Tag Junior Book: Thomas & Friends
Best Friends
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- All aboard for friendship! Puff along with Thomas as he finds a way to make best friend Percy happy.
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£8.99
UK version
Suitable for age 2-4
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Access to the internet is required to download content for this book.
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Touch your Tag Junior book pal to any part of any page and discover more than 150 audio responses in this book.
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More than 24 playful activities encourage toddlers to take charge and explore, while helping build confidence with books.
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Each Tag Junior board book focuses on a different preschool skill.
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See your child's progress through the online LeapFrog Learning Path, and get printable activities to expand the learning!
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This Tag Junior Book, Thomas and Friends "Best Friends" helps teach the following.
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- Subtraction
- The inverse of addition is subtraction - to take away objects and tell how many are left. Once children grasp subtraction, sets of objects can be replaced by numerals in equations.
- Addition
- Once children know that numbers are symbols for objects (2 stands for two cars) they learn to count sets, or groups of objects, to find sums. Finally, sets of objects can be replaced by numerals and added together in equations.
- Sequencing
- Even toddlers can often recite number names in order, but the ability to compare and order numbers in sequence indicates a practical application of number concepts.
- Number Recognition
- To begin their study of math, children must distinguish numerals from letters and shapes and understand that numbers are symbols for amounts.
- Early Number Sense
- As early as 6 months, babies begin to understand the concept of numbers, noticing small groups of one, two or three things. As children develop number sense they learn to count by ones, skip count and count backwards, gaining the foundation for operations. Children who have good number sense find learning operations like addition and subtraction much easier.
- Telling Time
- Children understand time concepts (morning, yesterday) before they learn that clocks measure time. By school, they understand hours and minutes and can learn to read a clock.
- Pencil Control
- When children are encouraged to scribble, colour and trace, they develop the dexterity they need to learn how to write. Tracing lines and letters helps children learn the relative sizing of different letters before they can write independently.
- Recognizing Patterns
- The ability to extend, complete and duplicate patterns by determining the specific attributes of those patterns is a logical reasoning skill that forms a basis for future work in math. Recognizing patterns is also important for learning to read. Many high frequency words have similar components (the sound "an" is in can, and hand). Recognizing these patterns helps children work out a new word faster.
- Vowels
- Spelling begins with regular short vowel sounds (cap) and long vowel sounds (with silent e, cap becomes cape). Finally, children learn the rules and patterns of vowel pairs (ee), digraphs (ai in train), dipthongs (oi in boil) and r-controlled vowels (farm, bird).
- Book and Print Basics
- A child's early experiences with books greatly influence his ability to learn to read. Reading together helps a child learn how to turn pages one at a time and that text moves from left to right. Advanced readers learn how to use books for research.
- Word Building
- To read and write, children must understand how individual letter sounds blend together to make words. Experimenting with building words, such as changing mat to cat to rat, helps with reading and spelling.
- Word Recognition
- As children learn to read, they must be able to "decode" the words they don't know- to translate strings of letters into words. Eventually they can recognize common words that can't be sounded out (the, said, she).
- Listening and Reading Comprehension
- As children develop comprehension of books read aloud or independently, they explore the uses and functions of written language. They begin to construct meaning, eventually applying critical skills to make inferences and draw conclusions.
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