The new holiday homework workbook, created with the scientific supervision of Daniela Lucangeli, is addressed to children who are preparing to enter primary school. It features an engaging comic story, with many entertaining games and activities to do during summer to get ready for primary school.
THE ACTIVITIES
I Grow Up Learning proposes a series of activities that develop children’s competences on the prerequisites of:
COLLECT CLUES AND LEARN
In the volume, four cute characters, Fly, Slow, Plus and Delfy, are involved in a new adventure: the beginning of primary school. Following their precious suggestions, and supported by their parents, children will do holiday homework having fun, reading comics, solving riddles, and collecting clues.
LET’S DISCOVER THE BOOK
Presentation of the characters and activities, instructions on how to use the book and suggestions for parents
The comic that introduces the story
Exercises and activities in a playful and engaging context
Games to play alone or in company
The clues to cut out and paste on the indicated pages
Clue collection pages
Leaf through some pages translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product:
THE AUTHORS
Daniela Lucangeli is a full-time child psychology professor, vice rector of the University of Padova, president of the National Association for Specialized Teachers (CNIS), member of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD) and president of Mind4children Spin-off at the University of Padova, as well as author of numerous national and international scientific journals.
Nicoletta Perini, Psychologist, specialized in Life Cycle Psychology and expert in Learning Psychopathology.
She worked for about ten years as a clinical psychologist in centers that dealt with diagnosis and intervention in school difficulties. She currently works as an enterprise fellow at Loughborough University, carries out training activities for teachers on issues related to school problems and collaborates on various editorial and training projects with Erickson Research and Development.
Maria Condotta, primary school teacher specialized in intervention models for Special Educational Needs, Specific Learning Disorders and Gifted Children and in children’s literature. She collaborates with MindForChildren.