How to Sparkle at Phonics contains 40 photocopiable sheets for use with beginning readers. These fun, but simple, activities aim to develop knowledge of initial and final sounds and onset and rime. The activities in this book complement those found in other books in the series. Together they provide material to cover the key skills beginning readers need to practise. Brilliant Publications publishes a range of books for 0-15 year olds. Details of our titles can be found on our website www.brilliantpublications.co.uk

The rhythm of nursery rhymes helps children to remember the words which, in turn, helps to develop their auditory memory skills. When they have learned the words and then see them in print, they can 'read' them, Not only will this give them a greater understanding of how the written word represents the sung or spoken word, but it will also help to develop their visual memory. The worksheets contain a mixture of activities, including: putting pictures in the right sequence ;tracing letters and writing simple words; colouring pictures; attaching words to the right object; visual memory reinforcement; finding rhyming words.

'How to Sparkle at Reading Comprehension' contains over 40 photocopiable sheets for use with 5-7 year olds. The activities cover the comprehension objectives of the National Literacy Strategy and are ideal for independent work.

How to Sparkle at Beginning Multiplication and Division contains 40 stimulating activity sheets and games that will help children to develop a thorough understanding of early multiplication and division. Topics include: repeated addition; counting and grouping; multiples; sharing; repeated subtraction; and multiplication and division facts.

Young Casey loves sparkly things, just like his older sister, who does not approve until an encounter with teasing bullies helps her learn to accept and respect Casey for who he is.

How to Sparkle at Counting to 10 contains a wealth of high interest activities and games which will enable children to develop a thorough understanding of numbers to 10. The photocopiable sheets cover one-to-one matching, cardinal and ordinal numbers, patterns in counting and more/fewer than.