From 1976 to around 1978, Playskool planned Richard Scarry's Puzzletown, a series of toy sets featuring plastic figures of Scarry characters and vehicles as well as cardboard scenery that the child could set up in a grid of trenches in a plastic base. My main takeaway from all of these opening lines and closing lines are Rowling’s attention to setting. Richard McClure Scarry ( / ˈ s k ɑːr iː/; June 5, 1919 – April 30, 1994) was an American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million worldwide. Each week families are gifted a free book linking with the session, so by the end of the programme families will have built a mini library in their home. Harry’s survived another dangerous year at Hogwarts, and he is surrounded by a large group of friends as the story closes.

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They worked together on dozens of books, including I Am a Bunny, which Risom wrote and Scarry illustrated. It suggests there have been a number of conflicts and one thing is very clear: Harry Potter is more at home at Hogwarts than with his aunt and uncle.

Scarry also illustrated a 1963 edition of The Fables of La Fontaine, and in 1993 put his own stamp on a series of familiar nursery stories ( Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Red Hen, The Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs). Many of his later illustrations feature characters in traditional Swiss clothing and show architecturally correct drawings of half-timber houses. Open the app and scan the barcodes on the back of your books to add the audio tracks to the “My Books” section. A little learner also needs to learn other words which they’ll use to combine and make phrases with… words for actions (verbs), locations (prepositions), and descriptions (adjectives/adverbs).

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Sharing books and interacting through books from when babies are very young supports communication and language development. At the end of each session, practitioners will provide parents with take-away sheets with key messages for supporting their child’s communication development and simple activities to try at home.Practitioners are trained to deliver weekly sessions that include evidence-based, fun activities based around five top tips, to build the foundations of communication that parents can easily repeat in the home. This is another vaguely hopeful line that marks the transition away from Hogwarts back to the summer which Harry must spend with his Aunt and Uncle. The quick tips provide parents with ideas for helping their child develop good listening and talking skills. It’s an engaging way to help your little one learn new words while discovering more about the world around them.

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Match to the object – It is important to help your child understand that the picture represents a real-life object. Last line: “And, grinning broadly at the look of horror on Uncle Vernon’s face, Harry set off toward the station exit, Hedwig rattling along in front of him, for what looked like a much better summer than the last. With My Very First Book of Words, your little one can discover new words by matching an image on the bottom half of the page with a word on the top half of the page.This tension fuels this dramatic opening where (as readers know) Harry will disastrously blow up his cruel Aunt Marge and run away from home before making it to school this year. Last line: “As Hagrid had said, what would come, would come…and he would have to meet it when it did. The First Words Together programme builds knowledge and confidence in early years practitioners and professionals.