What's New? ~ Games and books that Educate and Stimulate

What's New?     ~ The Latest News In Special Needs Resources        6 May 2011 Auslan Games and Books Fine and Gross Motor Skills Numeracy Sensory Stimulation On the Road to Reading Putting Sentences Together : Early Reading and understanding English Grammar Sequencing through reading Comprehension : Games and Books that help understanding Understanding Others Games and Books that Educate and Stimulate Hello again and welcome to another edition of our Special Needs Resource Newsletter, where we try hard to keep you all up to date with the latest Autism, Aspergers, Behavioural Needs, Sign Language, Fine and Gross Motor Skills, Early Literacy and Numeracy Resources. As always I have some great new products to tell you all about. This editions focus is Games and Books. A new spectum in our range that has, up until now, not even had a catalogue. I am glad to announce that it now does and if you would like to recieve a copy just let us know. You can also download the catelogue now (2.4MB).Obviously I can not cover every Game and Book in this newsletter, but I will highlight my favourites for you under each category Auslan Games and Books

Obviously, having specialised in the area of Auslan resources for over 13 years our range is huge, but some new and noteworthy items include: Who's Who : Auslan Edition                  $29.95 This Auslan Edition of Who's Who includes 2 ( 30 X 28cm) playing boards, each with 24 unique faces. 4 People Cards and 2 copies of the book WHO? : Describing People in Auslan. A 16 page Auslan dictionary style book that includes sections on Describing Hair, Faces, Bodies, Colours and Clothing. Plus example sentences and the Auslan Alphabet. This game enhances communication skills in English and Auslan!.... Read more, or Order, online now New Baby Sign Flashcards for Beginners        $24.95 This large set of cards comes beautifully presented in a hinged aluminum tin. Each card is 145 X 205 mm, single sided and cello coated. Cards depict a large clear illustration of the sign, the English word, beautiful clipart illustration of the object and a description of how to perform the sign. Signs included : Ball, Doll, Boy, Girl, Clean, dirty, Eat, Drink, Hot, Cold, Dad, Mum, Happy, Sad, Awake, Sleep, Toilet, Bath, Hungry, Milk, Please, Thankyou, Yes, No, Gone, More, Careful, Hurt, Good, Finish, What, Where, Smelly.....Read more, or Order, online now Fine and Gross Motor Skills Activity Books - Books with moving Components Our range of activity books all have moving parts, such as a spinning wheel, a character that threads through the pages, or a flap that lifts. They are great to keep children captivated as well as excersising those fine motor skills....read more The Runaway Train, pictured right, for example, has a felt train that threads its way through the countryside (and the book) as the story progesses. Only $19.95 Read more, or Order online now Topple treeThis highly entertaining game for all ages sees players add branches of their colour to the tree in turn. If you can get four in a row you win, but if it topples you loose! So add those pieces carefully and exercise those fine motor skills as well! For 2 to 4 players, ages 4 and up  Read more, or Order online now Look at all the Fine Motor Skill Products online now Numeracy Two Faced Clocks We featured these just before Christmas, but I had to tell you about them again, as they are so fantastic...and so very cheap...Only $6.70! This large clock (26 cm diameter clock face), has movable arms that can easily be switched between the front and back faces. The front face has an outer circle (in red) that includes the minute numbers (5,10 and so on). The inner circle where the hands appear it divided into quarter with clear arrows (including the words) pointing to Quarter and Half Past and Quarter to and O'Clock....Read more, or Order Online Now Click to look at all Numeracy Books Click to look at all Numeracy Games On the Road to Reading Starting to read can be tricky, especially for children who are also confronting other developmental and sensory challenges. We have established a collectio of resources that help children grapple with Vocab Building, Plurals (especially difficult for Deaf children) and Early Reading (in a captivating and motivating way) How Do I teach this Kid to Read!                             $32.95 Reading is so much more than reciting words on a page! But for many young children learning to read, and comprehend the text, can be so difficult. Especially for children with Autism. This book presents simple instructional strategies that can be used to help develop early literacy skills in young children with autism. Award-winning author Kimberly Henry provides dozens of fine-tuned, easily adaptable activities that teachers and parents can implement separately or in infinite combinations. Included are units on phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. Kim also lists numerous other resources you can use to supplement the lessons. Best of all, this book comes with a FREE CD of printable, visual tools This is a highly recommended tool for teachers and parents of not only children on the spectrum, but all children.....Read more, or Order Online Now Plurals $21.95 This great kit consists of 27 puzzle pairs that match the singular (e.g. goose) to the plural (geese). Irregular plurals can be tricky to learn, especially for Hearing Impaired students. This kit is ideal to help children grappling with plurals. You could use them one-on-one with a child in an intervention setting. In independent play; or as a board game....Read more, or Order Online Now Look at all Early Reading books Look at all Early Reading Games Putting sentences together Now that you build up a good vocab list, how do you put it into sentences? We have some great resources to help children understand grammar and enguage in early reading. Build A Sentence 2 : Parts of Speech Match Up $19.95 A parts of speech match up game and teacher tool kit. Contains 8 sets of 30 word play cards (240 word cards in total) and 2 colour coded playing boards. This wonderful resource helps children build sentences and begin to understand English grammar and identify parts of speech - including nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. A great tool to help develop language skills. Sentences are build on a colour coded board, using colour coded cards, that help children split sentences into their different parts. A very clever system that is fantastic for those starting out in reading, and especially beneficial for those struggling with English grammar (perhaps as English is a second language, or because a hearing Impairment or Deafness has limited exposure to English....Read more, or Order Online Now Animals : Their Homes and What they Eat $12.45 This is a fantastic game set. It includes 21 sets of cards, with three cards in each set. Each set includes an animal card, home card and food card; Each beautifully illustrated and clearly named in lower case type. For example parrot : tree hole : fruits and grains. Animals include duck, pigeon, rat, cow, hen/chicken, parrot, butterfly, rabbit, elephant, squirrel, camel, horse, goat, sheep, black bird, cat, donkey, dog, panda, monkey and bear. The game can be played by one player, or even a whole class and will not only work on this curriculum area; but also develop memory skills, improve vocabulary, enhance environmental awareness and encourage observation skills.... Read more, or Order Online Now Flip Up Fairy Tales Books only $12.95 each. Book and Audio Cd $17.95. Set discounts are also available Fairy Tales form a well-established, important part of our culture and childhood. Step into the magical world of Fairy Tales with these soft cover books (Also available packaged with Read-A-Long Audio CD's under Audio Books) This collection of books are delightfully illustrated and have fun lift-up flaps which add to the story and help maintain enthusiasm and make each story an interactive event. They also encourage prediction and discussion. Books are 21 X 21 cm and 24 pages, with at least one flip per double page. Books are sewn, not glued, making them incredibly durable ....Read More or Order Online Peek-A-Boo books The 'Peek-A-Boo' titles have a 'hole' on each page that reveals items from the next page. In the case of 'The Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly', for example, the hole gradually gets bigger to reveal her ever growing stomach with each animal inside. 'Old Mac Donald' cleverly reveals a different animal on each page that has been 'hiding' on the farm. The 'Peek-A-Boo' titles are available as Big Books (43.5 X 43.5 cm) for $32.95, Soft Cover books (29 X 29cm) for $12.95 and as Board Books (16 X 16 cm), $12.95 The board books are perfect for little fingers and very strong. All varieties are very well made and durable!....Read More or Order Online Sequencing through reading We have a wonderful collection of Books and Games that help children learn and excersise Sequencing Skills....none of which I am going to tell you about today, sorry. You will have to go to the website and discover them for yourselves under : Autism > Sensory Stimulation Comprehension : Games and Books that help understanding These resources are about expanding understanding of the English language, especially the idiosicracies and finner details. We have a growing collection of these; but I would like to highlight the Herman series, as they are just so very wonderful. These books cover idions, Questions, and directions in a unique, clear, and easy to understand manner. They are award winners across countries and are very highly recommended. Plus, they are hardcover books, making them so durable for school and home use. Only $17.95 each...Read More or Order Online Understanding Others This collection focusses on multicultural and disability awareness and understanding...many of which I have told you all about before, so I will let you browes these online on our site : Educational Books > Cultural Awarenes Educational Books > Disability Awarenes