New Oxford Workbooks Series

At Home with Handwriting

by Jenny Ackland

Published 10 April 1997

This is a reissue of A First Writing Book , to be published at KS1 level of New Oxford Workbooks.

These are four new titles at pre-school level, to follow on from Reading, Writing, Numbers, Shape and Size. The features of the series are: plenty of interactive work, through the 48 pages; accessible two-colour artwork, inviting filling-in on the page; simplicity of instructions to the child; explanation of exercises for parents; introduction to skills required for National Curriculum English and Maths; experienced author, who has written for Oxford Junior Workbooks and Oxford Reading Tree.

At Home With Letter Forms

by Jenny Ackland

Published 11 August 1994

At Home With Letter Forms is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children, from 3 years old, learn to write letters with confidence. The book uses a variety of fun tasks such as tracing, colouring, and join-the-dot activities to develop hand-eye coordination, promote recognition of vowels, and encourage children to form different letter shapes. The fun illustrations encourage using a pencil in a controlled way. Useful tips
support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in writing for a child's first years at school.

At Home with Pattern and Shape

by Jenny Ackland

Published 11 August 1994

These are four new titles at pre-school level, to follow on from Reading, Writing, Numbers, Shape and Size. The features of the series are: plenty of interactive work, through the 48 pages; accessible two-colour artwork, inviting filling-in on the page; simplicity of instructions to the child; explanation of exercises for parents; introduction to skills required for National Curriculum English and Maths; and experienced author, who has written for "Oxford Junior Workbooks" and "Oxford Reading Tree".

At Home With Shape & Size

by Jenny Ackland

Published 26 August 1993

At Home With Shape & Size is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children, from 3 years old, will learn to think about shape, pattern, comparing sizes with confidence. The book uses a variety of fun tasks such as copying, colouring, and matching activities to help children recognize similar shapes and patterns, name 2D and 3D shapes, compare quantities, and use everyday words to describe position. The fun illustrations
encourage using a pencil in a controlled way and improve hand-eye coordination. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in numeracy for a child's first
years at school.

At Home With Reading

by Jenny Ackland

Published 26 August 1993

At Home With Reading is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children from 3 years old, will develop first reading skills with confidence. The book uses a variety of fun tasks such as colouring, joining, and matching activities to link sounds to letters, think about initial sounds, read simple words, and predict story endings. The fun illustrations encourage using a pencil in a controlled way and improve hand-eye
coordination. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in literacy for a child's first years at school.

At Home With Writing

by Jenny Ackland

Published 26 August 1993

At Home With Colours is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children, from 3 years old, will learn how to use a pencil confidently and neatly through colouring and matching activities. The book uses a variety of fun tasks to introduce new letters, by saying the letter, tracing it and then writing it independently. The fun illustrations encourage using a pencil in a controlled way and improve hand-eye coordination. Useful
tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in writing for a child's first years at school.

At Home With Colours

by Jenny Ackland

Published 1 April 1998

At Home With Colours is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children, from 3 years old, will learn the five colours: red, blue, green, yellow, and black through colouring and matching activities. The book uses a variety of fun tasks to develop visual discrimination and encourage recognition of colours, and help with numbers, counting, and awareness of shape. The fun illustrations encourage using a pencil in a controlled way
and improve hand-eye coordination. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in numeracy for a child's first years at school.

At Home With Numbers

by Jenny Ackland

Published 26 August 1993

At Home With Numbers is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children, from 3 years old, will learn to recognize and understand the numbers 1 to 5 through drawing, colouring, and matching activities. The book uses a variety of fun tasks to get children counting and sequencing, identifying sets of particular quantities, understanding the terms 'more' and 'less' and doing some basic addition and subtraction. The fun
illustrations encourage using a pencil in a controlled way and improve hand-eye coordination. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in numeracy for a
child's first years at school.

Reading

by Jenny Ackland

Published 16 January 1997

Numbers

by Jenny Ackland

Published 16 January 1997

Shape and Size

by Jenny Ackland

Published 16 January 1997

Writing

by Jenny Ackland

Published 16 January 1997

A reissue of At Home with Writing from the New Oxford Workbooks series, in a self-covered edition for use in primary schools and nurseries.