Books with author Helen MacGregor

Tom Thumb's musical maths - the book which put the fun into the numeracy hour - is relaunching with a fresh new cover. This wonderfully clever collection of songs and rhymes with familiar tunes, teaches numceracy skills in fun and memorable ways. Completely new is a whole set of content links with the National Numeracy Strategy. Everyone familiar with Bingo Lingo and the support it gives to literacy, will enjoy the support which Tom Thumb's musical maths offers to numeracy. Quick clear links can be found on our music and children's websites.

This pack for Key Stage 2 teachers contains 12 complete recordings of music from different times and places, including British vocal music, medieval dance music, South American panpipes, steel pans from the Caribbean, Baroque orchestral music, contemporary rock and television themes, classical gamelan and Chinese percussion. The elements of music are investigated through activities which lead into and out of listening, and which take the older child into more demanding exploration. No music reading is required and all the activities are supported by supplementary recordings. Photocopiable material is included.

Miss Pickerell doesn't care much for her nieces and nephews talking about airplanes, or men trying to explain what she already knows. She's more interested in her rock collection and her pet cow. Then a few strange men with a rocket show up in her pasture. They set off for Mars right after she climbs on board as a stowaway, and the crew doesn't realize they left their navigator behind until it's too late. Can Miss Pickerell end up saving the expedition?