In English Books 3, 4 and 5 in this series, children learn about the beginning sounds, ending sounds and vowel sounds of words in detail. Excel English Early Skills: Beginning, Ending and Vowel Soundconso lidates and revises your child,,s knowledge in these areas. In th e book, your child will: understand further the relationshi p between letters and their sounds practise writing letters to match sounds identify sounds at the beginning, middle and endin g of words Learning these skills is essential for children to later develop their abilities in reading and comprehension. The acti vities in each book are divided into double pages. Each double page allo ws your child to practise one particular skill many times so that the sk ill is reinforced. A clear, easy-to-follow page design has been develope d, with clear explanations to help both parents and children.

Word sorts help students make connections among words, sounds, and spelling patterns. Full-color, ready-to-use activities can be adapted to whole class, small group, or individual settings.

Once your child has learned to count and recognise numbers to 20 (see Book 7), and has learned to add and take away to 10 (see Book 5), they can then learn to focus on adding and subtracting with totals of up to 2 0. In Excel Maths Early Skills: Add and Take Away to 20, your child will: revise adding and subtracting to 10 learn to add and subtract numbers to 20 become more confide nt with using numbers to 20 The activities in each book ar e divided into double pages. Each double page allows your child to pract ise one particular skill many times so that the skill is reinforced. The re is a hidden picture in the border of every double page - your child w ill love looking for it!

Before children can learn to read, they need to develop certain visua l skills. In Excel English Early Skills: Visual Skills. Your child will learn about: listening carefully and follow ing instructions following a sequence of events recognising obj ects that are the same recognising objects that are different The activities in this book are divided into double pages. Each double page allows your child to practise one particular skill many times so that the skill is reinforced. Every page includes an extra ext ension activity to further enrich your child's learning.

Offering an overview of the Master's in Literacy program at Hunter College, the authors share its special features including parental and familial involvement, and presents six profiles of struggling readers and successful intervention strategies. The program allows one-to-one tutoring time as well as a community time for small group instruction.