| Synopsis: |
"The Blue Elephant Series" is a reading programme that supports an integrated approach to learning to read and offers unhurried measured steps to learning to decode. The series consists of finely graded readers supported by Word Cards, Phonic Sets and Educational Games and resources on CD-ROM for primary school children with additional support needs. Speech Therapists have been closely involved with the development of the programme and each book has a Speech Therapist's script to support language development. The books use some direct speech to model spoken language. Children who are struggling to read, reluctant readers, children with Autistic Spectrum disorders, Down syndrome and those with a speech and language impairment have benefited from this programme. "The Blue Series", our second series, comprises 16 readers of 24 pages. This series reuses over 85% of the words from the "Red Elephant Series" while also introducing words from the following new topics: Action, Play and Colours. New for this series is the addition of a Comprehension Game and a Sentence Completion game. Books are supplied in packs of four different titles with a recommended order of reading.Pack 1 - "Kal has a Friend to Play", "Bella has a Sore Tooth", "The Peg Monster" & "Making a Den"; Pack 2 - "Making Animal Cakes", "A Big Mess", "Dad Makes Lunch" & "A New Bed"; Pack 3 - "Uncle Aidan Comes to Visit", "Uncle Aidan Visits a Friend", "Kal's New Shoes" & "Uncle Aidan Goes Home"; Pack 4 - "Lots and Lots of Spots", "Dad's Long List", "My Turn to Talk" & "Mrs Pearce's Birthday". |