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Trackers 0-5: Tracking children's progress through
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The new Trackers are now available. They are designed to help you
track children’s progress throughout the new Early Years
Foundation Stage. This is the solution to observing and
recording 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.
So what’s in the new Trackers 0–5?
• Now in a larger A4 format (with 64 pages) – you will only need
one book per child (unlike the previous Trackers where you
needed 2 books).
• There is now additional space to enable you to include
evidence of your observations and planning.
• There are also comments boxes at the bottom of each page.
• There are general observation and planning forms at the end of
each Area of Learning to enable you to keep a much more
comprehensive record.
“I have been reading
through the Tracker record booklets, and I am very impressed
with their layout. I am confident that they will reduce the
written workload of my staff as well which has been a major
concern for all in early years”
(Judith Baxter, St.
Mary’s Nursery).
Prices (POST FREE)
More info and sample pages
Single copies £5 each
10+ copies (up to 100 copies)
£3.50 each
100+ copies only £3 each
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Listening to Children in their Early Years

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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? How do we consult them on things that are really important to
them?
Here are numerous practical ways to help you do just that. There are
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 practical ideas. 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.
In association with SureStart Stockton-on-Tees, Hannah Mortimer has put
together an approach that will enable you to really develop a listening
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An A-Z of Tricky Behaviours in the Early Years

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A new book of 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 ... all for only £5. |
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Music Makers: Music circle time to include everyone
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This month's
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 (£12) |
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Trackers
3-5

A new
Trackers 0-5 for the Early Years Foundation Stage
is here (find out more)
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This is the
solution to observing and recording children’s progress in a
consistent way throughout your early years setting. Usable by
everyone – experienced and inexperienced staff, designed so that
parents also have an input, these Trackers make the whole
process much easier. Probably the most widely used observation
and recording system used throughout the UK. |
Trackers 0-3 are currently being
revised;
Trackers 3-5 are £2.50 each. Discounts apply to orders of 10 or more
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Behaviour Management in the Early Years

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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 behaviour?
You'll find the answers in this
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Making Birth to three matters work for you
Special Offer ...
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How would you like to draw up
activity planners for each of your age groups in minutes instead
of hours? Now you can! Here is a manual that makes the
job of drawing up activity planners a pleasure . . . really! It
is 173 pages of practical hints, tips, sample activities and
pro-formas so that you can develop a consistent approach. This
wonderfully practical, well laid-out manual 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. (£15)
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Playladders

