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The Honey Ant Readers Starter Pack includes one of each essential resource from the learn-to-read program designed to build vocabulary and confidence, inspiring beginner learners to recognize and decode words and enjoy the process of reading! The complete pack of quality, colour-printed resources is ideal for schools, tutors or for learning to read at home. We recommend one Activity book and one Writing book per student. The pack contains cards to match HAR 1 to 10. In set 1 each word in HAR 5 is represented by a picture, a picture + word and a word card. In set 2 each word in HAR 5 is represented by a picture, a picture + word and a word card. The activity book contains 72 pages of activities based on the words and concepts gained by reading HAR 1 to 5. The Colours book is the first in our new 'Speaking' series, developed to encourage speaking through the use of bright pictures and suggested comments and questions in Standard Australian English. The Writing book encourages learners to be authors and illustrators of their own stories. It has lined pages on the left and plain pages on the right for illustrations.

ISBN:978-1-921705-74-8

ISBN: 978-1-921705-75-5

Each book includes notes detailing the rationale behind the author's decisions about which words to use, which sounds to include and what SAE grammar to introduce in that particular book. ISBN: 978-1-921705-43-4

From HAR 11 there is only one edition which has teachers notes at the back. These notes detail the rationale underpinning the HAR  and discuss the reasons for the author's decisions about which words to use, which sounds to include and what SAE grammar to introduce in that particular book. The books continue to gradually scaffold the learners towards fluent reading in SAE. The language of the text moves gradually from AE into SAE. The text is very repetitive to allow the learners to experience success and to enhance their learning. The teacher's notes explain where each book is situated on that journey. HAR 11 tells the story of 3 children who go out hunting for bushtucker with Nana. HAR 12 is the story of the Rainbow Serpent as told to the author by Trudi Inkamala, an elder and keeper of the story. HAR 13 tells the story of a woman who swops her baby for another. The mother whose baby she takes eventually finds her baby again, returns the woman's bigger baby that was left in the coolamon, and all ends happily. This story was told to the author by Trudi Inkamala, so that it could be used to teach Aborignal children to read. HAR 14 tells the story of 2 sisters who go out hunting for bush tucker. A 'bad' young man comes along and causes mischief...but it all ends happily. This story was given to the author by Trudi Inkamala to use in the HAR so that children can read stories that are familair to them, and in order to preserve the stories in writing. HAR 15 tells the story of a family who go out hunting for perentie. This story is based on real life experiences of people in Central Australia. Alison Furber, a Central Arrernte teacher, assisted the author with the facts. HAR 16 'Hunting on a Hot Day' tells the story of a family's day in the bush, hunting for bush tucker, going for a swim to cool down and eventually eating their catch. It will be available shortly.

This fun book is packed with 72 pages of leveled interactive activities such as tracing, colouring-in, puzzles, mazes, matching, practical word, letter and number activities, as well as instrucctions for making beads, a damper recipe and a pull-out A3 colour board game with a template for counters. Based on the vocabulary and concepts introduced in HAR 1 to 5, the book can be used to teach the 4 macro-skills of English - writing, reading, listening and speaking as well as maths, rhymes, songs and practical life activities such as cooking, or crafts. Students can work at their own pace and we recommend one Activity Book per child so that they have a final product that reflects their work and that they can be proud of. ISBN: 978-1-921705-73-1

The books continue to gradually scaffold the learners towards fluent reading in SAE. The language of the text moves gradually from AE into SAE. The text is very repetitive to allow the learners to experience success and to enhance their learning. The teacher's notes explain where each book is situated on that journey. HAR 1 to 10 are written to scaffold learners into reading from the very beginning. The brief, large text is on the left page and clear, large, colour pictures are on the right, facing page. Reader 1 only has 7 words in it, chosen because they have sounds AE speakers are familiar with, they are part of the vocabulary of AE speakers, they are phonic and they only contain the short SAE vowels. The stories in the 10 HARs are about children who go to school on a red bus, go digging for honey ants, find a snake and have adventures with a naughty dog. HAR 11 tells the story of 3 children who go out hunting for bushtucker with Nana. HAR 12 is the story of the Rainbow Serpent as told to the author by Trudi Inkamala, an elder and keeper of the story. HAR 13 tells the story of a woman who swops her baby for another. The mother whose baby she takes eventually finds her baby again, returns the woman's bigger baby that was left in the coolamon, and all ends happily. This story was told to the author by Trudi Inkamala, so that it could be used to teach Aborignal children to read. HAR 14 tells the story of 2 sisters who go out hunting for bush tucker. A 'bad' young man comes along and causes mischief...but it all ends happily. This story was given to the author by Trudi Inkamala to use in the HAR so that children can read stories that are familair to them, and in order to preserve the stories in writing. HAR 15 tells the story of a family who go out hunting for perentie. This story is based on real life experiences of people in Central Australia. Alison Furber, a Central Arrernte teacher, assisted the author with the facts. HAR 16 'Hunting on a Hot Day' tells the story of a family's day in the bush, hunting for bush tucker, going for a swim to cool down and eventually eating their catch. It will be available shortly.