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A	Alphabet: G0/1. Each page simply contains a capital and lower case letter to colour, with a picture of the initial letter sound. Use when teaching the sounds of the letters.	1 2 3
B	Basic Words: G1-3. The 300 words most commonly used by primary school children, arranged in order of difficulty, in lists. Great for building up a sight vocabulary and for spelling – versatile and useful, plenty you can do with these.	1
	B/D Confusion: G2/3. Tackles the problems many children have with differentiating between these two similar letters, with plenty of practice exercises.	1
C	Comprehension: We have 8 titles to cover the primary school (and more in the pipeline!). Start with a couple of simple sentences and 3 questions in Level 1, and move up to the more complex questions by Level 5.	1
	Cloze G3-7. This is a fancy term for ‘fill in the missing words’, and is another way of presenting comprehension. There are 3 levels: Junior, Intermediate and Senior.	1
	Creative Writing G3-7. These 2 books contain plenty of ideas for creative writing, from paragraphs to poems, reports, diary entries, descriptions, narratives…	1
E	English Busywork "G3-6. There are 4 of these popular workbooks, each with 30 pages (most of the other Ant Books have 20 pages). Each page contains a ‘mix’ of English: reading, comprehension, language, grammar, spelling, punctuation…Levels 1 and 2 (G3 and 4) focus on the teaching of reading; Levels 3 and 4 (G5 and 6) turn the attention to the written output.	1
	English Extension A continuation of the English Busywork, for grade 7	1
H	Handwriting G0-3. There are 3 levels. I advocate teaching your child to write in the PRINT font, although there is the ‘tails’ option, too.	1
L	Language G2-7. We have 9 Language workbooks to cover the whole of the primary school. They start with simple sentence-writing in Level 1 and move right up to complex grammar, language and vocabulary extension by Level 6.	1
	Let’s Colour G0. A more formal introduction to colour, with fun exercises.	1
	Let’s Draw G0. Aimed at practising the fine motor co-ordination skills your child will need before beginning formal handwriting.	1
M	My Body G0. Exercises for your little one, based on the body.	1
P	Parts of Speech G3 AND 4. Focusing on nouns, verbs and adjectives. Plenty of practice!	1 2
	Phonics – My ABC’s G0/1. 5 workbooks covering the whole alphabet and focusing on initial sounds.	1
	Phonics – the consonant and vowel sounds G1. More workbooks covering the alphabet sounds, including games and handwriting.	1
	Phonics – The Vowel Sounds G1. To follow on from the 2 sets above. The English vowels need plenty of practice!	1
	Phonics - Level 1 G2-6/7. Don’t stop teaching phonics after grade 3! 2 workbooks at each level, covering the digraphs and diphthongs (a double page for each).	1
	Phonics – Level 2 G2-6/7. Don’t stop teaching phonics after grade 3! 2 workbooks at each level, covering the digraphs and diphthongs (a double page for each).	1
	Phonics – Level 3 G2-6/7. Don’t stop teaching phonics after grade 3! 2 workbooks at each level, covering the digraphs and diphthongs (a double page for each).	1
	Phonics – Level 4 G2-6/7. Don’t stop teaching phonics after grade 3! 2 workbooks at each level, covering the digraphs and diphthongs (a double page for each).	1
	Pre-grade 1 and 2 G0. 2 workbooks to start to make learning more formal – exercises in cognitive, language and maths activities.	1
	Punctuation, Please! G3-7. These 5 workbooks cover all the punctuation a child will need, carefully graded with revision of the work of the year before to start each one. From Book 1 to 5 they will cover capital letters, full stops, exclamation and question marks, colons, semi-colons, the dash, the comma, apostrophe, speech marks.	1
R	Reading Skills G1-4. More comprehension exercises – read, write and draw! Three levels. The children think they are merely drawing a pretty picture, but they are forced to read, skim and scan the text constantly, thus practising these techniques.	1
S	Sentences G1. Before beginning your child on language work, ensure he can copy the simple sentence.	1
	Spelling Programmes G4-7. Once your child reaches grade 4, it is time to formally teach spelling. These 4 workbooks attack spelling with a 3-pronged effect: high frequency words; phonics; rules. Must be used in conjunction with the related PHONICS, WORD SKILLS and SPELLING RULES workbooks for a comprehensive programme.	1
	Spelling Rules G6/7. Use in conjunction with the SPELLING PROGRAMMES – more exercises in the English spelling rules and their exceptions.	1
T	Touch Typing G6/7. One of the most valuable skills I ever learnt – hence all the Ant Books! We all have to use computers; teach your child to touch type for speed.	1
V	Vocabulary Building 1 and 2 G1/2. These are aimed at 2nd language students and cover high-frequency common nouns in sentence work to increase basic vocabulary.	1
W	Written Expression Formal exercises in written expression, such as reports, descriptions, narratives, poems, book reviews, etc, with notes on what to do and what not to do, and many examples. Great for grades 6 and 7.	1
	Word Skills G2-7. Everyone’s favourites! The children have to perform tasks with high-frequency words, so it involves comprehension too, as well as covering language and grammar in an informal way.	1

