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The First Skills series itrcludes seven books designed

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contribute to the child's early understanding of the

reading process Counting teaches him to recognize

and understand simple nurnbers Telling the time

words that describe relative sizes and positions, all

to the young child Everyday words helps hirn to

enjoy and practise his vocabulary Verbs will develop

his early reading and language skills In each book,

bright, detailed, interesting illustrations combine with

a simple and straightforward text to present

fundamental cclncepts clearly and comprehensibly

Help your child to link tirnes to landmarks in his day

whole hours and progress to half hours when your

child understands what half is - cutting up food is a

great way to teach this It is best to start telling the

time using the analogue clock fhce Later, look at other

type of clocks and talk about minutes and seconds.

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