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Rashmi's favourite factual books 15/04/24
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Getting Ready
Publisher: Child’s Play
Time to get up! Pull back the covers and choose your clothes. Then it's time to have breakfast and brush your teeth with a bristly toothbrush. Zip up your coat, pull on your shiny boots, and you're ready to open the front door and set off on your adventure.
Getting ready for the day is made both fun and interactive in this touch-and-feel book. Carefully designed to ensure relevance and appeal to all children (including those who are visually impaired), shapes are meaningful and recognisable. So a teddy isn't just a patch of fur - it's bear-shaped and directly related to the text.
The book is also ideal for supporting communication - encouraging children to start learning how to get dressed and to discuss what the day might have in store. Activity can even include playing 'matching pairs' with socks - using eyes or fingers or both.
An irresistible tactile treat.
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Books about developmental milestones from 0-2
Babies’ brains develop incredibly quickly and sometimes it seems they have a new skill every week.
This selection of books celebrates all the clever things many children learn to do from birth to age 2 or thereabouts, from lying on their tummies to clapping and waving, all the way to recognising familiar sights, eating real food and saying their first w…
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Books for visually impaired children
While it can be hard to find mainstream books that offer meaningful content for children who are blind or partially sighted, the following list suggests a few ideas. The titles listed include tried and tested examples of books with tactile elements, embossing, die-cut holes, braille and audio.
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Picture books about daily routines
Babies and young children love routines – and they love seeing characters doing the same things as them. From getting dressed to having lunch, brushing teeth to reading a bedtime story, toddlers and babies will enjoy recognising the familiar daily activities. Here is a selection of lovely picture books that highlight the everyday moments of a little one’s li…
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Help with life skills for little ones
Whether you'd like your child to use a potty, tie up their shoelaces or get themselves dressed, how about using a fun story to encourage and show them how?
