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Sunrise 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…

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Where to get your Sunrise Readers 2024/2025!

Which Sunrise Readers are available? New edition Sunrise Readers Books 1 – 12 (Approved by the Ministries of Education in Zimbabwe and Zambia*) Revised in 2016 by the authors with Pearson Education Africa and approved by the Ministry of Education Zimbabwe, the Sunrise Educational Publishing new edition Books 1 – 10 were approved by the…

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Which Sunrise Readers are Available?

Sunrise Readers Books 1 – 12 will take a young learner from starting to read to reading proficiency. Historically, the Sunrise Readers reading scheme consisted of twenty six Sunrise Readers. Since 1985, thousands of Zimbabwean children have learned to read – or learned to speak and read in English – using the Sunrise Readers. As…

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Why did we revise the Sunrise Readers?

We know you loved them! We did too! Our own children learned to read with the Sunrise Readers – nearly forty years ago! YES! They WORKED – generations of children learned to read. YES! They ENTERTAINED AND DELIGHTED – we know that the Sunrise children, Tatenda, Chipo, David and Jenny, became your best friends as…

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Sunrise Readers Book 1 Friends Resources

Sunrise Readers Book 1 Cover

Resources to support teachers and parents in using Sunrise Readers Book 1 Friends are to be found here. Please comment and share ideas. It’s our earnest desire to encourage and support you in this all-important venture – teaching young ones to read! Power point presentation: Meet the Sunrise Children For those fortunate enough to have…

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Sunrise Readers Books 1 – 5 Learners’ Word Books

This useful resource is now available for your learners when they are starting to write their own sentences. The Sunrise Readers Word Book is a first “dictionary” for young students – the words introduced in Sunrise Readers Books 1 – 5 are recorded here in alphabetical order. They are printed in lists, from top to…

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Sunrise Readers Book 9

Dream Time Here are more essential resources to support teachers and parents when introducing their children to Sunrise Readers, Book 9 – Dream Time. Throughout the Sunrise Readers series, we encourage teachers and parents to use an eclectic approach to reading – that is, to teach reading using a combination of all of the trusted…

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The importance of reading to children

Parents often leave the teaching of reading to teachers! Parents have a vital role to play. My own story as a reader who became an author: As a teacher and as a parent, I will always be grateful to my grandfather. I can’t remember when he started reading to me, but one of my earliest…

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Sunrise Readers Books 1 and 2

Snakes and Ladders Word Game Snakes and Ladders with words! This simple, age-old favourite game will keep your learners busy – learning, practising, reinforcing and HAVING FUN! Did you know: “Snakes and Ladders” originated in India, where it was played by children for centuries. In 1892, the game was brought to Britain and a few…

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