These books are ideal for early readers to help broaden their vocabulary and give them confidence with sounds and words as they learn to read. Introduce and practise new sounds and tricky words in the five Exploring Letters books. Then read the accompanying fiction and non-fiction titles for each book. Read five exciting, action-packed micro-adventures featuring the familiar Project X characters, Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Find out about Max's birthday surprise in The Red Box and what happens to Cat and Ant when they build a spaceship in The Rocket. Play hide and seek in Shhh! Explore Tiger's dad's old toy castle in The Fort and discover the secrets of a rock pool in The Starfish. Also explore a variety of subjects with our fun, phonic non-fiction titles: The Fox, A Quick Quiz, Things that Go, Into the Deep and Football Skills. Each book is designed for adults to read to children with appropriate text for children to read, plus there are lots of ideas for talk and other activities to make the learning fun.

 

This book is part of a book series called Project X Phonics .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is at level 1c of the National Curriculum. The National Curriculum sets out the programmes of study and attainment targets for all subjects at all 4 key stages. Each National Curriculum level is divided into sub-levels, where Level C means that a child is working at the lower end of the level, Level B they is working comfortably at that level, and Level A means that they is working at the top end of the level. The Government has suggested a child should achieve the following levels by the end of each school year: (i) Level 1b by end Year 1, Level 2a-c by end Year 2, Level 2a-3b by end Year 3, Level 3 by the end Year 4, Level 3b-4c by the end Year 5, Level 4 by the end Year 6. This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 16 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Oxford University Press .

Alison Hawes is a freelance writer specializing in fiction and non-fiction for children. She has been a school teacher, a classroom assistant, and playgroup helper but now writes full time. She has written over 80 books for schools, stories and articles for BBC Playdays.