The extent to which pictures objects arranged in order of difficulty can be named correctly is assessed using this test Most of the objects illustrated have no alternative name so the responses of children can be quickly measured Completely revised this new edition contains 50 line-drawn pictures a manual & a photocopiable scoring form Catherine Renfrew's three tests have been used for many years & provide a means of asessing children's speech & language All tests are suitable for use with 3-8 year olds are norm refered to enable therapists to produce comparative results Norms are given at six-monthly intervals for both the Action Picture Test & Word finding Vocabulary & monthly for the Bus Story Test ...

A fantastic follow-up to Brain Games for Clever Kids & new to our Clever Kids puzzle book series this book features every word puzzle & game imaginable! 192 pages Moore Gareth ...

Ambrose Bukowski is a twelve-year-old with a talent for mismatching his clothes for saying the wrong thing at the worst possible time & for words In short he's a self-described nerd Making friends is especially hard because he & his overprotective mother Irene have had to move so often & when bullies at his latest school almost kill him by deliberately slipping a peanut into his sandwich to set off his allergy it's his mother who has the extreme reaction From now on Ambrose has to be home-schooled Then Ambrose strikes up an unlikely friendship with the landlord's son Cosmo an ex-con who's been in prison They have nothing in common except for Scrabble But a small deception grows out of control when Ambrose convinces a reluctant Cosmo to take him to a Scrabble club Could this spell disaster for Ambrose? ...

What makes Isaiah so unique? First his fur is as blue as the sky
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The Schofield & Sims puzzle books have been specially written for Key Stage 2 children to work through independently Carefully graded & challenging the puzzles help children to develop the literacy skills that they need in school as well as the thinking skills that are valuable in every aspect of their lives Word Puzzles contains puzzles that are to do with words letters reading writing & logic Worked examples & useful hints are provided & children are encouraged to check their answers against the correct solutions given The puzzles in this book include word chains word squares hidden words link words riddles word searches crosswords Sudoku ...

This is an incredibly useful tool in the early years classroom & will be very popular with teachers It is an ideal learning consolidation tool for teachers & allows teachers the flexibility of producing very cost effective high quality learning resources that are entertaining & engaging for children 30 pages diagrams James Martin ...

“EAT YELLOW CIRCLE Do you mean pancakes? Or pineapple rings?” “ Oh wait the CIRCLE is DIVIDED? So something that you eat that is yellow & semicircular? Uh is it maybe a banana?” “ Yes the answer is banana! One point for the Blue Team!” In Word Slam two teams each have a storyteller The two storytellers are given the same answer term Playing at the same time they must give clues to their teams so the teams can correctly guess the answer & they must do this quickly because they are racing the timer & each other But it’s not that easy Speaking & acting is absolutely forbidden for the storytellers! They must tell their stories using only 105 cards each with one word on it a noun verb adjective or preposition The storyteller must be creative in using this limited vocabulary to tell the story & the team members must think quickly & nimbly to interpret the story cards The team that correctly guesses the answer first gets a point & the team with the most points at the end of the game wins It’s like charades but instead of acting you can only communicate with word cards! Ages 12 Players 3 Playing time 45 minutes ...

"EAT YELLOW CIRCLE — do you mean pancakes? Or pineapple rings? Oh wait the CIRCLE is DIVIDED? So something that you eat that is yellow & semicircular? Uh is it maybe…a banana?" " Yes the answer is banana! One point for the Blue Team!" In the communication game Word Slam two teams compete against one another simultaneously In each round one player on each team tries to get their teammates to guess a hidden word or phrase using only the 105 explanatory cards available in the box Speaking & acting is forbidden! They must tell their stories using only 105 cards each with one word on it a noun verb adjective or preposition A player can use as many explanatory cards as desired & whichever team guesses correctly first scores a point The team with the most points at the end of the game wins! Word Slam Midnight features the same gameplay as the original Word Slam in a compact format This version

Includes:: 210 story word cards & 100 answer cards with a total of 600 answer terms in four difficulty levels In this version the die & timer is replaced by an app Instead of using card holders the two box halves are used as screens between the teams & the answer cards are played behind the screens Word Slam Midnight can be played as both an expansion to the base game & a standalone game Players 3-99 Playing time 45 mins Ages 18

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Go “outside” “elsewhere” & down the “rabbit hole” with this hilarious introduction to compound words Young readers will fall in love with the English language as they watch star cartoonist Ivan Brunetti put his sly spin on vocabulary The lesson here? Even “homework” is fun when you let yourself play with the ...

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