Maurice the Mouse is an innovative book which is accompanied by a music CD to support multi-sensory learning. The text is set to music that uses rhythm, rhyme and beat to under-pin the spoken and written language. The book supports both dimensions of learning to read (word recognition and language comprehension) but is particularly useful when children first begin to use and apply their emerging phonemic awareness as it provides:

• Opportunities to develop phonological awareness at an increased level of complexity.

• Text that can be used to support phonic work throughout all 6 phases of Communication, Language and Literacy Development.

• Helpful repetition that can provide children with confidence as they begin to read more widely.

• Teacher’s notes that provide a wealth of ideas for developing all aspects of literacy.

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Maurice The Mouse tells the story of a mouse looking for a home. At the same time as being extremely engaging, the text is both repetitive and phonetic, offering huge support to the young reader. The appealing illustrations have an excellent picture-text match.

Turn up the volume on your computer speakers.