Jumpstart
About the Book Series
The Jumpstart! books contain ‘quick-figure' ideas that could be used as warm-ups and starter exercises; as well as extended into lessons. Each book has more than 50 inspiring games and activities for Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 classrooms. Practical, easy-to-do, and entertaining, the ‘jumpstarts’ will appeal to busy teachers in any primary school.
Jumpstart! Talk for Learning: Games and activities for ages 7-12
1st Edition
By Lyn Dawes, John Foster
November 19, 2015
Jumpstart! Talk for Learning presents a collection of multi-sensory games and activities that will jumpstart children’s use of effective talk in the classroom. This book offers practical and engaging ideas ranging from brief games to extended lesson suggestions. It offers a basis for creating your ...
Jumpstart! PSHE: Games and activities for ages 7-13
1st Edition
By John Foster
April 24, 2015
This collection of engaging and simple to use activities will jumpstart students’ understanding of themselves, their relationships and their knowledge of how to lead a healthy lifestyle. A wealth of practical activities in the book range from class and group discussions and formal debates to games,...
Jumpstart! History: Engaging activities for ages 7-12
1st Edition
By Sarah Whitehouse, Karan Vickers-Hulse
November 20, 2014
This collection of simple to use and fun activities will jumpstart pupils’ understanding of the historical skills of chronology, enquiry, historical inference and knowledge and understanding of people, places and time. History is an effective way to engage pupils in a topic and can act as a ...
Jumpstart! Thinking Skills and Problem Solving: Games and activities for ages 7–14
1st Edition
By Steve Bowkett
August 26, 2014
Jumpstart! Thinking Skills and Problem Solving presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities which will jumpstart students’ understanding of problem solving in action. If you are one of the thousands of teachers looking for a range of practical and fun ideas to engage ...
Jumpstart! Geography: Engaging activities for ages 7-12
1st Edition
By Mark Jones, Sarah Whitehouse
August 08, 2014
This collection of simple to use and fun activities will jumpstart pupils’ understanding of the geographical skills of enquiry, outdoor learning, graphicacy and communication. Pupils will develop their knowledge and understanding of people, places and issues through being encouraged to ‘think ...
Jumpstart! Spanish and Italian: Engaging activities for ages 7–12
1st Edition
By Catherine Watts, Hilary Phillips
March 19, 2014
Jumpstart! Spanish and Italian presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities which will jumpstart students’ understanding of modern languages in action. If you are one of the thousands of teachers looking for a range of practical and fun ideas to teach languages ...
Jumpstart! French and German: Engaging activities for ages 7-12
1st Edition
By Catherine Watts, Hilary Phillips
February 18, 2014
Jumpstart! French and German presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities that will jumpstart students’ understanding of modern languages in action. If you are one of the thousands of teachers looking for a range of practical and fun ideas to teach languages engagingly...
Jumpstart! Science: Games and Activities for Ages 5-11
1st Edition
By Rosemary Feasey
March 05, 2009
Jumpstart! Science provides teachers with a range of lively, short, fun activities and games to support teaching and learning in different aspects of the science curriculum. It encourages teachers to develop creative approaches to motivating and engaging children in science. The activities are ...
Jumpstart! Storymaking: Games and Activities for Ages 7-12
1st Edition
By Pie Corbett
November 28, 2008
Jumpstart! Storymaking is a collection of games and activities to develop the creative process of ‘storymaking’. It focuses upon 'storytelling for writing' as well as creating a whole school culture of storytelling, reading and writing. Storymaking is the process of retelling, innovating and ...
Jumpstart! Poetry: Games and Activities for Ages 7-12
1st Edition
By Pie Corbett
September 09, 2008
A good poetry idea should help the children feel excited about writing and enable them to think of what to write - developing their imagination, creativity and writing skills. Jumpstart! Poetry is about involving children as creative writers through writing poems. The book contains a bank of...
Jumpstart! ICT: ICT activities and games for ages 7-14
1st Edition
By John Taylor
June 30, 2006
John Taylor jumpstarts pupil and teacher enthusiasm for ICT learning with this refreshing range of simple to use activities, games and creative lesson starters. Encouraging and developing creative uses of basic ICT software, Jumpstart ICT widens teachers’ horizons, bringing ICT to the fore as an ...
Jumpstart! Literacy: Games and Activities for Ages 7-14
1st Edition
By Pie Corbett
August 06, 2004
This collection of simple to use, fun, multi-sensory games and creative lesson starters will jumpstart pupils enthusiasm for literacy learning. The `jumpstarts' cover: Warming up the word - spelling and word games Syntactic gymnastics - creating sentences and written style Games to stimulate - ...