Customer Reviews
A must have book - By: CB, 30 Aug 2007 
I love it! The children in my class love it!
It is full of literacy starters & games to get children thinking. It fits reallly well with the Ros Wilson 2020 / Big Writing & the Literacy Hour.
I wouldn't be without it.
A must for any teacher! - By: Jack Green, 23 Jun 2007 I have Jumpstart for over 3 years now & it has been invaluable in my Literacy planning. The games are split into sections, some are quick, others need more time - but alll of the games are wonderful. My class has several firm favourites, & I have been particularly happy with the spelling games, of which many are now being played at the children's home whilst learning their spellings for the week. Jumpstart games can be applied to any year group & I would recommend it to any Teacher.
A good starting point - By: SJSmith, 03 Apr 2007 
I've used a few of the activities in this book 'as they stand' & they have worked very well with my Y7-Y8 classes who are about Level 2 - Level 4.
I don't feel it is something you could refer to as an emergency 10 minutes before the lesson starts. I have to either incorporate the activities into schemes of work or refer to it the night before/morning.
Covers alll range of literacy activities & is an excellent resource in that respect.
Handy for the classroom - By: V. Sorrell, 28 Nov 2006 This has been a great classroom tool. It is easy read & has some great ideas. Some of them you may have already thought of, but on those rainy days when your brain just isn't working, it's great to be able to flip through the pages & find an inspiring starter. Or, in some cases the inspiration for a greta lessons; there are some lovely writing workshop ideas included. Great for 7-14's. A must have for every teachers tool box.
Thoroughly Useful! - By: , 22 Feb 2005 Suitable for upper KS2 & secondary level, this is a great collection of literacy starters & warm-up activites. Many of the activities & games could be adapted for KS1 & lower junior. Corbett covers virtuallly every aspect of sentence structure & language use in this gem. He is an inspiring writer & his ideas have reallly livened up the start of literacy lessons in my year 5 class.
Highly recommended!
