Bøger af Pam Holden

Do you know the story about Little Red Riding Hood? The big bad wolf wanted to eat the food in her basket. Her Grandmother had to hide in a cupboard. The wolf tried to trick Little Red Riding Hood. Her father came to help her.Focus Skills: ck, e, r, u, Prefix: Gr-.

Do you like playing in the sand? Most people love going to the beach. Sand goes everywhere, but it is clean and fun to play with. What do you like to do with sand?Focus Skills: d, g, o

The animals in this story were very hungry. The Three Billy Goats Gruff wanted to cross over a bridge to eat some delicious grass. But an ugly, hungry troll lived under the bridge. How could the goats get over the bridge?Focus skills: h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss

In this story, Dad had two problems. First he made a mistake because he was thinking hard about his work. Then a big noise stopped him from hearing an important message. He was very sorry! Focus Skills: ck, e, r, u, r, blends: (dr, tr)

The children in this story like to have lots of different rides. They always like to go as fast as they can. What do you like to ride on? Do you go fast like them?Focus Skills: d, g, k, o, Blends: sk-, sn-, st-

Sometimes whales seem to forget that they need to stay in deep water. Whales are much too big to swim in shallow water. If they come too close to the beach, they get stuck. Kind people try to push them away from the shore, but they have to wait for the tide to come in to make the water deep enough. Focus skills: th, w, wh

A tortoise is an animal that moves very slowly. A hare is an animal that runs very fast. A tortoise has short legs and a hare has long legs. If they had a race, who do you think would win?Focus Skills: r controlled vowel (-ar -er -ir -or -ur), Suffixes: -ed, -er, -ly

Max Monkey is a rascal and a tease! He likes playing tricks on his friends. The baby animals don't like his tricks. Their mothers and fathers get annoyed!Focus Skills: w, x, y, long e (-y, -ey), two-syllable words

This is a legend, which is an old story that has been told for many years to tell how something happened. It was once believed to be true, but there is no way to know if the story is true or not. You just have to think about that!Focus Skills: ck, e, u, r

Have you ever played the game called Musical Chairs? The players dance to music. When it stops they run to sit on a chair, but there are not enough chairs for everyone. The slowest player is left out. Each time there is one less chair until there is a winner. Kate played this game with her friends.Focus skills: Digraphs ch, th, -ng; Soft c; Suffixes -ed, -er

This story has been told for hundreds of years. It was written by a man called Aesop, and it has a lesson to teach us. Find out what we can learn from this story.Focus Skills: j, qu, v, w, x, y

Some things are very scary. Everybody is frightened of something. What are you frightened of? Grace is brave about most things she sees. Find out one thing that is scary for her.Focus Skills: long a (ai ay a_e), long i (-igh, y, i_e)

Can you name different sorts of weather? Do you like to play outside in the wind and rain? What do you see and hear in a storm? Focus Skills: short i, s, p, n

Have you ever moved from one home to another? Sometimes animals get frightened when they move to a new house. They don't understand what is happening. How did Cleo the Cat get to her new home? Focus Skill: wh

Do you like using scissors? What do you like to cut? Mrs. Snip Snap loves to cut things with her scissors. She likes to snip all kinds of things. Focus Skills: Short i, s, t, p, n

What is art? What can we make out of old stuff? What can we put in the art box? What else? Where do we get old stuff from? Focus skills: d, g, o, c, k

Ice fishing is a way of catching fish through an opening in the ice on a frozen lake or river. It is a popular winter activity. Read about how Grandpa shares his ice fishing know-how.Focus Skills: ch, -ng, sh, th, wh, Compound Words

Do you like playing hiding games? The animals are hiding from Max Monkey. He is trying to find them all. Who will be the winner?Focus Skills: h, b, f, ff, l, ll

Have you ever been on a long trip or journey? How did you get there? Did you stop to eat, drink and play? Read about Stickybeak the Parrot and his long trip home.Focus Skills: d, short i

Here are two tricky letters - s and h. Together they make a new sound, different from s for snake and h for hat. S and h together make Sh. Can you say sh, sh, sh?Focus Skills: sh

Do you know the story about the three little pigs? The wicked wolf wanted to eat them up, but they were far too clever for him. Do you know how the pigs tricked the wolf?Focus Skills: short o, c, d, g, k

Have you played a game called Pin the Tail on the Donkey? This poor donkey has lost his tail. Can somebody stick it back on for him? That's hard to do with a blindfold on!Focus Skills: short i, s, t, p, n

Everyone knew that Grace loved cats and kittens. The only present she wanted was a real kitten. She was hoping that somebody would give her a pet kitten. She had presents of all different shapes and sizes. What do you think she got for her presents?Focus Skills: h, b, -ft, -tt, -pp

The man in this story was very hungry because he had been lost in the forest with no food. He asked a woman to give him some food, but she was too mean to share. The young man played a clever trick on the mean woman, and they both had a good dinner.Focus Skills: long a (a, a_e, ai, ay, ea), Suffixes: -ed, -y, -er

Have you ever had an invitation? What was written on it? Where did you go? Who was there, and what did you do? There was a surprise visitor at the party in this story.Focus Skills: ch, th, wh

Have you ever seen a whale? What do whales look like? How big are they? What can they do? Where do they live? Would you like to go in a boat to watch the whales?Focus Skills: w, wh, Suffix: -ing, -er, -ed

Does your classroom get messy sometimes? Everybody helps when it is time to clean up. What things do you put away to make your room clean? What do you do after you have cleaned up?Focus Skills: h, b, f, l ll, ss

We like pockets on our clothes. Have you got a pocket? What is in it? What else do we put in our pockets? What do adults put in their pockets?Focus Skills: qu-, w, y, z