Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1–6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary. Two deer go into the woods to find some juicy plums but how will they reach the ones high up on the tree? Find out in this humorous story. Yellow/Band 3 offers varied sentence structure and natural language. This book focuses on adjacent consonants with short vowel phonemes. Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

The first of seven sets of early decodable readers providing a gradual and structured start for children who are just starting to learn to read. These general fiction readers cover the 42 letter sounds across 7 sets, with each covering one particular set. The last set of readers also features a small number of tricky words. Children can be introduced to these books as each group of sounds is taught. The text in the first three books uses only decodable regular words made up from the first group of letter sounds; the text in the next three books uses only the first and second groups of letter sounds, and so on. Comprehension questions and discussion topics are provided at the end of each book, as well as guidance for teachers and parents. Light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the /b/ in 'lamb'. 3 different books per set, all 21 titles in Complete Set 12 pages per book 1 Sentence per page (approx.) Set 1 contains decodable regular words made up from the first group of letter sounds: s, a, t, i, p, n The titles included in Set 1 are: Snap Tips Ants Also available: Orange Readers Set 2 Orange Readers Set 3 Orange Readers Set 4 Orange Readers Set 5 Orange Readers Set 6 Orange Readers Set 7 Orange Readers Complete Set (all 21 titles)

That maternity staff are under pressure, with many leaving their jobs each year, is well known. Personal sacrifices, long working hours, lack of resources and an overstretched system take their toll, and occasionally staff are involved in traumatic and emotionally difficult situations. Many tolerate these conditions in the service of doing a job they love, but what happens to their mental health over time? Nurturing Maternity Staff explains how the system and individuals within it relate to each other, highlighting both the vital role compassionate leadership has in creating psychologically safe working environments, as well as tools individuals can use to optimise their own mental wellbeing. Let's dare to dream maternity services could be different.

The complete set of early decodable readers providing a gradual and structured start for children who are just starting to learn to read. These general fiction readers cover the 42 letter sounds across 7 sets, with each covering one particular set. The last set of readers also features a small number of tricky words. Children can be introduced to these books as each group of sounds is taught. The text in the first three books uses only decodable regular words made up from the first group of letter sounds; the text in the next three books uses only the first and second groups of letter sounds, and so on. Comprehension questions and discussion topics are provided at the end of each book, as well as guidance for teachers and parents. Light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the /b/ in 'lamb'. 3 different books per set, all 21 titles in Complete Set 12 pages per book 1 Sentence per page (approx.) Set 7 also includes the tricky words I, the, she, he, me, we, be The Complete Set contains: Orange Readers Set 1 Orange Readers Set 2 Orange Readers Set 3 Orange Readers Set 4 Orange Readers Set 5 Orange Readers Set 6 Orange Readers Set 7

The third of seven sets of early decodable readers providing a gradual and structured start for children who are just starting to learn to read. These general fiction readers cover the 42 letter sounds across 7 sets, with each covering one particular set. The last set of readers also features a small number of tricky words. Children can be introduced to these books as each group of sounds is taught. The text in the first three books uses only decodable regular words made up from the first group of letter sounds; the text in the next three books uses only the first and second groups of letter sounds, and so on. Comprehension questions and discussion topics are provided at the end of each book, as well as guidance for teachers and parents. Light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the /b/ in 'lamb'. 3 different books per set, all 21 titles in Complete Set 12 pages per book 1 Sentence per page (approx.) Set 3 contains decodable regular words made up from the first, second and third groups of letter sounds: s, a, t, i, p, n c k, e, h, r, m, d g, o, u, l, f, b The titles included in Set 3 are: Golf Is Not Fun Brett's Dragon Duck Gets Stuck Also available: Orange Readers Set 1 Orange Readers Set 2 Orange Readers Set 4 Orange Readers Set 5 Orange Readers Set 6 Orange Readers Set 7 Orange Readers Complete Set (all 21 titles)

Inspire a love of reading with stories that are written from a child’s perspective and will encourage children to discover the world around them. With audio and activities, Peapod Readers are the perfect start to a child’s journey into learning English. Where is Pogo? Includes: Before and after reading activities Picture dictionary Exam practice for Cambridge Pre A1 Starters Reading guide online

Inspire a love of reading with stories that are written from a child’s perspective and will encourage children to discover the world around them. With audio and activities, Peapod Readers are the perfect start to a child’s journey into learning English. Ana and Eva play with shadows. Includes: Before and after reading activities Exam practice for Cambridge Pre A1 Starters Reading guide online

GIMP for Absolute Beginners gives us an easy way to use the power of GIMP, and enjoy digital photography and graphics without worrying about application features. GIMP is a powerful open source graphics and digital imaging application with almost all the features of its proprietary counterpart, Photoshop. But many of us are photographers and artists first, and we like to use our tools without having to think about them too much. GIMP for Absolute Beginners gets us to this stage without patronising users who haven't used GIMP before. But what can we actually do with photos and graphical images? These questions are answered in a photo projects chapter as well as a chapter on digital painting: Starting with making small changes to photos and adding information to them to creating paintings and drawings without photographic input. What you'll learn * Learn how to install GIMP and navigate its interface * Improve image quality with GIMP * Increase your design prowess * Have fun with digital painting projects Who this book is for Hobbyists, occasional designers, enthusiastic photographers, graphical design amateurs, and beginning illustrators.Table of Contents * What is GIMP? * Finding and Installing GIMP * Getting to Know the GIMP Work Area * Basic Computer Graphics in GIMP * Editing the whole Image * Improving Photos - Working on Parts of an Image * Photo Projects - Adding to Images * Installing a Graphics Tablet in GIMP * Digital Art * Hints, Tips and Further Help

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Third International Workshop, TYPES'99, organized by the ESPRIT Working Group 21900, in Lökeberg, Sweden, in June 1999.The 11 revised full papers presented in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected during two rounds of refereeing. All current issues on type theory and type systems and their applications to programming and proof theory are addressed.

