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BOOK OF THE WEEK by Linda Jennings – DAILY SUMMER ACTIVITIES, (CONNECTING SCHOOL & HOME) 978-1629384856 (EVAN-MOOR) BD4.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next school year with Daily Summer Activities. This series of books (one for each grade) is packed with engaging activities that will build learners’ confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills.
Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, maths, writing, spelling and geography. With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities is available for all grades and is the ultimate summer learning resource. Its short, focused lessons pack a lot in, while still leaving time for other summertime essentials like the beach and the pool.
Areas covered:
Language arts practice:
• a fiction and a nonfiction story with comprehension questions each week
• sentences to correct for capitalisation, punctuation and grammar
• Eight to 10 spelling words to learn each week
• manuscript handwriting practice
• creative writing activities
Mathematics practice:
• addition and subtraction facts
• word problems
• two- and three-digit addition and subtraction with and without borrowing and carrying
• multiplication facts to 25
• practice cards for addition and subtraction facts from 10 to 18
Language skills such as:
• alphabetical order
• contractions
• nouns and verbs
• synonyms and antonyms
• vowel sounds
• parts of sentence
Beginning geography:
• map symbols
• reading simple maps
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LOTS OF THINGS TO FIND AND COLOUR ON HOLIDAY, FIONA WATT,
9781409530510 (USBORNE)
BD4.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members.
This book is packed with busy holiday-themed pictures with lots of hidden things to spot and colour in. An ideal book to take away on long train or plane journeys, for rainy days on holiday or just to do at home. Also includes picture puzzles including mazes, matching pairs and odd-ones-out.
Most of the book is in black and white, so there are lots and lots of colouring opportunities. Don’t forget to look out for the little white mouse on each page too! Perfect for age 4 plus.
MY FAVOURITE
READ OF THE WEEK
HOLIDAY PUZZLE PAD, PHIL CLARKE,
9781409536758 (USBORNE)
BD2.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
An entertaining tear-off pad packed with nearly 200 pen and paper puzzles to keep younger children happy on holidays, rainy days - or any day. Full of holiday-themed puzzles like word searches, spot the difference and simple logic games. Answers on separate sheets at the back of the pad.
This little paperback is perfect for filling those dull moments and contains enough spotting, word-searching, matching and code cracking puzzles to boggle any bored child’s brain - suitable for age 6-plus.
