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Colours Around Us
32 pages, vibrant color, hardback cover. Please read from our Sample Pages.
Pages 6 + 7
Pages 8 + 9
Page 12 + 13
Pages 26 + 27
Cuddles gets a kite for his birthday. Whilst he and Poppy are flying it, the kite takes them on a journey through the countryside, over a mountain and to a big city. Amongst many other discoveries they find out why the sky is blue, why snow is white and why traffic lights change colour. What better gift to a child than the gift of colour?

Comes with a fully interactive animated CD ROM version of the book, compatible for Windows and Mac OS. Please see further information below.

Price:   £11.95

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UK Government Department for Education and Skills
The School of Colour Children's series is recognized as a Curriculum Online Registered Content Provider http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk/Default.htm. Curriculum Online is central to the UK Government's drive to transform teaching and learning in schools by improving access to ICT and multimedia resources for all pupils. Resources support the curriculum taught in schools in England from Foundation to KS4.
 

The School of Colour Children's series has also been evaluated by Schoolzone (The Schools Support Site) www.schoolzone.co.uk on behalf of the UK Government Department for Education and Skills http://www.dfes.gov.uk/ please read the full review below:

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Schoolzone Review
Evaluated by Schoolzone on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills (UK Government).
This is an excellent piece of software to instill awe and wonder into the young reader. It is very colourful and has excellent illustrations. The children in my class thoroughly enjoyed the book and enjoyed finding out about colour. The software has an action button that enables the text to be repeated thus enabling the children to hear the text as many times as necessary to comprehend the information given. It also enables the teacher to ask questions and to repeat the information if necessary. When listening to the text themselves they can listen to difficult concepts and watch a visual demonstration repeatedly.

The visual aids that accompany the texts are a powerful tool that helps the learner to understand how colour is made. Because they are animated the children enjoy them without really realising that they are learning a very difficult science concept.

The journey that the characters take in the text underpins the Y1 curriculum and fits into the safety theme of this term. It explains to the children why certain colours are used in a pelican crossing and why a fire engine is red.

The children really enjoyed this text and have asked to listen to it on numerous occasions. They enjoy this book both as a story as well as an animated cartoon when it is on the whiteboard. It is an excellent way to teach a very difficult concept.
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