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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 (£4). |
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"Thank you for co-ordinating
these books, what a find for us! We now have far more time to be with
the children ... and the books are very 'family friendly', enabling
parents to contribute and share observations and to have a lovely
keepsake of their child's development. The books have also helped with
our staff development too." (Lianne Piggott, Manager at Bridges
Childcare, Hereford)
"... our recent very
successful Ofsted inspection praised your Trackers! Thank you!"
(Arnold School)
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Trackers 0-3 |
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This version of
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If you use Trackers why not try
Making Birth to three matters work for you?
Most of those who use Trackers
also use this book because it's
an easy way to draw
up activity planners to guide and support staff -
full of
sample activities and proformas
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makes activity planning a pleasure . . . really!
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Trackers 3-5
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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Although the new
EYFS Trackers 0-5
are now available, we will continue to supply this version to those
early years settings wishing to use them.
In early years settings there is a
requirement that staff observe and record what children do. These
observations should then be used to help plan the next steps of
children's play, learning and development. With this in mind Trackers
3-5 (and the earlier Trackers 0-3) were developed to provide a
simple method of meeting this requirement.
The Trackers link into the Government's Curriculum guidance for the
foundation stage (QCA, 2000). This relates to children aged three to
five years. The Trackers are divided into various types of play activity
and the six areas of learning. Within each area of learning, the
Government has identified Early Learning Goals which most children will
be expected to have achieved by the end of their Reception year. Each of
these goals is divided into smaller sections called Stepping Stones.
Each page of the Trackers carries the title of one type of play activity
within a particular Area of Learning, yet weaves in some of the
developmental and skills-based stages which users will already be
familiar with and also builds in approximations to the Stepping Stones
and Early Learning Goals.
Clearly laid out and very easy to use,
these booklets are now widely used by nurseries throughout the country.
See sample pages
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A5 44 pages Read
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Making
'Birth to three matters' work for you
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How would you like to draw up activity
planners for each of your age groups in minutes instead of hours?
Now you can.
Here is a manual that makes the job of
drawing up activity planners a pleasure . . . really! It is 173
pages of practical
hints, tips, sample activities and pro-formas that will help you develop
a consistent approach across your setting. This
wonderfully practical manual will help you:
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record spontaneous events in a
consistent
format;
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evaluate your planning;
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make relevant comments each time an
activity is carried out to keep other practitioners informed;
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further identify gaps to be addressed in
your children’s development by transferring observations made to
developmental Trackers.
Making ‘Birth to three matters’ work
for you was developed by Helen Rowlands and staff at Hope Park
Community Nursery in Liverpool. The manual was then trialled in many
nurseries in different parts of the country.
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1 898873 42 9 Published 2005
Wirobound A4 174 pages
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Offer ... just £10
If you are interested in Birth
to three matters have a look at our
EYFS Trackers.
These go hand in hand with
Birth to three matters and the Early Years Foundation Stage and make the observation and
recording process so much easier for you.
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An A-Z of Tricky Behaviours
in the Early Years
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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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A5 40 pages
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Behaviour Management
in the Early Years
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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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
behaviour?
Hannah Mortimer deals with these important questions in her usual
easy-to-read style, providing a helpful and practical framework for
dealing with young children’s behaviour. This book forms a companion to
An A-Z of Tricky Behaviours in the Early Years which provides
specific information and guidance about particular behaviours such as
biting, kicking or throwing temper tantrums. Behaviour Management in
the Early Years provides you with the general approaches that you
need in order to manage behaviour in the early years.
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978 1 898873 15 0 Published 2006
A5 56 pages
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Developing an Inclusion
Policy in your Early Years Setting
2nd edition
by Dr Hannah Mortimer & Alan Johnson |
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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.
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.
Provided also, is a sample Inclusion Policy for you to adapt to your own
setting.
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978 1 898873 56 3 Published 2008
A5 pages
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The
Observation and Assessment of Children in the Early Years
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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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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A5 43 pages
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Music Makers: Music circle
times to include everyone
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No need to be a music specialist . . .
here is a book that will help you to use music to include all children
in their learning and development. There are over 40 activities divided
up into sections including:
• music for enjoyment;
• songs and action rhymes;
• looking and listening games;
• movement and rhythm games;
• concepts and understanding;
• band time.
Music is such a powerful tool – it captures children’s attention and
holds the interest of children who, in other situations, might
experience considerable learning or communication difficulties.
Each activity provides information about the skill being learned and how
the activities link with the Early Years Foundation Stage
framework so that you can show how your music sessions are contributing
