Product Description

These fun multi-sensory games should jumpstart pupils' enthusiasm for learning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #594 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Review
"Each activity has a symbol indicating which learning styles it suits. This is very useful if you are working with a small group that you know well and need an extra activity in a hurry, or if you get called upon to cover for someone and all their planning is at home. Although the activities are aimed at 7-14 year olds, they could be adapted for gifted and talented pupils in Key Stage 1" Learning Support, February March 2006 Issue

Synopsis
These fun multi-sensory games should jumpstart pupils' enthusiasm for learning. The games will: help busy teachers save time using photocopiable spreads; consolidate pupils' previous learning; and stimulate pupils' memory.

From the Back Cover

This collection of simple-to-use, fun, multisensory games will jumpstart pupils’ enthusiasm for literacy learning. The ‘jumpstarts’ cover:

Warming up the word—spelling and word games

Syntactic gymnastics—creating sentences and written style

Games to stimulate—talk, drama and writing

Quickfire whiteboard starters—to stimulate the imagination

For use at key stages 2 and 3

Customer Reviews

A must have book
I love it! The children in my class love it!

It is full of literacy starters and games to get children thinking. It fits really well with the Ros Wilson 2020 / Big Writing and the Literacy Hour.

I wouldn't be without it.

A must for any teacher!
I have Jumpstart for over 3 years now and it has been invaluable in my Literacy planning. The games are split into sections, some are quick, others need more time - but all of the games are wonderful. My class has several firm favourites, and I have been particularly happy with the spelling games, of which many are now being played at the children's home whilst learning their spellings for the week. Jumpstart games can be applied to any year group and I would recommend it to any Teacher.

A good starting point
I've used a few of the activities in this book 'as they stand' and they have worked very well with my Y7-Y8 classes who are about Level 2 - Level 4.

I don't feel it is something you could refer to as an emergency 10 minutes before the lesson starts. I have to either incorporate the activities into schemes of work or refer to it the night before/morning.

Covers all range of literacy activities and is an excellent resource in that respect.