Photocopiable activities are designed for use with "Oxford Very First Dictionary and Oxford First Dictionary". The activities are aimed at children aged 4 years upwards. It is suitable for KS1/Scottish Guidelines 5-14 P1-3. It teaches valuable first dictionary skills and non-fiction reference skills, and is ideal resource for teachers, teaching assistants, and parents.

 

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.

There are 64 pages in this book. It is a dictionary. A dictionary is a single-volume or multivolume reference work containing brief explanatory entries for terms and topics related to a specific subject or field of inquiry, usually arranged alphabetically (example: Dictionary of Neuropsychology). The entries in a dictionary are usually shorter than those contained in an encyclopedia on the same subject, but the word "dictionary" is often used in the titles of works that should more appropriately be called encyclopedias (example: Dictionary of the Middle Ages in 13 volumes). This book was published 2002 by Oxford University Press .

Georgie Birkett lives and works near Brighton. She has been published by Macmillan Children's Books, Campbell Books and Puffin. Her picture book TEA WITH BEA is published by Bloomsbury, and we are delighted to have her on the list. Julie Park is a popular children's book artist. She has illustrated picture books, reading schemes and reference books, including the best-selling My First Oxford Dictionary. She lives in Henley with her family. She has one young child.