50 Fantastic Ideas for Early Language Development by Mary Scanlan

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Category: Language | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas

50 Fantastic Ideas for Small World Provocations by Judit Horvath

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Category: Play | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas

Small world play offers a wide range of learning opportunities for young children. Acting out narrative and ideas through the manipulation of small or miniature equipment, tools, toys and objects helps children to respond to their environment. Play becomes representative of real-life situations and is a medium through which children can explore their own feelings about these events and experiences in a safe and productive way. The frequent inclusion of sensory elements in this play also deepens experiences. Small world play is rich in possibilities for specific, thematic, learning, such as gathering information about spaces, positions, colours and cultures. Small world play is entertaining, challenging, motivating and allows children to use their imaginations and decide on their own play choices. Many practitioners find it challenging to continually renew the play environment, but this book suggests ideas for how to ensure a meaningful play content that replicates environments or scenarios that children can connect to, using a large variety of resources from natural materials to specific props. Presented in the accessible, practical and flexible 50 Fantastics format, Judit Horvath's book is a compendium of ideas that will ensure you get the most out of small world play in your setting, without over stimulating and distracting the children involved. ...Show more

50 Fantastic Ideas for Early Writing Prompts by Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Category: Language | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas

If children are not interested or motivated by what they have been asked to write about, you can be sure that any writing you do get will be rushed, short and a bit half-hearted. In 50 Fantastic Ideas for Early Writing Prompts, Alistair Bryce-Clegg offers a collection of all of his favourite ideas and i nspirations that have motivated the children he works with to pick up their pencils and get scribbling ...Show more

50 Fantastic Ideas for Mindfulness by Tammie Prince; Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Category: Early Years Resources | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas

Introducing mindfulness in Early Years settings equips young children with life-long skills that develop as they mature. 50 Fantastic Ideas for Mindfulness features a range of activities that enable children to build awareness of their emotions, focus on the present and empathise more easily with others .From ideas to manage distractions to games for independence, this collection of ideas includes colourful photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, making it a fantastic resources to bring mindfulness into the Early Years. ...Show more

50 Fantastic Ideas for Celebrations and Festivals by Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Category: Themes | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas Ser.

Important dates and occasions are often marked with a variety of celebrations and festivals. These occasions are also important markers for children in the passing of time and repeated experience. In Early Years education the best time to talk about a celebration or festival is often after it has occurr ed rather than before it happens. This is because many young children don't have a strong memory or understanding of something that occurred a year ago. So the closer they are to the experience, the richer their learning can be.In this colourful new book by Alistair Bryce-Clegg there are activities that cover: ChristmasDiwaliEasterHanukkahChinese New YearHalloweenBonfire NightEach activity encourages the children to learn about a particular celebration or festival and also to acquire new skills or techniques. Each of these skills and techniques can be taught on their own, or linked to other activity ideas that you (or the children) might have. The list of celebrations and festivals that are covered is by no means exhaustive, but the activities are flexible enough to allow practitioners to keep their core content and apply a different theme.They are limited only by your imagination... ...Show more

50 Fantastic Ideas for Storytelling by Judit Horvath; Alistair Bryce-Clegg (Volume Editor)

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Category: Language | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas Ser.

Amongst many popular activities, listening to and telling stories is fundamental to every early years setting. Apart from being fun and exciting, storytelling has many functions in children's development, helping them to make sense of the world and organize events and experience. Children often retell t heir adventures as stories, from the simple event of having dinner to major happenings such as falling down the stairs The story organizes events from the past and as they happen, and both the story and its telling convey important information about relationships, thoughts and feelings and the children's personal life in general.This book contains simple but creative ideas to help practitioners prompt and aid storytelling for and with the children in their setting. ...Show more

50 Fantastic Ideas for Physical Activities Outdoors by Kirstine Beeley; Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Category: Outside | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas Ser.

The '50 Fantastic' series is a no nonsense, ideas bank - no frills, just 50 examples of great ideas already in practice Ideal for the busy practitioner they offer a 'dip in' approach to accessing ideas that they may not have thought of.

50 Fantastic Ideas for Creative Role Play by Hayley Hughes

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Category: Play | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas Ser.

Role-play is a fun and creative way to engage with children in EYFS, and is fundamental in developing children's learning and communication skills. This new addition to the 50 Fantastic series is filled with great ways to make the most of play-based learning in your environment. Each activity is linked to children's interests, and is designed to allow the child to learn, create, communicate, and have fun Many of the scenarios involve an element of problem solving to encourage team work, and the suggested props and locations are both easily sourced and well-suited to Early Years schools and settings. With a whole host of inspirational ideas with photos to match, this book is the perfect starting point for creating an outstanding role-play environment. ...Show more

50 Fantastic Ideas for Messy Play by Sally Featherstone; Phill Featherstone

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Category: Play | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas Ser.

Messy play is at the heart of the early years curriculum, supporting creativity and imagination, and giving children opportunities to experiment with tactile materials. This book offers 50 ideas for using natural resources, simple household items and recycled resources for low cost inspiration. Practiti oners and teachers in the early years are always looking for new ideas for messy and 'hands-on' play, and this book will give children many opportunities for exploration and investigation through sensory play. ...Show more

50 Fantastic Ideas for Sharing and Playing by Alistair Bryce-Clegg; Sally Featherstone

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Category: Play | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas Ser.

Ideal for the busy practitioner the titles in this series offer offer a 'dip in' approach to accessing ideas that they may not have thought of. Simple inspiring ideas is just what they need to reignite their enthusiasm.

50 Fantastic Ideas for Creativity Outdoors by Kirstine Beeley; Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Category: Outside | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas Ser.

The 50 Fantastic Things series is a no nonsense, ideas bank ...no frills, just 50 examples of great ideas already in practice! Ideal for the busy practitioner they offer a 'dip in' approach to accessing ideas that they may not have thought of. Simple inspiring ideas is just what they need to reignite th eir enthusiasm. ...Show more

50 Fantastic Ideas for Outside All Year Round by Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Category: Outside | Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas Ser.

Outdoors is a great space to enhance and extend children's learning. There are lots of children who have a natural affinity with the outdoors and use it as their preferred learning space. As adults supporting children's learning, it is important to support the investigation of their outdoor environment, but also that learning is taken into those spaces and delivered to children in the most engaging way that it can be. What you can (almost) always guarantee is children's enthusiasm to take their learning outdoors, what you can't always guarantee is the weather In 50 Fantastic Ideas for Outdoor All Year Round Alistair has created 50 ideas that will get children and practitioners outside and learning come rain, snow, wind or sunshine All of the activities have got their own central skill that can then be adapted to fit the interests of the children or each setting's own particular outdoor environment.So, whether your setting's outdoor space is a back garden, a small yard or large playground there will be activities that can be used and that will inspire young learners. ...Show more