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Discover a troop of kangaroos, an ambush of tigers, a rafter of turkeys, and a flotilla of swordfish in this glorious introduction to the animal kingdom. A lion yawns lazily in the grass. Curious giraffes crane their long necks. Step into this rich world of animals from an illustrator whose work influenced generations of younger artists. Each animal's essence is strikingly captured, from the playfulness of otters to a noisy gathering of parrots, while...
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The video promotes early speech and vocabulary, including getting children to speak in complete sentences. Colorful animation and fun characters help keep young learners focused. Developed with speech pathologists, an on-screen mouth shows how to form sounds and encourages imitation and proper articulation. The program addresses concerns when a child does not talk as much as peers and also provides a tool to ease frustration from not being able to...
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"This beautifully illustrated vocabulary book for younger children introduces your child to the essentials of English vocabulary. Each day from Monday to Thursday, English for Everyone Junior: 5 Words a Day presents your child with five new words to learn and practice, using the English for Everyone visual methodology. Over the course of a year, your child will build up a vocabulary of 1,000 of the most commonly used English words"--
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A clearly structured and beautifully illustrated workbook for children aged 6-9, which offers extra practice for those beginning their journey of learning English as a foreign language. Following the same unit-by-unit structure as English for Everyone Junior: Beginner's Course, this workbook provides your child with all the support they need to build their confidence when using the language skills they have learned in the course book. Featuring hundreds...
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An alphabetical listing of common figures of speech, along with their definitions and origins. Cat got your tongue? Penny for your thoughts? Come again? Every day, idioms bring color to our speech. Since they don't really mean what they say, idioms can stump even the native English-speaker. Marvin Terban makes understanding idioms "as easy as pie" with the revised Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms. Explanations for, and origins of, more than 700 everyday...