Do you know a 4 - 6 year old child with advanced reading skills that aren't being met by simplistic picture books, but who aren't yet ready to be exposed to the more mature themes of more advanced texts?
The Finn the Fox series are junior fiction texts which address this niche that parents and teachers alike have been crying out for!
Specifically designed by teachers with over 40 years' experience, each story features bright, colourful pictures and cute characters to attract the young reader, and a simple story with a soft moral lesson.
Yet these are combined with the beginnings of more advanced language devices to challenge and develop reading skills, such as:
- Predicting with limited information
- Inferring meaning as shown through actions and expressions rather than direct telling
- Questioning and justifying their answers with evidence from the text
- Using context to derive the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary
- Using simple headings to understand what a section will tell about
- Identifying a point in the story where the problem is resolved
Equivalent to high level Fountas and Pinnell texts, Finn the Fox books are perfect for teachers to use for small group reading circles or as a Big Book text, whether your focus is on inferencing, predicting or questioning. Parents will also love the easy to understand question prompts to engage and expand the thinking of their children whilst reading together.