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A

Alphabet:

G0/1. Each page simply contains a capital and lower case letter to colour, with a picture of the initial letter sound. Use when teaching the sounds of the letters.

B

Basic Words:

G1-3. The 300 words most commonly used by primary school children, arranged in order of difficulty, in lists. Great for building up a sight vocabulary and for spelling – versatile and useful, plenty you can do with these.

B/D Confusion:

G2/3. Tackles the problems many children have with differentiating between these two similar letters, with plenty of practice exercises.

C

Comprehension:

We have 8 titles to cover the primary school (and more in the pipeline!). Start with a couple of simple sentences and 3 questions in Level 1, and move up to the more complex questions by Level 5.

Cloze

G3-7. This is a fancy term for ‘fill in the missing words’, and is another way of presenting comprehension. There are 3 levels: Junior, Intermediate and Senior.

Creative Writing

G3-7. These 2 books contain plenty of ideas for creative writing, from paragraphs to poems, reports, diary entries, descriptions, narratives…

E

English Busywork

English Extension

A continuation of the English Busywork, for grade 7

H

Handwriting

G0-3. There are 3 levels. I advocate teaching your child to write in the PRINT font, although there is the ‘tails’ option, too.

L

Language

G2-7. We have 9 Language workbooks to cover the whole of the primary school. They start with simple sentence-writing in Level 1 and move right up to complex grammar, language and vocabulary extension by Level 6.

Let’s Colour

G0. A more formal introduction to colour, with fun exercises.

Let’s Draw

G0. Aimed at practising the fine motor co-ordination skills your child will need before beginning formal handwriting.

M

My Body

G0. Exercises for your little one, based on the body.

P

Parts of Speech

G3 AND 4. Focusing on nouns, verbs and adjectives. Plenty of practice!

Phonics – My ABC’s

G0/1. 5 workbooks covering the whole alphabet and focusing on initial sounds.

Phonics – the consonant and vowel sounds

G1. More workbooks covering the alphabet sounds, including games and handwriting.

Phonics – The Vowel Sounds

G1. To follow on from the 2 sets above. The English vowels need plenty of practice!

Phonics - Level 1

G2-6/7. Don’t stop teaching phonics after grade 3! 2 workbooks at each level, covering the digraphs and diphthongs (a double page for each).

Phonics – Level 2

G2-6/7. Don’t stop teaching phonics after grade 3! 2 workbooks at each level, covering the digraphs and diphthongs (a double page for each).

Phonics – Level 3

G2-6/7. Don’t stop teaching phonics after grade 3! 2 workbooks at each level, covering the digraphs and diphthongs (a double page for each).

Phonics – Level 4

G2-6/7. Don’t stop teaching phonics after grade 3! 2 workbooks at each level, covering the digraphs and diphthongs (a double page for each).

Pre-grade 1 and 2

G0. 2 workbooks to start to make learning more formal – exercises in cognitive, language and maths activities.

Punctuation, Please!

R

Reading Skills

G1-4. More comprehension exercises – read, write and draw! Three levels. The children think they are merely drawing a pretty picture, but they are forced to read, skim and scan the text constantly, thus practising these techniques.

S

Sentences

G1. Before beginning your child on language work, ensure he can copy the simple sentence.

Spelling Programmes

Spelling Rules

G6/7. Use in conjunction with the SPELLING PROGRAMMES – more exercises in the English spelling rules and their exceptions.

T

Touch Typing

G6/7. One of the most valuable skills I ever learnt – hence all the Ant Books! We all have to use computers; teach your child to touch type for speed.

V

Vocabulary Building 1 and 2

G1/2. These are aimed at 2nd language students and cover high-frequency common nouns in sentence work to increase basic vocabulary.

W

Written Expression

Formal exercises in written expression, such as reports, descriptions, narratives, poems, book reviews, etc, with notes on what to do and what not to do, and many examples. Great for grades 6 and 7.

Word Skills

G2-7. Everyone’s favourites! The children have to perform tasks with high-frequency words, so it involves comprehension too, as well as covering language and grammar in an informal way.