Early Years

Strategies to identify and accommodate children's individual needs enabling you to provide them with the best care and support possible during those important early years.

Enables parents and professionals help children with social development difficulties to navigate their social world and enjoy interacting with their peers.

Topics include: observation and assessment of needs; physical development and how to spot problems; ,communication, language and literacy and how to spot difficulties; personal, social and emotional development in line with the holistic child emphasis of the EYFS; Case studies of children 0-5 years; sample policies and lots of photocopiable material on the CD-Rom that comes with the book.

Provides an evaluation framework to enable a review of current practice of work with families and children from birth to 19 years. 6 key themes are explored: ethos, vision and policy; leadership, management and co-ordination; communication and information sharing; partnership in practice; early intervention; effectiveness. Guidance on auditing your own work and action planning is included. With electronic downloadable resources.

An innovative course designed for groups of children aged 2-4. With games and songs to help the children to learn to sit still, not talk, look at the speaker and think about the words. With photocopiable preparation plans and shorter prompt plans for the sessions.

30 Multi-cultural poems for children from aged 4. Shows ways of using poems and aims to promote shared reading.

30 multi-cultural stories for chilredn from aged 4. Shows ways of using stories to promote thinking and learning.

Examines the theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved in the education of children speaking two or more languages coming to settings which are predominantly monolingual.

Provides hands-on, tried and tested strategies to help you respond instantly and effectively to behaviour problems. 2nd Ed.

With down-to-earth advice, a number of common-sense solutions and all the essential information you will need to develop the best sort of setting, where everyone supports one another.

Covering the 3 to 9 age range and focused on the core PSHE themes, this book has been fully updated and includes a CD Rom to help you with Circle Time in your early years setting. 3rd ed.

This is a highly practical guide to low-cost cost, easy to assemble multi-sensory environments. With a step-by-step guide to each activity, these creative learning environments focus on multi-sensory experiences.