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 When I start School - Richard Dungworth
 When I start School - Richard Dungworth ... that children and their parents have about starting school, and to build confidence in the reader. The story is warm and offers some empathy to pre-school children and their parents. The pattern of the story follows the last few days before a child starts school. Each day the child offers a reason why she can't start school: she won't be able to use the toilet; her baby sister will be lonely and so forth. Each time, her mother reassures her by explaining the realities of school life in a positive and often humorous way.Newest Review: ... a big lover of these kiddie therapy books; I've found the best way to reassure children about the dentist is to take them to ... more ... the dentist, not read them a story about Jane's experiences!
But 'When I Start School' is much more than that. It's a week before Tommy’s first day at school and he's worried about things that could go wrong. On every page Tommy's confiding a particular worry to his ever patient mummy who calmly reassures him about everything. His first worry is that he can't find his classroom. 'I don't want to get lost mummy. I don't think I'm ready for school.' This is followed by a full page illustration showing Tommy lost in a sc...more |
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When I start School - Richard Dungworth: Helping Tommy (and Alice!) to start school (777 words)
by - written on 16/12/05 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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When Alice started reception full time a couple of years ago she was in for a shock. For twelve months she'd been attending the schools nursery part time which meant going to school at 9am and being picked up again at 11am. Not much time to get used to the school routine with the main problem being explaining to Alice why she can't have dinner at home anymore. On her first day she looked visibly nervous when she went into school and not much better when she came out! After a few days I finally got it out of her that she was worried about things that would seem trivial to us, as adults, but to a four year old the thought of not finding your classroom after a ... Read the complete review
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