Educational Non-Fiction - Imagine That.
Ten Steps To Developing Confidence, Literacy & Imagination...
Use non-threatening, non-judgmental activities to cultivate an ethos of confidence and enthusiasm for language.
Encourage open questioning.
Link the development of social skills with literacy - create a `lite racy hour`.
Make fun-with-words a multi-sensory experience.
Encourage individual `meaning-making` and the personalisation of knowledge.
Allow children to see beyond the immediate context of the work - outline the `Big Picture`.
Invite children to take an active role in generating ideas through language.
Create cohesion in learning by offering children structures that provide them with the means to achieve the tasks you set for them.
Create the opportunity for frequent feedback so that children can express their individual learnings.
We learn by trial-and-error, imitation and insight. Imagine That offers strategies and over 70 activities to encourage all of these.
Imagine That is available from Network Educational Press @ £19.95. Contact NEP at PO Box 635, Stafford, ST16 1BF (01785 225515) or http://networkpress.co.uk/
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