Books in the Jumpstart series

Encourages teachers to develop creative approaches to motivating and engaging children in science. This book features 55 science games and activities. It is suitable for primary teachers.

Provides a range of activities, games and creative lesson starters. Key aims of this book include: making learning ICT techniques fun for both teacher and pupil; developing the ICT confidence of non-specialist teachers; and more. This work is aimed at KS2 teachers and KS3 ICT teachers seeking to refresh their ICT teaching.

Jumpstart! French and German presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities that will jumpstart students¿ understanding of modern languages in action. If you are one of the thousands of teachers looking for a range of practical and fun ideas to teach languages engagingly, then this is the perfect book for you. The book opens with a range of innovative ideas to help you set the scene in your language classroom. These are followed by a feast of short and simple activities designed to help you make quick starts with your students and hold their attention. The focus throughout is on communicative action, bringing languages alive with all activities presented in two languages: French and German.

A good poetry idea should help the children feel excited about writing and enable them to think of what to write - developing their imagination, creativity and writing skills. This book contains ideas that can be drawn upon when teaching poetry but also at other times to provide a source for creative writing that children relish.

These fun multi-sensory games should jumpstart pupils' enthusiasm for learning. The games will: help busy teachers save time using photocopiable spreads; consolidate pupils' previous learning; and stimulate pupils' memory.

A collection of games and activities to develop the creative process of 'storymaking'. It focuses upon 'storytelling for writing' as well as creating a whole school culture of storytelling, reading and writing. It contains 'quick-fire' ideas that could be used as creative warm-ups and starters or developed into lessons.

Contains more than forty drama activities. This book helps teachers to use literary and non fiction texts in a dramatic and motivating manner.