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Introduce young learners to the alphabet with colourful pictures and letters. These educational flashcards are a fun and easy way to help children recognise upper case and lower case letters and build their confidence with reading. • help your child to practise the alphabet• build confidence with learning to read• prepare your child for school Includes:• 26 letter cards• 26 alphabet activity cards• ideas for fun games to play with the cards• helpful guidance for parents

A colourful and engaging dictionary to help develop your child’s awareness of language and support their reading at every stage of their learning, providing a motivating way of supporting your child’s learning at home. Designed to give children a real sense of achievement, this dictionary introduces early dictionary and language skills through simple definitions, examples and pictures. The colourful and fun illustrations and clear design help to boost confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Useful information and simple tips on spelling, rhyme and pronunciation are included to help support the child’s learning at home, with additional resources available for parents online.

With stunning new design and layout and the most up-to-date travel information, the market’s most indispensable phrasebook and dictionary has been reinvented for Kindle, and is better than ever. Gem Zulu phrasebook will give you the right word at the right time – every time.In all of the most common travel situations, you need the reassurance that you can communicate with ease. A reliable, portable and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and now with the completely re-designed Collins Gem Zulu, the right word will always be at your fingertips.With a whole new look inside and out that includes a new cover and easy-to-navigate layout, it is now simpler than ever to use the Zulu language effectively and with confidence. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up in most common situations.Includes:• Fully updated travel information• Travel tips• 3000 word dictionary• Comprehensive menu decoder• Grammar and pronunciation sections• “Face to face” sectionsWith the help of Gem Zulu you will never be lost for words.

Based on new research that proves repeated practice is more effective than repeated study, this Year 5 workbook is guaranteed to help improve performance in SATs and assessments. When it comes to getting the best results, practice really does make perfect! Matched to the requirements of the National Curriculum, this English Practice Workbook targets every topic in Year 5. • Questions for every topic organised into three levels of increasing difficulty.• Progress tests throughout the book for ongoing assessment• Children can record their results and track their own progress• Pull-out answer section included

Based on new research that proves repeated practice is more effective than repeated study, this Year 3 workbook is guaranteed to help improve performance in SATs and assessments. When it comes to getting the best results, practice really does make perfect! Matched to the requirements of the National Curriculum, this Maths Practice Workbook targets every topic in Year 3. • Questions for every topic organised into three levels of increasing difficulty.• Progress tests throughout the book for ongoing assessment• Children can record their results and track their own progress• Pull-out answer section included

The Collins COBUILD Primary Learner's English Dictionary is an engaging, illustrated dictionary aimed at learners of English aged 7 and over. The dictionary has been specially created for primary school students, whose first language isnot English, but who attend English-language schools.With over 8,000 entries, and an attractive full colour illustrated supplement, this is the perfect dictionary for students who are not only learning English, but studying at school through the medium of English (CLIL).The Collins COBUILD Primary Learner’s Dictionary covers all the essential words, phrases and idioms that students need to learn. The definitions are written using simple language and the dictionary contains thousands of examples of real English, showing the learner how English is really used.The dictionary includes a wide range of cross-curricular vocabulary items, which will help students studying in English to build their academic vocabulary, as well as gain confidence in writing and speaking English inside and outside the classroom.With hundreds of line drawings illustrating key terms, and the full-colour illustrated supplement of essential topics, the Collins COBUILD Primary Learner’s Dictionary is the ideal reference tool for young learners of English.

In all of the most common travel situations, non-natives need the reassurance that they can communicate with ease. A reliable, portable, and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and the completely re-designed Collins Gems assures you that the right word will always be at your fingertips. With a whole new look inside and out that includes a new cover and easy-to-navigate layout, it is now simpler than ever to use a new language effectively and with confidence. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday on vacation, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. With the inclusion of fully updated travel information and tips, a 3,000 word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, you need never be lost for words again.