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Book review: ‘Oficios’

In Spanish, from 0yo.

Gorgeous and sturdy board books. The collection includes 4 titles: The veterinarian, the cook, the mechanic and the gardener.

The designs are contemporary and colourful, perfect to attract the young readers’ attention.

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Book review: ‘La ciudad’

In Spanish, from 4yo.

This large format book is perfect to read out in a playgroup or in a classroom. You will love the 32 illustrations by Ingela P. Arrhenius. It will remind you of the 40s and 50s art style.

There is one word about the city per page. You can promote language by asking questions, such as what is the name of your mailman? Is the school close to your house? What is your favourite restaurant?

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Review: ‘Juego de las 7 familias – ropa y colores’

In Spanish, from 4yo.

Fun card game inspired by the original French version ‘le jeu des 7 families’. From the book series ‘the Zazoos’, put together the families by collecting all the pieces of clothing on each card for each character. The player who has the most complete ‘families’ wins the game.

Great resources to review colours and clothing in Spanish while having fun.

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Book review: ‘Zapata: colors – colores’

Bilingual English-Spanish, from 0yo.

Let’s learn the colours with Zapata. Your child will love this beautifully illustrated board book perfect for young readers.

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Book review: ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’

Bilingual English-Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes… We all know this fun rhymes, let’s sing it in Spanish, Portuguese or Vietnamese. This song is a fun way to start teaching your little one about his body.

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Book review: ‘Tom Gates album genial’

In Spanish from 8yo.

Fantastic large format activity book. This is Tom Gates’s diary in which he writes about his day at school, his family and his friends.

The book is entertaining as it mixes storytelling as well as activities, such as questions to check if the readers has understood the text, mazes, guesses…

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Book review: ‘Huellas’

In Spanish, from 2yo.

Whose paw prints are those? You will find that not only detectives can follow paw prints….Inspired by Montessori resources, this game lets the child explore and match the paw print with the animal. They can then observe how different the paw of the animals are. The child can group the paw prints and the animals by animal type and see the differences. Are the paw prints of the bird different from the amphibians? Why?

For the little one who cannot read yet but the short texts and the format of the letters are perfect for letter recognition.

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Book review: ‘La mas grande del mundo’

In Spanish, from 2yo.

Do you know who is the biggest in the world? Is it the fly? The bird? The cat? The lizard? Who is the biggest animal? Find out with this amusing picture book. The text is written with capital letters so young readers can practise reading more easily.

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Book review: ‘Oficio: Veterinaria’

In Spanish, from 0yo.

Great little sturdy picture board book, perfect for little reader’s hands. Let’s learn about the veterinarian. What does she do? What instruments does she use? What animals does she tend to?

You will love the colourful illustrations and the illustrator’s sense of humour.

For more information visit http://bit.ly/2zJCh25