Teacher Tips
How to use a Big Book
What is a Big Book? A Big Book is an enlarged book, identical to a learner’s smaller reading book, to be used to demonstrate the skills acquired in learning to read. The Sunrise Readers Big Books are ‘next level’ in that they are bigger than most other Big Books – A1 folded to A2 .…
Read MoreSunrise Readers Learner’s Workbooks are Available!
What are they? The Sunrise Readers Starter Level Learner’s Workbooks provide learners with invaluable activities and exercises to put into practice their growing reading, writing and talking skills. Each activity relates to the new words, skills and stories that are being introduced in Sunrise Readers Book One (Friends), Book Two (Work and Play) and Book…
Read MoreNew to the Sunrise Readers? A quick peek inside our Starter Level Books!
The Sunrise Readers are new to South Africans! Until this year, trade restrictions existed so that the Sunrise Readers were not allowed to be marketed in SA. And the revised Sunrise Readers are still new to a few Zimbabweans who are reluctant to make the transition from the original, “vintage” books. This post is here…
Read MoreSight words and using flash cards/ word cards in the teaching of reading.
What are flash cards/ word cards? Flash cards are cards containing cues – pictures or key words or facts to assist with learning and revision. When they are used for vocabulary, they may be called word cards: a card that displays a written word. In the Sunrise Readers Teacher’s Manual, we refer to word cards…
Read MoreWhy is colouring-in beneficial for pre-schoolers?
Some may think that colouring-in activities are only used to occupy young learners and keep them busy. Far from it! Amongst the many benefits of colouring in, the following are included: It makes little hands stronger! We don’t realise how many muscles we use in hand-writing. Colouring in exercises hand muscles, and helps young learners…
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