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to help parents amuse, interest and at the same time
teach
their children. Colours and shapes
and abc
contribute to the child's
early understanding of the
reading
process.
Counting
teaches him to recognize
and
understand
simple nurnbers. Telling the time
helps
him to relate the time on
a clock
face
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everyday
life
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and
little
deals with
words that describe relative sizes
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positions,
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shown through objects
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the young child. Everyday words helps hirn to
enjoy and practise his vocabulary. Verbs will
develop
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early reading
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language
skills.
In
each book,
bright, detailed, interesting illustrations
combine with
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straightforward
text to
present
fundamental
cclncepts clearly and
comprehensibly.
Help
your child to link tirnes to landmarks in his
day
and week. When you
talk, use time words such as
soon, almost, yesterday, tomorrow. At first, teach the
whole hours and progress to half hours when your
child understands what half is
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