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Adults accept that problems will occur at home and at work, and that they need the disposition, skills and strategies to deal with them. As a learning experience, children need to be given opportunities to identify exactly what a problem is, and to be taught strategies to help them find a solution and to persist in challenging situations. The activities in this series present a wide range of problematic situations for which there is more than one solution or more than one approach to the solution. They are designed to lay the foundational skills, strategies and attitudes for pupils to become life-long problem solvers. The series includes activities in the areas of maths, literacy, speaking and listening, PSHE, music and dance. The activity sheets can be used in isolation, as part of a sequence, or dipped into as teachers require.

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Adults accept that problems will occur at home and at work, and that they need the disposition, skills and strategies to deal with them. As a learning experience, children need to be given opportunities to identify exactly what a problem is, and to be taught strategies to help them find a solution and to persist in challenging situations. The activities in this series present a wide range of problematic situations for which there is more than one solution or more than one approach to the solution. They are designed to lay the foundational skills, strategies and attitudes for pupils to become life-long problem solvers. The series includes activities in the areas of maths, literacy, speaking and listening, PSHE, music and dance. The activity sheets can be used in isolation, as part of a sequence, or dipped into as teachers require.

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Ship or Sheep? Third edition helps learners make the distinction between similar sounds and ensure they are understood. This new edition of Ship or Sheep?, an accessible intermediate-level pronunciation course in full colour for students of English, provides systematic practice of English pronunciation, with an emphasis on minimal pairs, through a wide variety of interesting exercises and activities. The course is suitable for classroom use or for self-study and is available accompanied by a set of 4 audio CDs in a pack or separately as a book. This ISBN refers to the book only. For information on the book and CD pack, please see 978 0 521 60673 8.

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Tree or Three? Second edition contains enjoyable pronunciation practice of English sounds, word stress and intonation for beginner-level students Now in full colour and with updated artwork, this revised edition of Tree or Three? retains its simplicity and straightforward syllabus. The maintained emphasis on minimal pairs, which made the original edition so popular, makes pronunciation practice light-hearted and accessible. * Full teaching rubrics allow the material to be used both for self-study and classroom use. * Each unit offers comprehensive practice of sounds, with additional work on stress and intonation. * The accompanying audio CDs give lots of listening and pronunciation practice. This is book-only version. A self-study pack (comprising a book and 3 Audio CDs) is also available.

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The books in the Open-ended Maths Investigations series provide teachers with open-ended investigations matched to the following strands of mathematics: Number; money; measurement; space; chance and data; patterns and algebra. The investigations encourage pupils to apply higher order mathematical strategies creativel;y and effectively as they develop proficiency in a wide range of problem-solving strategies. Open-ended Maths Investigations can be used in isolation, in sequence or dipped into as teachers require, providing a great supplement to every maths scheme of work.

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