It sets out the elements a parent or educator should look for in a good Year 2 curriculum & introduces activities that can help a child to take the next steps in learning to read & write Filled with age-appropriate questions that stimulate thinking What Your Year 2 Child Needs to Know also

Includes:: Familiar & favourite poems
- read & recite together from Spike Milligan Eloise Greenfield Jack Prelutsky Robert Louis Stevenson Edward Lear & more all beautifully illustrated Fairy tales fables & other beloved stories
- read aloud from Aesop's Fables The House at Pooh Corner The Saga of Noggin the Nog & many more including multicultural folktales from African American Dutch German Japanese & Jewish traditions Familiar sayings
- talk about traditional phrases that impart wisdom such as ' You can't judge a book by its cover' & ' Many hands make light work' History & geography
- an introduction to our world including ancient Egypt British history from the Romans in Britain to 1066 & the geography of the British Isles & northern Europe complete with original maps & beautiful photos Visual arts
- engaging activities go h&-in-hand with learning about colour shape texture portraiture & murals from old masters & modern artists such as Hogarth Rembrandt Picasso & Hockney Music
- many musical experiences for parents & children to participate in along with songs to sing & dance to Mathematics
- interactive & engaging exposure to mathematical concepts & calculations that provide a springboard to later mastery Science
- activities that let children observe experience & get their hands dirty while exploring the wonders of nature & learning about the work of important scientists









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Designed for parents teachers & home educators to use with children this fifth volume in the Core Knowledge UK series presents the specific & shared knowledge that should be at the core of a challenging Year 5 education including Familiar & favourite poems
- old & new
- from Tennyson's ' The Lady of Shalott' to Roger Mc Gough's ' Sky in the Pie' Literature from around the world
- folk tales from Ethiopia & China Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince Sir Gawain & the Green Knight as well as extracts from great classics of literature Robinson Crusoe Gulliver's Travels & Treasure Island Learning about language
- learn the basic building blocks of written English such as sentence structure parts of speech & punctuation as well as writing & research all explained with a touch of humour Geography
- learn to read maps explore the geography of several regions of the UK & sail to the South Seas with Captain Cook British history
- explore British history from the Act of Union to the abolition of slavery through the Georgian era that included the American War of Independence the French Revolution & the battles of Trafalgar & Waterloo Visual arts
- see how artists have expressed themselves through styles as different as rococo & modernism whilst learning what the choice of different styles implies in terms of painting architecture & furniture Music
- become familiar with elements of basic music theory great composers instruments & fun songs to sing including ' The Skye Boat Song' ' Heart of Oak' & ' The British Grenadier' as well as modern songs like ' With a Little Help From My Friends' Mathematics
- develop a knack for solving challenging problems including counting with negative numbers addition & subtraction of fractions & decimals multiplication & division with decimals geometry & measurement problems Science
- learn about the workings of the human body atoms & molecules electricity geology & meteorology including hands-on activities & stories about famous scientists









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Designed for parents teachers & home educators to use with children this sixth volume in the Core Knowledge UK series presents the specific & shared knowledge that should be at the core of a challenging Year 6 education preparing the student for the transition to secondary school & for a lifetime of learning to come Familiar & favourite poems
- old & new from William Blake & Rudyard Kipling to T S Eliot & Roald Dahl Literature from around the world
- Don Quixote from Spain & The Samurai's Daughter from Japan as well as extracts from great classics of literature like Oliver Twist The Secret Garden & Le Morte d' Arthur Learning about language
- learn the basic building blocks of language & literature including figurative language imagery & metaphor; parts of speech punctuation & grammar; together with the ever-popular explanations of proverbial phrases & sayings Geography
- learn about map projections & time zones explore the geography of several regions of the UK & travel through the American continent from Canada to the Amazonian rainforest History
- learn about British history from the Industrial Revolution to the death of Queen Victoria & about the American Civil War that abolished slavery in the USA Visual arts
- become familiar with some of the greatest art ever created by Renaissance masters Raphael Leonardo da Vinci & Michelangelo Music
- understand the basics of reading & appreciating music as well as the lives of great composers together with an introduction to spirituals & a collection of songs for Year 6 children to sing Mathematics
- improve your mastery of arithmetic with long division negative numbers & decimal multiplication ratios scales & lowest common denominators before diving further into geometry functions & transformations Science
- learn about the elements organisms species cells & reproduction as well as the lives of great scientists








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Presents an update that has to be used in conjunction with the original book What Zoos Can Do published in May 2011 ...

This volume is a detailed & sensitive guide to male puberty It tackles key subjects from the physical changes that occur at this time to the emotional upheaval this can cause ...

A comic visual exploration of opposites from prize-winning internationally best-selling picture book maker Oliver Jeffers In this 4th title in the series the Hueys explore the concept of opposites in their characteristically quirky way Starting out with some easy ones like up' & down' they move on to ever more wildy imaginative examples guaranteed to raise a smile! Packed full of visual humour this book will be enjoyed by children & adults alike ...

Hey little owl what are you doing? I'm waking up! What's up Mr Pelican? I'm having my dinner! These pages are packed with interactive tabs that put children in the driving seat A pop-up book with flaps to lift tabs to pull & plenty of surprises! ...

HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION 1 Call out anything that is unfair on one gender 2 Don't call out the same thing twice (so you can sleep & breathe) 3 Always try to keep it funny 4 Don't let anything slide Even when you start to break Lottie's determined to change the world with her Vagilante vlog Shame the trolls have other ideas ...

Embark on a journey of discovery in this gorgeous & captivating pop-up book full of beautiful intricate scenes that unfold with the turn of each page Raise your eyes to discover eagles swooping to catch their prey in a rainforest black bears prowling in a mountain kingdom & a comet shooting across the sky What other wonders are waiting to be uncovered? Compelling facts are told by the expert author & contributor to Encyclopaedia Britannica & winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize Clive Gifford With stunning illustrations & innovative paper engineering What's Above? is the perfect non-fiction pop-up book for children who loved Above & Below & Under the Ocean Perfect for children aged 5 years & up What's Above? combines beautiful illustrations & fun facts to get them interested in our diverse & fascinating world Praise for What's Below?'A thoughtful feat of paper engineering' The Guardian Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of books for children & adults including the astonishing Dead or Alive the creepy Book of Bad Things & the brain mangling Think Again & Eye Benders He is passionate that books should entertain inform & amaze whenever possible A contributor to Encyclopedia Britannica Clive's books have won School Library Association PBS Smithsonian & Times Educational Supplement as well as the prestigious Royal Society Young People's Book Prize Kate Mc Lelland grew up in the North East of England before moving to London to gain a BA Hons in Theatre Design After completing her degree in London she moved to Edinburgh where she recently gained an MFA in Illustration with Distinction at Edinburgh College of Art She received highly commended in the Mac Millan Prize & in recent years was nominated for a D&AD Illustration award & a Penguin Design Award ...

This is a fantastic new science book explaining chemistry in an informal fun & informative way Written in a conversational style this book offers children an approachable source of information on key subjects such as the periodic table atom structure & radiation Chemistry is brought home to the reader as the book describes the chemistry of everyday life
- from the chemical processes that break down food while eating to the atmosphere Complicated topics are kept fun with a variety of devices including comic strips fact boxes & 'nerdy notes'
- post-it notes with handy mnemonics written on them Simple fun experiments give children working examples to learn from

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