Education & Reference
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Common Exception Words Flashcards: Prepare for school with easy home learning (Collins Easy Learning KS1)
Level: KS1
Subject: EnglishHelp young learners to read and spell the common exception words taught in key stage 1.
These educational flashcards are a fun and easy way to help build confidence with reading and spelling at home.
Common exception words are words in which the spelling works in an uncommon way. The national curriculum for year 1 and year 2 sets out the exception words that need to be learnt by children in school.
Included in this pack:
• the common exception words for year 1 and year 2
• each card contains the word and the word in a simple phrase
• ideas for fun games to play with the cards
• helpful guidance for parentsRead more
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High Frequency Words Flashcards: Prepare for school with easy home learning (Collins Easy Learning KS1)
Level: EYFS & KS1
Subject: EnglishIntroduce young learners to the first 100 high frequency words taught at school.
These educational flashcards are a fun and easy way to help build confidence with reading at home.
High frequency words are words that appear very often in written texts. They are a mixture of decodable words (words that can be sounded out) and tricky words (that have to be learned and recognised by sight).
Includes:
• 100 high frequency words
• each card contains the word and the word in a simple phrase
• ideas for fun games to play with the cards
• helpful guidance for parentsRead more
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Knowledge Encyclopedia Transport! (DK Knowledge Encyclopedias)
A complete children’s transport encyclopedia, explaining how road, rail, air, and water vehicles get us from A to B.
Knowledge Encyclopedia: Transport! uses incredibly detailed 3D illustrations to show you everything you need to know about how vehicles work. Peer inside a car engine, feel the roar of a jet, watch a helicopter’s rotor create lift, and explore below the decks of an ocean liner.
Meet hundreds of vehicles that float, fly, or speed across the land, including the record breakers – the fastest, largest, longest, and strangest modes of transportation ever to zoom, sail, or soar. And check out current and future craft that use green energy to transport people and goods around the world.
Part of DK’s hugely successful Knowledge Encyclopedia series, this is the perfect gift for young transport enthusiasts, who are curious about motors and machines.
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Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History The USA, 1954-75: conflict at home and abroad Revision Guide and Workbook Kindle Edition (Revise Edexcel GCSE History 16)
Designed for hassle-free, independent study and priced to meet both your and your students’ budgets, this combined Revision Guide and Workbook is the smart choice for those revising for Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History and includes:A FREE online edition
One-topic-per-page format
‘Now Try This’ practice questions on topic pages
Exam skills pages including Worked examples with exemplar answers
Exam-style practice pages with practice questions in the style of the exams
Guided support and hints providing additional scaffolding, to help avoid common pitfalls
Full set of practice papers written to match the specification exactlyRead more
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World Politics in 100 Words: Start conversations and spark inspiration (In a Nutshell)
How do you sum up world politics in just 100 words? This striking book takes on the challenge! From activist to wealth, each of the carefully chosen 100 words has its own 100-word long description and beautiful illustration, providing a thoughtful, unbiased introduction to key political terms and ideas to help the young (and not so young) get to grips with the subject. Basically, everything you need to know in a nut shell.Along with some expected words, such as government and vote, you’ll also discover less predictable words that will give you a fresh perspective. With utopia and dystopia, try to imagine a perfect world and then its opposite. Through equality, explore what it means for everyone to have the same rights and responsibilities. With words such as nation, empire, rights, corruption, pundit, debt, citizen, tax, nationalism, and military, gain perspective on the many facets of world politics.
Finally, you’ll be asked, “If you were to choose the 100 words, which would you pick?”
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World War I and II for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the First and Second World War (Making the Past Come Alive)
Two manuscripts in one book:- World War 1 for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the First World War
- World War 2 for Kids: A Captivating Guide to the Second World War
In the first part, you’ll learn all about World War I: why it happened, who was involved, how and where it was fought, significant battles and people, the technological advancements, and how the war shaped the world for future generations.
In the first part of this book, you will discover:
- How it all started because of just one man
- Why soldiers spent most of their time sitting around in wet, muddy ditches
- The new inventions that changed the face of war forever
- How dogs, horses, pigeons, and even goldfish helped in the war
- Soldiers—poets that didn’t know it
- Why you could go to jail if you refused to fight
- Boy Scout and Girl Guide spies?
- The longest, biggest, and bloodiest battles
- Only twelve years old and going to war!
- How the “war to end all wars” may have actually caused the Second World War
- Who were the Welsh Wizard and the Tiger?
- The popular movies and books inspired by events during WWI
- How the war was fought on land, air, and sea
- The legacy of World War I
In the second part, you’ll discover all about WWII, including who was involved and why it started, a timeline of events, what life was like at the time, the major battles, who some of the main heroes and villains were, and the lasting impact the war left behind. There are also interesting facts and a bonus interesting facts chapter to finish things off! There are even pronunciation tips and helpful explanations for those new, tricky words. To keep things fun and engaging, each chapter has an activity and answer section—from quizzes and word searches to creative drawing and writing challenges!
In the second part of this book, you will discover:
- Why were children in Britain sent to live hundreds of miles away with strangers?
- Could you budget and enjoy your favorite foods on wartime rations?
- Why the first atomic bomb was used and how it ended the war for good.
- How one fifteen-year-old girl’s diary won a Pulitzer Prize and has sold over 30 million copies.
- Why some people had no choice but to fight, even if they didn’t want to.
- Being a dictator wasn’t Adolf Hitler’s first choice of career. What do you think he first tried (and failed) to be?
- Why you couldn’t say “hamburger” in the United States during WWII.
- Could you make a great escape from a prison camp?
- Thirty years later—the soldiers who refused to believe the war was over!
- Girl power! How women helped the war effort.
- The brave individuals who stood up for what was right.
- The bear that joined the army!
- And much, much more!
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£3.90