Themes & Concepts . Each series of books should contain certain characteristics specific to their age appropriateness including: Year 1.
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Vision - bright, big, colorful. Touch - board pages. Rhyme and rhythm. Simple - easy to use. Minimal text - point and say. Playful sound. Nurture - attachment- lullaby themes. Year 2. Continue concepts from year one and build upon them.
Repetition and predictability - generate language. Motor skills“Self- help” activities - things children can do, things familiar in their daily life. Use of real photo illustration.
Body awareness. Nursery rhymes. Colors, letters, numbers.
Year 3. Wordless books - build your own story (reader and child)Values and character. Issues - fear, conflict, love, safety. Colors, letters, numbers.
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Nursery rhymes. Year 4. More complex stories - hero, complication, resolution. Diversity of others - faces, environment - OK to be different.
Play, humor, fun. Nursery rhymes and poetry.
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Year 5. School preparation and readiness. Use rebus (pictures used for words)Science - non- fiction. Folk tales. Thank you, appreciation. Rhymes and poetry.