'This book claims to be packed with practical activities to help teaching assistants support children's literacy - and it is... I enjoyed this book and feel it has helped me already in my job as a TA... I found most of the things I read in it were new to me, and beneficial...This week I have used one of the activities from the book with a small group of children who enjoyed our session and asked when we'd be doing it again.' - Learning Support

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Responding to national requirements; Chapter 2 Developing spelling competence; Chapter 3 Principles for supporting spelling; Chapter 4 Developing spelling in the Reception year; Chapter 5 Developing spelling in Years 1 and 2; Chapter 6 Supporting spelling in Key Stage 2; Chapter 7 Assessing and monitoring spelling progress; conclusion Conclusion;

'This book claims to be packed with practical activities to help teaching assistants support children's literacy - and it is... I enjoyed this book and feel it has helped me already in my job as a TA... I found most of the things I read in it were new to me, and beneficial...This week I have used one of the activities from the book with a small group of children who enjoyed our session and asked when we'd be doing it again.' - Learning Support

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Responding to national requirements; Chapter 2 Developing spelling competence; Chapter 3 Principles for supporting spelling; Chapter 4 Developing spelling in the Reception year; Chapter 5 Developing spelling in Years 1 and 2; Chapter 6 Supporting spelling in Key Stage 2; Chapter 7 Assessing and monitoring spelling progress; conclusion Conclusion;