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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 early years practitioners find Trackers to be the best. Here is a system that will make your life a lot easier – and remove those paperwork headaches.
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£6 (FREE postage) There are different prices for different quantities (as low as £3.25 per copy)
This covers birth to five years and is more detailed than the Trackers book below. |
The new
version of Trackers ... You are expected to keep a record
of each child’s progress. But when it comes to looking at the
Development Matters statements in the EYFS Guidance they can be
so vague! |
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£5 (FREE postage) |
This is the first version of
Trackers that we produced when the EYFS first came out and is
still widely used. It is a simple method of helping you
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 already sold). |
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Making the EYFS Work for You (0-36 mths)
£12.50 (FREE postage) |
144 pages 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 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)
£12.50 (FREE postage) |
Draw up activity planners . . . 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 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 review
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The EYFS Handbook
£5.88 (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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£18.50 (FREE postage) |
The Government's Every Child a Talker initiative focuses on speech, language and communication. Stories for Talking will help you set up a programme to support the early development of language. |
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An A-Z of Tricky Behaviours in the Early Years £5 (FREE postage) |
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
£6 (FREE postage) |
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 the nursery? 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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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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Music Makers: Music circle time to include everyone £12 (FREE postage) |
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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Bullying: Managing fear in young children
£6 (FREE postage) |
When a child is suffering because of persistent teasing or where a child has been bullied, the adults in their lives are often left feeling ‘if only I could do something to help...’. This book provides one method of giving such help using techniques taken from cognitive behavioural therapy and NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming). Suitable for professionals and parents who are concerned that a child is vulnerable to bullying and/or teasing, this book provides a discreet approach for helping the child to cope better. The ‘talk-through’ approach aims to provide a practical framework for you to ‘get started’. |
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Managing anger in young children
£5 (FREE postage) |
Do you have a
child with a very short fuse? A child that overreacts in most
situations? |
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Managing anxiety in young children
£5 (FREE postage) |
A practical
framework to help adults provide emotional support to young
children aged 4 to 11. It can be used at home or at school. There are 12 practical sessions with the emphasis on involving the child in each. There are useful activities for working on relaxation techniques, comments from adults who have used the approach and a list of further resources to help. |
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Listening to Children in their Early Years
£6 (FREE postage) |
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? Here are practical ways to help you do just that - techniques for developing good two-way communication; ideas on how to use cameras to involve children; child conferencing; child passports; the Mosaic approach and many, many more. There are also sections on how to tune in to babies; working with children with disabilities and some examples of all these activities in practice. |
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Helping Children Hang On To Your Every Word
£10 (FREE postage) |
Why is it that the children who
can least afford to switch off are the ones who don’t pay
attention? And that children who most need to ask for help are
the ones least likely to do so? If children are opting out in
the classroom, switching off or passively waiting for direction,
we need to understand the barriers they face and help them
engage by making their learning opportunities more meaningful,
interactive and rewarding. This will help you make the classroom experience more accessible to all learners, and highlights the links between behaviour and hidden language processing difficulties. |
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Active Listening for Active Learning £65 (FREE postage) Now Available |
Children with attention problems, poor thinking skills, avoidance tactics, over-reliance on adults and low self-esteem present real problems. Why don’t these children ask for help or seek clarification? This is a resource for all teachers who recognise children who are too nervous or inexperienced to ask questions; those with language difficulties who nod vacantly when asked if they understand; those who insist they are right and see only one point of view; those who lack self-help and questioning strategies and those who cannot distinguish facts from guessing or opinion. Both whole-class and individual strategies are provided to support these children at the different stages of their journey towards becoming effective listeners and confident communicators, with a wealth of photocopiable resources, detailed language activities and assessment procedures. |
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Developing an Inclusion Policy in your early years setting £6 (FREE postage) |
Covering important issues such as special educational needs, anti-discrimination, behaviour, bullying, disability and equal opportunities, this book will help you develop an inclusion policy for your setting and provide you with practical ideas with its day-to-day implementation. |
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£18.50 (FREE postage) |
This is a structured language programme to
teach a range of language skills, through stories, story themes and
storytime at 3 different levels – teaching vocabulary, building
sentences and developing sequencing and narrative skills.