towards your curriculum or framework. There is clear information about
what to do, suggestions for supporting children with additional needs,
extension activities and follow-up ideas. There are also record-keeping
and planning sheets to help you (and keep Ofsted inspectors happy).
This is a practical resource book for childminders, early years
educators running toddlers’ groups and Sure Start sessions, and staff in
reception classes.
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ISBN 978 1 898873 48 8
Revised 2008
A4 78 pages
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Accelerating
Babies'
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The Accelerating
Babies' Communication (ABC) programme was developed in
response to the need to provide a fun way 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:
teaching
babies British Sign Language (BSL) based on Joseph Garcia's Sign with
your Baby programme; and
teaching
strategies from Tania Allen's Time to Talk, preverbal
communication programme.
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.
The pack contains all you need to run the ABC programme and includes:
four
session plans;
presenter's guidelines for each session;
attractive, colour transparencies (OHTs);
ready-prepared handouts for copying;
tips to
help you make the programme a success;
Also available is Joseph Garcia's Sign
with your Baby Complete Learning Kit. This includes a book, training
video, British Sign Language reference book, and a quick reference
guide. (£49.95 + VAT) |
ISBN
1 898873 40 2 Published 2004
A4 File 71 pages
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Sign with your Baby
Complete Learning Kit
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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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Complete Guide to Baby Signing
by Joseph Garcia |
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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 book provides detailed instruction
and a wealth of illustrations to show you how and when to use the
various signs. There is also a DVD dictionary with live-action video
clips to make it even easier.
Written especially for British readers, it
uses British Sign Language (BSL) throughout. |
ISBN 1 904840 00 0
Published 2005 by Match Media Publishing 188
pages + DVD
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Making Connections
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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Making Connections is all about 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.
In her usual readable style, Hannah Mortimer provides the underpinnings
of attachment theory and then focuses on the practical steps needed to
make support groups like this really work. |
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1 898873 47 X Published 2006
A5 52 pages
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BABY and ME
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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Baby groups for parents, carers and their
new babies form an important part of many antenatal support and Sure
Start services and this book gives you plenty of ideas for getting going
with your own group. We know how important it is to foster positive
attachments between parents and babies during their early months
together and to help new carers feel confident and fulfilled in their
new relationship. This book helps you to design a supportive and
enjoyable group that helps parents and babies enjoy each other and share
pleasure and fun together.
The approaches in the book have all been tried and tested and include:
baby music time;
sensory games;
the use of baby massage;
activities to promote looking, listening, laughing, playing and sharing
together.
The book helps you to plan your group,
describes the kind of sessions that work best, offers practical
suggestions for activities and provides you with a framework for
evaluating and reporting back to management.
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A5 42 pages
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MUSIC AND PLAY
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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1 898873 45 3 Published 2005
A5 44 pages
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RUMPUS
by Dr Hannah Mortimer and Catterick Garrison Health Visitors |
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RUMPUS stands for ‘Are you
Mas and Pas under stress?’ and is a
user-friendly title for what is effectively a pre-school behaviour
group. Developed by educational and child psychologist, Hannah Mortimer,
and a team of community health visitors in Catterick Garrison, the
groups aim to support young parents and their early years children where
there are particular difficulties in managing behaviour. A combination
of approaches has been developed by the team to put parents at their
ease, improve the attention skills of the children, encourage early
language and lap play, build up family relationships and provide
practical advice based on realistic expectations and week by week
management of behaviour. In this book these approaches are described and
explained. |
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1 898873 43 7 Published 2005
A5 56 pages
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Step by Step
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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Step by Step groups are a helpful way of
working with parents or carers whose young children need extra support
to encourage their development. Their development might be delayed in
some sense (perhaps related to a condition such as Down’s Syndrome),
they might have other special needs or they might need extra stimulation
and structure to make progress. The benefits of working in groups with
parents or carers of young children are to promote friendship and mutual
support, reduce isolation, and help adults share information and advice
in a palatable and non-threatening manner.
This book will help you set up and run such a group – providing
information on planning your provision, the type of sessions that work,
suggestions for step by step teaching and finally, evaluating and
reporting back to management. |
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1 898873 44 5 Published 2005
A5 46 pages
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Playladders
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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This book provides a method of 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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1 898873 09 7 Published 2000
A5 28 pages Read
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Taking
Part
Helping Children Take Part
in a Statutory Assessment of their Special Educational Needs
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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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.
It also provides a framework to help the child see his/her own special
educational needs. At the end of the book a form is provided for the child
or helper to complete and use as the child's contribution to his/her
statutory assessment. |
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1 898873 14 3 Published 2000
A5 19 pages Read
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