Sound Beginnings partner with LinkyThinks

Sound Beginnings is excited to be partnering with Linkythinks to bring their award winning resources to New Zealand. 

LinkyThinks resources provide students, educators and parents with fresh, innovative ideas for supporting learning and wellbeing. Not only are the resources innovative and inspirational, they are award winning. The Descriptionary – Humanoids resource being awarded the Winner of Educational Book of The Year at the Education Resource Awards 2022 in the UK.  

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Elementary Word Wheel Book – 6 to 9 years

A colourful book of Word Wheels, overflowing with ambitious vocabulary and bitesize descriptive phrases. Can be used as both a teacher tool and for independent learning. Includes a FREE user guide, for lesson plan ideas, games, tips and teaching activities.

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Advanced Word Wheel Book – 9 to 13 years

A colourful book of Word Wheels, overflowing with ambitious vocabulary and bitesize descriptive phrases. Can be used as both a teacher tool and for independent learning. Includes a FREE user guide, for lesson plan ideas, games, tips and teaching activities.

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Pro Word Wheel Book – teens +

The PRO edition Word Wheel book is a handy reference tool, full of vocabulary and bitesize phrases, for writing academic essays, building high-level vocabulary, writing letters, speeches, articles, applications and answering exam questions with style. Suitable for teenagers and adults.

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Make Your Own Word Wheel Book

Now every student can design their own LinkyThinks Word Wheel book, with the ‘Make Your Own’ edition. A vocabulary guide and editable log book for collecting, storing and memorising new words and phrases. Designed to inspire and empower children to independently collect high-level vocabulary and integrate new words and phrases into their speech and writing. A perfect companion to the other Word Wheel editions, useful for creative writing, Verbal Reasoning and general vocabulary expansion.

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Storygami ®️

There are two main struggles for children when writing stories: they either can’t think of ideas, or they think of too many. Storygami®️ solves both problems! This is a unique, interactive resource to spark creative ideas & structure them into four simple steps: Let the story unfold! An origami fidget toy combined with a colouring book, Storygami®️ guides children to write a story to match the pictures, adding their own ideas along the way! Six Versions included - Alien, Scuba, Haunted House, Theatre, Time Machine, Party

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Descriptionary – Humanoids edition

Winner of Educational Book of The Year at the Education Resource Awards 2022. The fun, illustrated, interactive guide to describing characters and building quality stories. Appropriate for exam preparation as well as nurturing a love of writing. Includes: Character profiles with hundreds of verbs, adjectives, similes and metaphors Illustrated guides to detailed description Funny and descriptive short stories An in-built dictionary for maximum vocabulary expansion 80 unique story titles to inspire a child’s writing Tips on balancing description, action and dialogue Guides on describing body language and emotion Large A3 book, printed on sustainable (FSC approved) paper. For ages 9-13.

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How do I feel wheel

The ‘How Do I Feel?’ Wheel is an interactive, colourful emotions wheel, helping children to process and communicate difficult feelings, using words and images. Emotional literacy and self-awareness play an important role in supporting mental health. For children, both at home and at school, experiencing feelings for the first time can be confusing and difficult to explain. This product is a double-sided, foldable board (full size: 35 x 35cm), for table-top activities or wall display, with moving dials to help children pinpoint words and images that reflect their inner thoughts and outer behaviours. Comes with a user guide, to inspire lesson plans for school, as well as at-home activities. For children and teenagers. Appropriate for those with or without signs of autism. NOW INCLUDES a LinkyThinks Emotions Chart, with Emotions Wheel Sticker Sheets for logging mood & behaviour! Processing feelings / Behaviour management / Self-expression / Conflict resolution / Building vocabulary / Self-reflection / Mood regulation / Healthy communication / Empathy / SEN Support

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