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£8 (FREE postage) |
An introduction includes a '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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AD/HD and Attention Difficulties
£6 (FREE postage) |
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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Observation and Assessment of Children in the Early Years
£6 (FREE postage) |
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 educational needs; different observation techniques; assessments carried out by other professionals; and involving children and adults in assessment and planning. |
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SEN Code of Practice in EY
£6 (FREE postage) |
The SEN Code of Practice provides guidance on the identification, assessment and provision for children’s special educational needs. This book focuses on the duties within early years settings, providing practical advice on designing an inclusive SEN policy for your setting; the role of the SENCO; how to set up SEN procedures and plan differentiated provision; designing and implementing IEPs; how you can monitor SEN provision; working in partnership with parents; involving children in the way you plan and meet their needs. |
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Emotional Literacy
£6 (FREE postage) |
Emotional literacy encompasses a range of
important issues including self-awareness, self-control, dealing with
relationships, communicating with others, and self-esteem. It is a term
that is increasingly being used to describe the work we do with children
to foster their mental health. In this book, Hannah Mortimer looks at
children’s early learning and behaviour, what happens when things go
wrong and what we need to do to encourage emotional well-being.
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Gifted and Talented Children
£6 (FREE postage) |
Exploring some of the myths and dilemmas surrounding giftedness, the author focuses on strategies in which carers are encouraged to match different learning styles with different teaching approaches. There is also helpful guidance on managing behaviour and working with families. The issues are addressed in a clear and readable style, always with short examples and a practical focus. |
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Specific Learning Difficulties
£6 (FREE postage) |
This book will be useful to all who work with young children as an aid to observe their strengths and weaknesses and provide appropriate programmes and activities where necessary. Dorothy Smith provides a succinct summary covering background information about the nature of specific learning difficulties and then focuses on three key areas: developing and implementing procedures for the regular observation and assessment of children; developing programmes and activities to meet the needs of children with specific learning difficulties; and working with parents. |
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
£6 (FREE postage) |
This focuses on assessing the social and emotional needs of all children; developing programmes and activities to meet the social and emotional needs of each child; strategies for helping self-confidence and esteem; developing and implementing programmes and activities to support children with difficult and challenging behaviour; monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the assessment of children. |
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Literacy in the Early Years
£8 (FREE postage) |
Literacy links the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. In this book, Dorothy Smith provides a comprehensive analysis of the acquisition of these important skills. Assessment techniques are also examined and a wide variety of activities suggested. Written in an easy and accessible style, this book will enhance effective language and literacy teaching and learning in early years settings. |
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Problem Solving, Reasoning & Numeracy
£6 (FREE postage) |
At a very early age, children are beginning to grasp
mathematical ‘concepts’ as they endeavour to make sense of the world. In
this book, Hannah Mortimer explains these early stages of development
and provides practical examples of how early years workers can support
and encourage early number work. From the child’s first year, through
toddlerhood, the under threes and the Foundation Stage, examples are
given that will help you both understand and support children’s
mathematical development.
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£2.50 (FREE postage) ... normal price £2.95 |
This is a practical book for parents on how to manage their young children’s behaviour positively and effectively. There are suggestions for managing bedtimes and mealtimes, ideas for encouraging independence and approaches for encouraging appropriate behaviour. There are also helpful suggestions on preparing young children for nursery and school. |
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Managing your 8-12 year-old
£2.50 (FREE postage) ... normal price £2.95 |
A user-friendly guide covering areas such as improving a child's self-esteem, communication, making rules and setting boundaries, rewards, sanctions and dealing with arguments. The advice given is flexible and practical. |
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Managing your 13-16 year-old
£2.50 (FREE postage) ... normal price £2.95 |
This provides a practical guide for the difficult teenage years on building self-esteem; the value of good communication; on managing conflict; and negotiating with a teenager. Plenty of good, practical suggestions.
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Positive Parenting
£2.50 (FREE postage) |
Raising children has never been more in the public eye than in recent times. It is just about one of the most difficult tasks that we face. Children do need guidance. They also need freedom to develop their personalities and independence and finding the right balance is important. Parents are increasingly recognised as the key to enabling their children to learn socially acceptable behaviour. Relationships are seen as central to providing children with an understanding of how to behave. Positive Parenting has some simple, practical strategies for parents which will enable them to develop and improve relationships with their children. It will also provide professionals with ideas they can pass on to parents. |
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Taking Part £3 (FREE postage) |
There is a requirement that all pupils be
involved in their own statutory assessment, and that their views be sought
and taken into account. Sometimes, very young children may be unable to make
their views known without additional help. This is a booklet to help young
children take part in such a statutory assessment. It is written from a
child's perspective and in such a way that children can read it themselves,
or have it read to them by an adult. It is a way of helping the child become
interested in the assessment, explaining what will happen, who the child
will meet, and encourage the child to say what kind of help he or she wants.
special offer £2 |
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Baby and Me
£5 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
Baby music time, sensory games, the use of baby massage and activities to promote looking, listening, laughing, playing and sharing together. The book helps you to plan your sessions, describes the kind of sessions that work best, offers practical suggestions for activities and provides you with a framework for evaluating what you’re doing.
