Jenny Ackland

Will Climate Change stimulate global action?The novel concentrates, initially, on the years around 4000. A totally different society has evolved from past ecological and environmental mistakes.It is a time of strict expectations following the devastation. Time Capsules are found, from two millennia past, illustrating peoples' habits and lifestyles. Were lessons learnt?Time moves to the years around 6000 with a rigidly controlled society, led by Summiters, Emotions are forbidden.Discs are found which install instant historical information into the 'brainstores' of the surviving Summiters.One character possesses a unique ability to create a barrier permitting emotional reactions freely without sanction. Her name is Opal. She revels in the wonderful visions of millennia past. Dance, drama, art, music, sport and literature are received by Opal into her personal 'brainstore'. She manages to activate her emotional barrier to avoid detection.Her enthusiasm for past creativity might make her careless.

At Home With Handwriting 1 is a fun activity workbook for children, aged 5-7 years, to do at home. Using a variety of tasks such as filling in missing letters and copying, children will establish a comfortable and efficient pencil grip, write correctly formed letters, and leave appropriate gaps between words. Numbers, capital letters, and vowels are all included in the activities too. The illustrated step-by-step activities are simple enough for children to work through on their own, or equally perfect to do together with an adult giving encouragement. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in writing at primary school and can be followed with At Home With Handwriting 2.

At Home With Numbers is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children, from 3 years old, will learn to recognize and understand the numbers 1 to 5 through drawing, colouring, and matching activities. The book uses a variety of fun tasks to get children counting and sequencing, identifying sets of particular quantities, understanding the terms 'more' and 'less' and doing some basic addition and subtraction. The fun illustrations encourage using a pencil in a controlled way and improve hand-eye coordination. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in numeracy for a child's first years at school.

At Home With Reading is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children from 3 years old, will develop first reading skills with confidence. The book uses a variety of fun tasks such as colouring, joining, and matching activities to link sounds to letters, think about initial sounds, read simple words, and predict story endings. The fun illustrations encourage using a pencil in a controlled way and improve hand-eye coordination. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in literacy for a child's first years at school.

At Home With Letter Forms is full of learning activities for young children to do at home. Children, from 3 years old, learn to write letters with confidence. The book uses a variety of fun tasks such as tracing, colouring, and join-the-dot activities to develop hand-eye coordination, promote recognition of vowels, and encourage children to form different letter shapes. The fun illustrations encourage using a pencil in a controlled way. Useful tips support adults so that they can encourage learning gently - plus there are more than enough funky stickers to reward your child as they complete each activity! This book is ideal to build confidence in writing for a child's first years at school.

This pack contains 6 copies of one workbook, suitable for teachers to use in the classroom with a group of children. These can be used alongside: Level 3 Stories (By the Stream, The Rope Swing, The Egg Hunt). Books are also available in class packs of 30 and as well as packs of 6.

This pack contains 6 copies of one workbook, suitable for teachers to use in the classroom with a group of children. These can be used alongside: Level 2 Stories. Books are also available in class packs of 30 and as well as packs of 6.

This pack contains 6 copies of one workbook, suitable for teachers to use in the classroom with a group of children. These can be used alongside: Level 2 Stories. Books are also available in class packs of 30 and as well as packs of 6.

Available in packs of 6 as well as packs of 30.

Available in packs of 6 as well as packs of 30.

Available in packs of 6 as well as packs of 30.

Available in packs of 6 as well as packs of 30.

Workbooks by: Ackland, Jenny;

Available in packs of 6 as well as packs of 30.

Available in packs of 6 as well as packs of 30.

Available in packs of 6 as well as packs of 30.

This pack contains 6 copies of one workbook, suitable for teachers to use in the classroom with a group of children. These can be used alongside: Level 1 Wordless Stories A, Level 1 Wordless Stories B, Level 1 First Words, Level 1 More First Words A. Books are also available in class packs of 30 and as well as packs of 6.