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By Helen Bromley
Illustrations by Katherine McEwen
Irene
Babsky, School Librarian
Book-based
Reading Games shows how games based on books are an ideal
resources for teachers seeking to provide children with meaningful
and pleasurable practice in reading within and beyond the
Literacy Hour.
The culmination
of fourteen years' work in classrooms, it demonstrates how
to make games from high quality, familiar texts and how to
use them with groups of children from the nursery class to
older inexperienced readers at Key Stage 2.
The book
illustrates how book-based games help children focus on print
and deepen their understanding of literary language and rhythms.
The book shows the benefits of using book-based games with
bilingual children. Included in the book are clear explanations
about designing and making the games.
What
reviewers have said about Book-Based Reading Games
ISBN 1
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Reviews
for Book-Based Reading Games
“…This
excellent book, written and edited by two acknowledged experts
in the field of language and literacy, is intended to offer
practitioners straightforward and practical ideas for games
in various formats which support well-loved stories such
as Jasper's Beanstalk, Little Rabbit Foo Foo and
Owl Babies, to name but a few…
…It
is a book brimming with ideas and is an indispensable resource
that no practitioner should be without. A must for every
classroom!”
Mary
Callard, Early Years Educator, Volume 3 No 9 January
2002
“…
This book is undoubtedly a book by a teacher for teachers.
Helen Bromley's teaching experience and her extensive knowledge
of how children develop early literacy skills brings an
invaluable credibility to Book-Based Reading Games…
Using
well-known favourites…she gives examples of each type
of game. She explains how to make it, how to play it and
how to make full use of its potential on one page of instructional
text, diagrams and pictures… we discover how her approach
to designing games has its roots in effective teaching and
learning….
…The
reader is left convinced as well as inspired to design a
game around next week's Literacy Hour book and look forward
to some of the success experienced by Helen Bromley.”
Lynda
Truman, Early Years Inspector/Adviser
English Four to Eleven, No 14 Spring 2002
”The
Centre for Language in Primary Education has produced a
great deal of excellent material over the years (their ability
to balance research and erudition with practical advice
and support for children and teachers is nothing short of
miraculous)…This, their newest book, does not disappoint…
This
book is an absolute godsend to teachers, parents and school
librarians. It recognises the importance of reading as a
social activity, and gives a wealth of ideas for involving
young children in reading in a social context. It is beautifully
written, and illustrated with photographs and black and
white drawings which are clear and informative. If you have
anything to do with the literary education of young children,
buy it.”
Irene
Babsky, School Librarian. Volume 49, No 2 Summer
2001
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