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Music and Play
£5 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
This book will help you with ideas about what you need in terms of equipment and skills; suggestions for the music session that are accessible at any level of musical ability (you do not need to be musical yourself); supported play activities; evaluate your sessions; a list of resources and contacts. |
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RUMPUS
£5 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
RUMPUS is a user-friendly title for what is effectively a pre-school behaviour group. Developed by educational and child psychologist Hannah Mortimer, the aim is to support parents and their young children where there are particular difficulties in managing behaviour. What you will find is a combination of approaches to put parents at their ease, improve the attention skills of the children, encourage early language and interactive play, build up family relationships and provide practical advice based on realistic expectations. |
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Step by Step
£5 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
Some young children need extra support to encourage their development — they might have special needs or they might need extra stimulation and structure to make progress. This book will help you set up and run such a group — how to plan, the type of sessions that work, suggestions for step by step teaching and finally, evaluating the sessions. |
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Making Connections
£5 (FREE postage) ... normal price £6 |
How to set up a therapeutic group for
parents or carers who have attachment difficulties with their young
children. This will help you understand more about patterns of
attachment and provides practical ways of designing interventions that
will help build self-esteem in parents and carers and their children and
help form attachments.
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Buy the set of 5 parent and carer books (above) and get all the books at half price (total cost £15) |
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Accelerating Babies' Communication
£5 + VAT
This is available as a download only |
The Accelerating Babies' Communication programme was developed for carers to learn how to introduce baby signing and create the optimum communication environment for infants. The programme runs over four sessions and combines two excellent approaches:
The ABC programme can be used with parents
interested in teaching their babies to sign, as a preventative tool
where infants may be at risk of language delay or as a remedial tool
where infants are already displaying a delay in their communication. How to order This is a download. The cost is just £5 + VAT (£5.88) and you can copy and use the resources in your setting as much as you need to. Simply place the order and we will then email you a pdf of the book.
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Sign with your Baby
Complete Learning Kit
This can be ordered from Forest Books (www.forestbooks.com) |
Babies have control over their hands long before they develop the fine motor skills required for speech. By teaching their infants to sign, starting as early as eight months, more and more parents, grandparents and carers are recognising the benefits of this early communication. This comprehensive package provides you with an easy-to-follow method to help you and your baby begin signing. There are illustrations and demonstrations of the most effective signs to use. You will be amazed at how much babies can communicate with their hands - 'I'm hungry', 'I'm thirsty' or 'I have an earache' - many months before they can speak! The kit includes a book, training video, British Sign Language reference book, and a quick reference guide. |
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Education in the Early Years Series Special Offer
Buy a set of 13 books dealing with early years for half-price (see more details below)
(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 more details below). |
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An A-Z of Tricky Behaviours |
How often have you wished for an instruction manual when trying to deal with tricky behaviour? Of course every child is unique and there are no ‘recipes’ when it comes to dealing with difficult behaviour. However, here are some imaginative ideas for managing some of the more common tricky behaviours you are likely to have to deal with on a day-to-day basis in a nursery group, crèche, playgroup or childminding setting. These include biting, bossing, climbing, crying, ditching the dummy, kicking and smacking, lack of confidence, not doing as asked, pulling and tugging, running off, scratching and gouging, soiling, spitting, swearing and temper tantrums. Each has a brief pen picture of a child displaying that kind of difficulty, how staff worked out what to do, what they did and why it worked. |
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Gifted and Talented Children |
What do we mean by 'gifted' and 'talented'? What are the characteristics of gifted learners? How do we identify and support children in the early years who show early signs of giftedness? Hannah Mortimer deals with these and other issues, providing practical suggestions about how to identify and meet the needs of gifted and talented pupils. Exploring some of the myths and dilemmas surrounding giftedness, the author focuses on strategies in which carers are encouraged to match different learning styles with different teaching approaches. There is also helpful guidance on managing behaviour and working with families. The issues are addressed in a clear and readable style, always with short examples and a practical focus. |
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Behaviour Management |
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 the nursery? What is the best way of observing and assessing behaviour? What sort of interventions should I try, and what happens when those don’t seem to be working?
