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The Infant Explorer site has been written as part of the Kent National Grid for Learning initiative. You can find more useful Web sites and resources on the Kent NGfL Web site. |
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This Web site aims to help young children become confident and competent users of the Internet. It contains interactive books, encourages the use of E-mail and provides opportunities for the children's work to be published on the site, making it available for a worldwide audience! |
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Infant
Explorer also provides a safe place for children to explore and learn
on-line. When sending an E-mail to Sebastian Swan please remember not
to include children's surnames. We will only publish children's first
names on the pin board. Download the think then click poster to promote responsible internet use in your school and for more information please refer to the Kent Internet Access Policy. |
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Sebastian's
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Guess Who 2? Written by one of Sebastian's friends, Toby Turtle, this rhyming book introduces some of the amazing animals that live in Costa Rica. The book uses larger, animated text and the option to take a peek at the animal. Children can also listen to the story as they read. Resources, including Interactive White Board and Clicker 5, have been developed to support this book as part of the creative curriculum. |
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Guess Who? This book introduces a new author; Sydney the black swan! He tells a rhyming story, where children guess the names of animals that live in the Australian tropical rain forest. Resources have been provided to link this story to the QCA Key Stage 1 Science Scheme of Work. | ||||||||
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Sebastian Swan's Story This book has been designed to be used with early years children. As you read the story, encourage children to listen and identify the most common initial sound or phoneme in each sentence. Sounds featured include s,c,m,t,b,h and g. | ||||||||
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The Lost Cygnet Sebastian and Sarah lose one of their cygnets. While Sebastian is searching he meets other animals and their young around the lake! This story introduces simple counting with interactive roll over buttons! The literacy activities have been designed for the spring term with Year 1, although the repeated structure and simple counting also makes it suitable for Year R. |
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Sebastian's Rhyme This story focuses on introducing children to CVC's words. The literacy activities were designed to be use in the second half of the autumn term - Year 1. |
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Pond Web This book was written by Year 5 and 6 children attending the Kent Children's University. It looks at the story of who eats who in the lake! The literacy activities were designed to be use in the second half of the summer term - Year 1,2. |
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Sebastian's Waddle In this story, Sebastian goes for a waddle around his lake and notices signs of spring. The literacy activities were designed to be used in the first half of the spring term - Year 1,2 |
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In the Autumn... This story highlights autumnal changes and introduces some of the different animals that live at the Canterbury Environmental Education Centre. The literacy activities were designed to be used in the second half of the autumn term - Year 2. |
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The Swan Story A simple story describing the life cycle of swans. The literacy activities were designed to be use in the first half of the autumn term - Year R,1,2. |
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The site has been designed to be as cross-curricular as possible, although, it is intended that the Web site be used as part of the Literacy Hour. | ||||||||
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These pages have been designed and produced by Key Stage 1 teachers and we would welcome any feedback or ideas. | ||||||||
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The following table gives you more information about the different pages available on Infant Explorer. | ||||||||
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