This new edition of The Thinking Child is fully-updated with reference to the new Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Every Child Matters. The book considers the most recent research into the brain and learning, and offers practical advice on how to reflect these findings in the classroom.
There is new guidance on current challenges facing practitioners, such as dealing with stressed and over-scheduled children, the philosophy and benefits of including every child and how to address practical issues that might arise in different settings.
Other new material...
This new edition of The Thinking Child is fully-updated with reference to the new Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Every Child Mat...
This book will help you to understand what works for the growing brain, and (even more important) what doesn't It is more and more evident that HOW children learn is much more important then WHAT they learn. Babies are born with a drive to learn, but as babies become children this drive can falter. What are the keys to keeping the momentum going, so children are ready for each stage of their childhood as they reach it?We can influence the quality of learning, without buying specialist DVDs, choosing expensive toys or becoming a 'helicopter adult hovering over children and controlling...
This book will help you to understand what works for the growing brain, and (even more important) what doesn't It is more and more evident that HOW c...
You only need to watch children to know that boys and girls learn differently But we must resist the temptation to think that boys are not as good as girls - they are just different. Their skills and interests draw them to activities that are big, adventurous, risky and messy, and of course, they love being outside. This book offers you 50 ideas for things that make the most of the ways boys learn, capturing their interest and helping them to learn.
You only need to watch children to know that boys and girls learn differently But we must resist the temptation to think that boys are not as good as...
Natasha is good at taking turns. TJ isn't Natasha waits for her turn to wash her hands. TJ doesn't. She waits to speak to Grandma. TJ doesn't. She waits for her turn in games. TJ doesn't. However, there is one thing Natasha doesn't want to wait for - goodnight kisses Each of the simple stories in the 'Dealing with Feelings' series explores a familiar childhood experience.
Natasha is good at taking turns. TJ isn't Natasha waits for her turn to wash her hands. TJ doesn't. She waits to speak to Grandma. TJ doesn't. She wa...
Children love constructing models and other objects, and working with found and recycled materials has a firm and continuing place in the early years, encouraging children to be imaginative and creative as they practice their skills in joining, wrapping, bending and cutting. These materials that are often free or low cost, are available everywhere, waiting for imaginative practitioners to find and use them. This book gives you 50 ideas for using free, cheap and recycled materials in your setting, both for creative and independent play and for specific projects. The resources suggested are all...
Children love constructing models and other objects, and working with found and recycled materials has a firm and continuing place in the early years,...
Give your sand and water sessions a new lease of life with this fully updated Little Book. Split into two sections, it offers a range of activities for sand and water play that link to the early learning goals and which are accompanied by a list of suggested resources, useful vocabulary and related songs and stories to take the theme further.
Give your sand and water sessions a new lease of life with this fully updated Little Book. Split into two sections, it offers a range of activities fo...
For a child, moving from the Early Years Foundation Stage into Key Stage 1 can be a huge change. It is up to the adults involved to make the process of transition as smooth and continuous as possible. This brand new edition contains advice for teachers, teaching assistants, practitioners, parents and managers on supporting children though and after the move. It includes a special section on how we can use new knowledge about how children learn to help them build on their previous experiences of learning and what we can do to help them cope with the emotional factors involved in the...
For a child, moving from the Early Years Foundation Stage into Key Stage 1 can be a huge change. It is up to the adults involved to make the process...
The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. Exploring and investigating familiar objects and places gives children real experiences to think, plan and get involved in both indoors and outside. This book gives a variety of ideas for investigations, some of which will...
The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Ea...
Translating research about child neuroscience into practice in education is a daunting prospect for most practitioners. In fact, many see it as fraught with difficulties and risky. However, the importance of this research has never been more important. The context of the early years in the UK, has seen considerable changes within recent years, with a raft of government regulation and guidance, and a national move to free childcare entitlement at increasingly earlier ages. Combined with a mounting pressure for accountability in `Closing the Gap' between disadvantaged children and those more...
Translating research about child neuroscience into practice in education is a daunting prospect for most practitioners. In fact, many see it as fraugh...