How should we support parents who have a child with challenging
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Inclusion |
Writing an inclusion policy, putting it
into practice and then providing evidence that you are following it
presents a challenge for early years settings. We so want to ‘get it
right’ that it can be quite daunting. Here is a book that will help you
to get it right. It covers important issues such as special educational needs; anti-discrimination; behaviour; bullying; disability; equal opportunities. The book will help you develop an inclusion policy for your setting and provide you with practical ideas with its day-to-day implementation. Provided also, is a sample inclusion policy for you to adapt to your own setting. |
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Emotional Literacy |
The term 'emotional literacy' encompasses a range of important issues including self-awareness, self-control, dealing with relationships, communicating with others, and self-esteem. It is a term that is increasingly being used to describe the work we do with children to foster their mental health. In this book, Hannah Mortimer looks at children’s early learning and behaviour, what happens when things go wrong and what we need to do to encourage emotional well-being. There are also sections on early intervention projects; working with other professionals; listening to children; and supporting children through major life changes such as family breakdown or bereavement. |
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Autistic Spectrum Disorders |
Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are complex. The numbers of children with these conditions seem to be increasing and staff in early years settings are being faced with the difficulties of helping these children learn and develop. This book will provide you with a practical understanding to help you achieve this. Although aimed at all those working in early years settings, this will also be helpful to parents of young children with an ASD. Sections include:
The main areas of concern are addressed in a clear and readable style, always with a practical focus, and short examples, on what needs to be done and the principles to guide your practice. |
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Observation & Assessment |
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 educational needs; different observation techniques; assessments carried out by other professionals; and involving children and adults in assessment and planning. |
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Specific Learning Difficulties
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This book will be useful to all who work with young children as an aid to observe their strengths and weaknesses and provide appropriate programmes and activities where necessary. This is not intended to be a definitive guide for identifying and labelling early years children as having specific learning difficulties. As is stressed throughout the book, many observable features within children's learning in the early years may be the result of developmental delay or maturation and need not be signs of specific learning difficulties. Many of the activities or programmes suggested can be used with all children and not just for those causing concern. Dorothy Smith provides a succinct summary covering background information about the nature of specific learning difficulties and then focuses on three key areas: developing and implementing procedures for the regular observation and assessment of children; developing programmes and activities to meet the needs of children with specific learning difficulties; and working with parents. In a clearly written and readable style, Dorothy Smith provides a well-balanced and constructive aid, full of practical ideas. |
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development |
Learning to get on with others, learning about what is 'right' and 'wrong', beginning to speak about and understand feelings, and developing personal independence are very important areas in our personal and social skills. Early years carers are well placed to nurture the development of these skills in the first five years. In a simple and readable style, Hannah Mortimer focuses on:
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AD/HD and Attention Difficulties |
The term Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) has become more widely used in the UK in recent years. Nevertheless, it remains a controversial topic for many people particularly, perhaps, because of the medication sometimes prescribed in its treatment. In this book Hannah Mortimer concentrates on planning and supporting the individual needs of children with attention difficulties rather than being preoccupied with the dilemmas surrounding diagnosis and treatment. 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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Literacy in the Early Years |
Literacy links the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. It crosses curriculum boundaries and is at the heart of education. The process of becoming literate begins at home and continues beyond school and further education establishments. The importance of developing these skills at an early age is underlined by respective governments’ focus on a literacy strategy and literacy targets. In this book, Dorothy Smith provides a comprehensive analysis of the acquisition of these important skills. Assessment techniques are also examined and a wide variety of activities suggested. Written in an easy and accessible style, this book will enhance effective language and literacy teaching and learning in early years settings. |
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SEN Code of Practice in EY |
The SEN Code of Practice provides guidance on the identification,
assessment and provision for children’s special educational needs. This book
focuses on the duties within early years settings, providing practical
advice on:
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Problem Solving, Reasoning & Numeracy |
At a very early age, children are beginning to grasp mathematical ‘concepts’ as they endeavour to make sense of the world. In this book, Hannah Mortimer explains these early stages of development and provides practical examples of how early years workers can support and encourage early number work. From the child’s first year, through toddlerhood, the under threes and the Foundation Stage, examples are given that will help you both understand and support children’s mathematical development. Finally, there is a section on supporting children with special educational needs. |
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Music Makers: Music circle
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