The Great Big Book of Families

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781847805874
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
What is a family? Once, it was said to be a father, mother, boy, girl, cat and dog living in a house with a garden. But as times have changed, families have changed too, and now there are almost as many kinds of families as colours of the rainbow - from a mum and dad or single parent to two mums or two dads, from a mixed-race family to children with different mums and dads, to families with a disabled member. Mary Hoffman takes a look through children's eyes at the wide varieties of family life: from homes, food, ways of celebrating, schools and holidays to getting around, jobs and housework, from extended families, languages and hobbies to pets and family trees - and she concludes that, for most people, their own family is the best one of all! With Ros Asquith's delightful pictures, this book takes a fresh, optimistic look at families of today.

The Great Big Book of Life

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 1786031809
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
A glorious, diverse celebration of human life, from birth to death, by Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith. The sixth title in the Great Big Book series explores every stage of human life. From birth to starting nursery, being a teenager to becoming an adult, from work to relationships, homes and jobs, to aging illness and death. A universal but challenging topic is dealt with Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith's trademark sensitivity and humour and inclusivity.

Catherine and Laurence Anholt's Big Book of Families

Author: Catherine Anholt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780744577297
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Packed with tales of families of every kind, this book is about big families and small families; busy families and noisy families; happy families and fighting families; and families at home and families on holiday. Whatever a family is like, it is featured in this book

The Great Big Brain Book

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 0711241546
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
You're brain is absolutely amazing! They are responsible for absolutely every single thing we do. Every time we breath, or walk or talk or eat, it’s all because of our brilliant brains! When we feel happy or sad, when we drop something, when we run or draw - none of this would be possible without our fantastic brains. Find out how our brains work, how they control the rest of the body and how they change over time. From how they create our memories, to how they help us learn new things and what happens to them when we are asleep, great ready to uncover lots of fascinating facts about the brain. And don’t forget to look out for the friendly cat on every page, helping us learn all about our wonderful brains!

The Great Big Book of Feelings

Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Bks
ISBN: 9781847807588
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The book opens with the question: "How are you feeling today?" And this leads on to a spread by spread presentation of a wide range of feelings, including: *Happy * Sad * Excited * Bored * Interested * Angry * Upset * Calm * Silly * Lonely * Scared * Safe *Embarrassed * Shy * Confident * Worried * Jealous * Satisfied The final spread is about Feeling Better because sharing and talking about feelings helps us to feel better. The approach and design follows The Great Big Book of Families, with lots of different children in lots of different situations, brief text captions and questions and plenty of humour to make sure the book is fun. Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith look at feelings in family life, at school and everywhere with the same warmth, wit and sensitivity that they brought to their award- winning The Great Big Book of Families.

The Big Book of Families

Author: Catherine Anholt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580480253
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Poems, letters, and illustrations celebrate the entire family, including grandmothers fathers, sisters, and brothers.

Reading Power, Revised & Expanded Edition

Author: Adrienne Gear
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
ISBN: 1551389134
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Ten years ago, Reading Power was launched in an elementary school in Vancouver. It has since evolved into a recognized approach to comprehension instruction being implemented across Canada, in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and China. This ground-breaking approach showed teachers how to help students think while they read — connect, question, visualize, infer, and transform. Since the publication of the first edition of Reading Power, Adrienne Gear has continued to reflect on and refine her ideas about metacognition, comprehension instruction, and the Reading Power strategies. This revised and expanded edition shares these new understandings, and offers teachers new ideas, new lessons, and, of course, new anchor books to support the Reading Power principles. An ideal resource for teachers familiar to this strategic approach to teaching reading, or for those looking for new ways to connect thinking with reading.

Powerful Understanding

Author: Adrienne Gear
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
ISBN: 1551389290
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 173

Book Description
Powerful Understanding explores effective ways to build social-emotional skills and help students make connections, question what they read, and reflect on their learning as they develop into stronger readers and learners. Lessons based in both strategic and critical thinking revolve around core anchor books that help integrate inquiry into everything you teach — from social responsibility, to immigration, to life cycles. This highly readable book includes a wealth of classroom examples and extensive hands-on activities designed to help students to think more deeply, learn more widely, and develop a more powerful understanding of what it means to be a responsible and compassionate person.

My Family, Your Family

Author: Lisa Bullard
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512477508
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Different can be great! Makayla is visiting friends in her neighborhood. She sees how each family is different. Some families have lots of children, but others have none. Some friends live with grandparents or have two dads or have parents who are divorced. How is her own family like the others? What makes each one great? This diverse cast allows readers to compare and contrast families in multiple ways.

How to Transform Your School into an LGBT+ Friendly Place

Author: Elly Barnes
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1784506842
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
TEACH SECONDARY AWARDS FINALIST Currently teachers don't receive the training or induction they need to make their school an LGBT+ inclusive environment. This can be seen by the fact that half of schools do not teach anything regarding LGBT+, and only 3% include LGBT+ content in two or more subjects. This book will help transform your school into a safe and inclusive place for all students. Written with Educate & Celebrate!, an Ofsted and DFE recognised 'Best Practice Award Programme', this book gives teachers, governors and other staff the knowledge, strategies and confidence they need to implement a curriculum that is inclusive for all. Covering the changes to law, including the Equality Act 2010 which requires actively promoting acceptance, what language to use, case studies and much more, it is a must have guide for all schools.