Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #79290 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-05
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Synopsis
"Words are the ammunition of writing, speaking and thinking". "Widen your child's vocabulary". This work is a complete and comprehensive teaching and learning course. It: builds child's spelling & vocabulary expertise; boosts verbal reasoning, comprehension & word power skills; and provides a wider vocabulary for creative writing. Children encouraged to recognize, spell, know the definition and use of each word. It offers essential spelling and vocabulary skills for state 11+ examinations and independent schools examinations. All books are rigorously classroom tested. Methodologies are used in AE Tuition classes for over 15 years. Books are frequently revised and updated. Course covers foundation, intermediate and advanced level material - Foundation level: 3 books = 1,380 words; Intermediate level: 4 books = 1,840 words; Advanced level: 5 books = 2,200 words; and total series: 12 books = a working vocabulary of over 5,400 words. All words in each book listed alphabetically at the back of each book. Answers, progress chart and certificate of achievement are included. Whole series is designed to be completed over one school year. Child learns 20 new words each day.

Fun element includes picture theme pages. Cartoon characters capture child's interest.

Customer Reviews

Painless way to broaden vocabulary and learn new words
I bought this book and others in the set to help my daughter prepare for the 11+ exams. Adjacent pages introduce 20 new words, with one side dedicated to using clues/defintions to complete a crossword puzzle and the other has sentences to complete using the same words. This way, each word is used twice; once to get the meaning right and the other to use it in a sentence. Some of the sections are dedicated to particular places like a railway station, items around the station are labelled so childern can learn what is what in areas they may not be familiar with.
The difficulty and complexity of the words increase throughout the series so you can actually start your 6 or 7 year old on the first books.
All in all this is a good series of books, expensive if you are buying the whole set, but if you are buying for your first child you can get your money's worth by getting your child to write in a notebook instead of inside the book so they can be passed down to younger ones in the family.

Hightly recommended.

Spelling & Vocabulary Book 2
What a fun way to learn how to spell! The context and meaning are also learnt in the process. The children think they are fun and easy to use. Must get the whole series

Spelling & Vocabulary Book5
This is an essential series of books for the development of a childs vocabulary. Not only does the child learn the spelling, they learn the context in which it is used and it's meaning. The books are really fun to use.