Collins Big Cat Teacher resources offer practical planning support, with book-by-book information, assessment support, photocopiable activity sheets to help practice literacy objectives and support for writing.

* Developed by teachers for teachers, Collins Big Cat Phonics is easy to use and be sure you are getting it right.

* Every session runs automatically - so you can concentrate on observing and assessing your children's progress.

* Structured daily sessions provide fast, focused phonic fun, with lots of repetition and practice for reading and writing. Big Cat and his friends introduce you to 42+ phonemes through 10 minute daily sessions, helping every child learn how to become readers and writers.

In this Handbook you will find:

* a detailed explanation of the five sections of the daily 10-minute session so you know what the children will be learning

* a session-by-session outline of the programme to save you time planning

* book-by-book information for the Collins Big Cat Phonics Readers to support you guided reading sessions

* assessment support with photocopiable masters to help your children consolidate and practise their new skills.

This book is part of a book series called Collins Big Cat Phonics .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Collins UK has been publishing educational and informative books for almost 200 years. Kay Hiatt has held the posts of literacy coordinator, deputy head teacher and head teacher, registered Ofsted inspector and trainer for the EYFS stage.