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Need help with your EYFS paperwork? Our EYFS Trackers will make your job as a childminder a lot easier. Observe and record children's progress in an easy format. We also have books to help childminders with EYFS activity ideas, tackle behaviour problems, help with communication and language development and many others.
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Attention difficulties Autism
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EYFS Trackers
Telephone: 01785 620364
"Thank you for such wonderful speedy service - just to say your site has been more help to us than all the training sessions and literature we get through our local sure start! thanks again" Anne
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One of the biggest problems facing early years staff appears to be paperwork relating to the EYFS. Many solutions are put forward, but thousands of childminders find Trackers to be the best. Here is a system that will make your life a lot easier – and remove those paperwork headaches.
When ordering your copies, you need to bear in mind the changes to the EYFS due in September 2012 |
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£6 (FREE postage) ... 5 copies @ £5.50 each, 10 copies @£4 each ... |
With prompts and examples of what to look out for, this will make your job as a childminder so much easier ... Trackers Plus displays all the Development Matters within each Area of Learning (very much like the guidance), but here's the benefit – alongside each of these we have provided prompts or examples of the skills, understanding or competence to look out for. Have a look at sample pages here.
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£5 (FREE postage) ... 10 copies @ £3.50 each |
Designed to help childminders track children’s progress throughout the EYFS. Observe and record children’s progress in a consistent way throughout your early years setting. Usable by everyone – staff, and parents – Trackers make the whole process much easier. They are widely used (over 90,000 sold).
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Making the EYFS Work for You (0-36 mths)
Only £8 (FREE postage) ... normal price £12.50 |
Here is a 144 page EYFS book full of practical hints, tips, sample activities and proformas so that you can develop a consistent approach. This practical, well laid-out manual will also help you: 1) record spontaneous events in a consistent format; 2) evaluate your EYFS planning; 3) identify gaps to be addressed in your children’s development.
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Making the EYFS work for you (30-60+ mths)
Only £8 (FREE postage) ... normal price £12.50 |
Draw up activity planners for the EYFS . . . practical hints, tips, sample activities and pro-formas so that you can develop a consistent approach. This will also help you: record spontaneous events in a consistent format; evaluate your EYFS planning; make relevant comments each time an activity is carried out to keep other practitioners informed; further identify gaps to be addressed in your children’s development by transferring observations made to developmental Trackers. "This pick-up-and-use book could save hours of planning ..." read reviews
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The EYFS Handbook
£6 (an online resource and is emailed to you) |
Linking all your policies, welfare requirements and how they fit in with the themes within the Framework can be quite daunting. This book shows how one group of nurseries has managed to do this successfully – you will be able to take what has been developed and adapt it to your setting. There are charts for staff, parents and outside agencies that will help you ensure that all outcomes in Every Child Matters are covered in your setting’s curriculum, policies and procedures. This is an online resource. See the entire book (all 64 pages) before deciding to buy. |
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The EYFS focuses a lot on Communication and the early identification of language difficulties. This is a detailed but easy to use programme that will help you support the early development of language. It's very structured, with a clear plan for each day that is very easy to implement.
"This is an excellent resource ..." read more
For details of courses run by the author, Rebecca Bergmann, click here.
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A-Z of Tricky Behaviours in the Early Years
£4 (FREE postage) ... normal price £5 |
Imaginative ideas for dealing with some of the more common difficult behaviours that you might have to deal with from biting to swearing. The book is divided into two sections - a short section offering a set of principles for managing children's behaviour, followed by an A-Z of typical problem behaviours, with real-life examples and suggested solutions.
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Behaviour Management in the Early Years
£4 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
What is ‘typical’ behaviour in young children? How do you set about changing problem behaviour? What do we mean when we talk about behaviour management? How do I draw up a Behaviour Policy for my setting? What is the best way of observing and assessing behaviour? You'll find the answers in this easy-to-read guide.
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£3 (FREE postage) ... normal price £4 |
This book provides a method for assessing and recording what children can do in the Foundation Stage. Aimed especially at teachers who have children with special educational needs in their care, it can be used with all children and fits in well with everyday activities. It adopts a ‘one step at a time’ approach and suggests ideas on how to develop a child’s repertoire of play.
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Observation and Assessment of Children in the Early Years
£5 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
This book provides some practical examples of how you can assess and observe children learning. The focus is on using assessment to establish starting points for teaching and learning; identifying and assessing children who might have special needs; different observation techniques; assessments carried out by other professionals; and involving children and adults in assessment and planning.
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AD/HD and Attention Difficulties in the Early Years
£4 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
In this book Hannah Mortimer concentrates on planning and supporting the individual needs of children with attention difficulties. There are useful pointers to help in identification; examples of developing, implementing and monitoring programmes and activities; working with other professionals; and working in partnership with parents.
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Music Makers: Music circle time to include everyone
£8 (FREE postage) ... normal price £12 |
Recommended choice in Nursery World (read the review). Full of ideas about how to put music circle time into practice with links to the Early Years Foundation Stage and with planning sheets, assessment sheets. A great book for anyone working with young children and a useful tool when working with children with SEN.
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Listening to Children in their Early Years
£5 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
Listening to children involves much more than simply ‘hearing’ what they have to say . . . we know that. But how do we tune in to children? How do we really see things from their point of view?
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Autistic Spectrum Disorders in the Early Years
£6 (FREE postage) ... normal price £8 |
This book on autism for parents and practitioners starts with an introduction that includes a helpful 'frequently asked questions' type section. Chapter two discusses diagnoses and labelling; there is a chapter on understanding autistic spectrum disorders, and others covering educational goals and specialist approaches, working with parents, building communication skills, developing social understanding and play and, finally, managing behaviour.
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Education in the Early Years Series Special Offer
Buy the full set of 13 books and get the entire set for half-price
(total cost £40.50 ... normally £81) |
A series of thirteen, easy-to-read, titles covering a wide range of issues in early years education. Topics include behaviour, inclusion, emotional literacy, autism, AD/HD, specific learning difficulties, observation and assessment, PSE, literacy, SEN code of practice, gifted and talented children, mathematical development.
Titles can be bought separately, but if you buy the whole series you get all the titles for half-price ... that's the entire set for just £40.50 instead of £81 (see details below). |
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Education in the Early Years Series Special Offer
Buy the full set of 13 books and get the entire set for half-price
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Special Offer Buy the full set and get every title for only half-price (total cost £40.50 ... normally £81) Full details of all 13 books below
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