This book presents a strictly refereed collection of revised full papers selected from the papers accepted for the TYPES '94 Workshop, held under the auspices of the ESPRIT Basic Research Action 6453 Types for Proofs and Programs in Bastad, Sweden, in June 1994.
The 10 papers included address various aspects of developing computer-assisted proofs and programs using a logical framework. Type theory and three logical frameworks based on it are dealt with: ALF, Coq, and LEGO; other topics covered are metatheory, the Isabelle system, 2-calculus, proof checkers, and ZF set theory.

Inspire a love of reading with stories that are written from a child’s perspective and will encourage children to discover the world around them. With audio and activities, Peapod Readers are the perfect start to a child’s journey into learning English. Amal plays with a new friend. Includes: Before and after reading activities Picture dictionary Exam practice for Cambridge Pre A1 Starters Reading guide online

Inspire a love of reading with stories that are written from a child’s perspective and will encourage children to discover the world around them. With audio and activities, Peapod Readers are the perfect start to a child’s journey into learning English. Meg finds an egg in her garden. What is in it? Includes: Before and after reading activities Picture dictionary Exam practice for Cambridge Pre A1 Starters Reading guide online

The complete set of early decodable readers providing a gradual and structured start for children who are just starting to learn to read. These general fiction readers cover the 42 letter sounds across 7 sets, with each covering one particular set. The last set of readers also features a small number of tricky words. Children can be introduced to these books as each group of sounds is taught. The text in the first three books uses only decodable regular words made up from the first group of letter sounds; the text in the next three books uses only the first and second groups of letter sounds, and so on. Comprehension questions and discussion topics are provided at the end of each book, as well as guidance for teachers and parents. Light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the /b/ in 'lamb'. 3 different books per set, all 21 titles in Complete Set 12 pages per book 1 Sentence per page (approx.) The final 3 books also include the tricky words I, the, she, he, me, we, be

Inspire a love of reading with stories that are written from a child’s perspective and will encourage children to discover the world around them. With audio and activities, Peapod Readers are the perfect start to a child’s journey into learning English. What do you know about dances around the world? Includes: Before and after reading activities Picture dictionary Exam practice for Cambridge Pre A1 Starters Reading guide online

Inspire a love of reading with stories that are written from a child’s perspective and will encourage children to discover the world around them. With audio and activities, Peapod Readers are the perfect start to a child’s journey into learning English. Can Tom find Ninja Panda? Includes: Before and after reading activities Mini-dictionary Exam practice for Cambridge A1 Movers Reading guide online

The seventh of seven sets of early decodable readers providing a gradual and structured start for children who are just starting to learn to read. These general fiction readers cover the 42 letter sounds across 7 sets, with each covering one particular set. The last set of readers also features a small number of tricky words. Children can be introduced to these books as each group of sounds is taught. The text in the first three books uses only decodable regular words made up from the first group of letter sounds; the text in the next three books uses only the first and second groups of letter sounds, and so on. Comprehension questions and discussion topics are provided at the end of each book, as well as guidance for teachers and parents. Light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the /b/ in 'lamb'. 3 different books per set, all 21 titles in Complete Set 12 pages per book 1 Sentence per page (approx.) Set 7 contains decodable regular words made up from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh groups of letter sounds: s, a, t, i, p, n c k, e, h, r, m, d g, o, u, l, f, b ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or z, w, ng, v, oo, oo y, x, ch, sh, th, th qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar Set 7 also includes the tricky words I, the, she, he, me, we, be The titles included in Set 7 are: Mervin's Garden Spoilsport In the Attic Also available: Orange Readers Set 1 Orange Readers Set 2 Orange Readers Set 3 Orange Readers Set 4 Orange Readers Set 5 Orange Readers Set 6 Orange Readers Complete Set (all 21 titles)

The sixth of seven sets of early decodable readers providing a gradual and structured start for children who are just starting to learn to read. These general fiction readers cover the 42 letter sounds across 7 sets, with each covering one particular set. The last set of readers also features a small number of tricky words. Children can be introduced to these books as each group of sounds is taught. The text in the first three books uses only decodable regular words made up from the first group of letter sounds; the text in the next three books uses only the first and second groups of letter sounds, and so on. Comprehension questions and discussion topics are provided at the end of each book, as well as guidance for teachers and parents. Light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the /b/ in 'lamb'. 3 different books per set, all 21 titles in Complete Set 12 pages per book 1 Sentence per page (approx.) Set 6 contains decodable regular words made up from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth groups of letter sounds: s, a, t, i, p, n c k, e, h, r, m, d g, o, u, l, f, b ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or z, w, ng, v, oo, oo y, x, ch, sh, th, th The titles included in Set 6 are: An Omelette for Lunch Fox Cub Stops Yelling A Boxfish In a Rush Also available: Orange Readers Set 1 Orange Readers Set 2 Orange Readers Set 3 Orange Readers Set 4 Orange Readers Set 5 Orange Readers Set 7 Orange Readers Complete Set (all 21 titles)

Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure. Independent Reading Pink 1B stories are perfect for children aged 4+ who are reading at book band 1B (Pink) in classroom reading lessons. In this story, Granny loves the park - even more than her grandson!