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28 August 2024

UC's Child Well-being research institutes sells readers and story books for young children. They've been designed to support class teaching activities as part of our Better Start Literacy Approach. Check out the UC child well-being books in our CWRI shop.

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Better Start Literacy Approach (BSLA) Supplementary Readers

These readers for young children have been designed to support class teaching activities as part of the Better Start Literacy Approach.  

Please note the core set is currently out of stock and is in the process of being reprinted with additional new titles. The extension pack is still available which contains 15 titles listed below. The books can be used to supplement class small group reading instruction and/or for Tier 2 teaching within the Better Start Literacy Approach. These readers are small book size 18cmx18cm.

 

Core Set titles are:

Mot and Don, A Fun Run, A New Cup, Bat Needs a Nap, Hemi's Pot, Ika the Mudfish, Mot and the Cap, Mot the Fat Cat, A New Zealand Frog, Pam's Bee Sting, Pam's Top, Rat's Ride, Tama and Big Ted, The Big Wind, Weka Chick is Lost.

 

Extension Pack titles are:

Sit, Mac!, Troy's Toys, Kiwi in the Night, Kate Makes a Cake, Pat It Up, Mac the Pup, Kate's Big Game, Mot in the Pot, Dad and the Tap, Tama's Pants Are Too Small, Mud on Don, No Running at the Pool.

Full set titles are: as listed in both groups, above.

 

Price includes delivery to anywhere in New Zealand and orders are sent out from the University once a week. Please note, these products are not available for 'pickup'.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT TO THE BILLING ADDRESS. IF A DIFFERENT SHIPPING ADDRESS IS REQUIRED, PLEASE ADD THIS IN THE COMMENTS BOX.

BSLA core set supplementary readers

Core Set - 15 titles x 1 set

A single teaching set with one copy of each of the 15 titles.

Price: $40.25

Out of stock – available again soon.

BSLA core set supplementary readers

Core Set - 15 titles x 6 sets

A teaching set containing 5 copies of each of the 15 titles in this series with a bonus teacher copy which results in 6 copies altogether (90 books).

Price: $201.25

Out of stock – available again soon.

BSLA Maggie Boston extension pack

Maggie Boston Extension Pack - 12 titles x 1 set

A single teaching set with one copy of each of the 12 titles.

Price: $34.50
BSLA Maggie Boston extension pack

Maggie Boston Extension Pack - 12 titles x 6 sets

Teaching set containing 5 copies of each of the 12 titles in this series with a bonus teacher copy which results in 6 copies altogether (72 books)

Price: $172.50
BSLA full set of books

Full set - 27 titles x 1 set

A single teaching set with one copy of each of the 27 titles.

Price: $74.75

Out of stock – available again soon.

BSLA full set of books

Full set - 27 titles x 6 sets

A teaching set containing 6 copies of each of the 27 titles.

Price: $373.75

Out of stock – available again soon.

Words Can POP Children's Story Books

This selection of story books for young children have been designed to support the learning of early developing letters and sounds, and interesting words, in alignment with the Better Start Literacy Approach teaching.  These stories are suitable for use at home, in early childcare centres and in school classrooms. Each book includes detailed reading notes on how to use the book to develop hildren's word knowledge, oral language, phonological awareness and print knowledge. Each set contains 1 copy of each of the A4 sized 16 titles in this series.

The titles contained in this series are:

A Fun Run, A New Zealand Frog, Dad and the Cap, Dig the Mud, Hemi's Milk, Ika the Mudfish, Manu and the Pekapeka, Pam's Bee Sting, Pam's Top, Pekapeka Needs a Nap, Rat in the Wetland, Tama and Big Ted, Tama has Spots, The Big Wind, The Sun Sets in the West, Weka Chick is Lost.

Price includes delivery to anywhere in New Zealand and orders are sent out from the University once a week.  Please note, these products are not available for 'pickup'.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT TO THE BILLING ADDRESS. IF A DIFFERENT SHIPPING ADDRESS IS REQUIRED, PLEASE ADD THIS IN THE COMMENTS BOX.

 

Words can Pop books

Words Can POP - 16 titles x 1 set

A single teaching set with one copy of each of the 16 titles.

Price: $103.50

For all order queries please email: childwellbeingorders@canterbury.ac.nz

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