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Many books have been written on the early years outdoor environment or contain chapters about outdoor learning in the EYFS but none have really connected with practitioners in the way practitioners want them to. Terry has listened to practitioners and written this book, packed full of colour photos, to support the content and to inspire the reader.It supports the key messages on outdoor learning and contains chapters on every aspect of this and more! It will be useful to all those working in the early years as well as managers and head teachers, students and those supporting practitioners. It will enable practitioners to provide improved outdoor experiences for children as well as understanding the importance of these.

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With two year olds now becoming an established part of the school population in many areas of the UK, it is critically important that those working with these very young children fully understand how literacy can be most successfully approached at this sensitive and crucial stage of their development. This book takes the perspective that early literacy for the very young child doesn't just involve books to read, but requires skilled and knowledgeable people who develop sensitive, responsive relationships with the child. Practitioners, parents and caregivers are each a vital component of the child's experience with reading and writing, and all should work together to support the development of emerging literacy skills.

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This book supports the delivery of early ICT across the revised EYFS (2012). It explains how to meet the current EYFS requirements including the type of resources that should be purchased to provide an ICT rich environment that will promote improved outcomes for children. Many practitioners are still nervous about the use of ICT in their settings and this book will support them, whatever their level of confidence, in providing improved learning opportunities for children across the prime and specific areas of learning and development. All the case studies, the ideas and the practical elements of the book are based on sound research, and Terry Gould's experience of working with young children. Terry was a former EYFS consultant with ICT lead status.

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This book is about evaluating the effectiveness of an early years setting in the light of the latest recommendations. It will help early years leaders, managers and practitioners have a better understanding of the self evaluation process, as well as helping them, through this in structured ways, to identify strengths and areas for development in their own school/ setting. It will also help them to improve provision and outcomes for children and be better prepared for Ofsted inspection.

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This is a unique book that supports the current thinking behind outdoor learning. It features over 40 ideas for outdoor activities that support mathematics in the early years and the specific areas of learning in the revised EYFS. All the ideas are tried and tested by Terry and this book will prove to be popular in the early years and well into Key stage 1.

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Having worked successfully in the early years, and delivered a great number of training courses to early years practitioners, Terry Gould recognised that for many working with young children, the last 10 years have been, and continue to be, a time of change, uncertainty, and sometimes confusion. In listening to these practitioners requesting ‘just one book' that they could use to help them with the key aspects of their role he devised this book in the hope that it would go someway to providing much needed support for many. It is based on his own and colleagues experiences as practitioners working in schools and children's centres and as advisory teachers/consultants, working with a variety of settings including schools, private day nurseries and children's centres.

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This book is about creating meaningful learning spaces indoors. The learning environment is one of the commitments to the EYFS principle of 'Enabling Environments'. The explanation of the commitment includes the indoor and outdoor learning environments and the emotional learning environment. The learning environment significantly impacts on outcomes for children and it is therefore most important that what is provided is of a high quality and inspirational. This book explores the theory behind the commitment but also gives very practical advice on how to ensure that the indoor environment is planned to inspire, challenge and capture the imagination of every child.

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This book provides ideas and inspiration for basic woodwork skills for children aged 3-6. Organized into 3 levels of competence: beginning - sanding, using rulers to measure wood; emerging skills - mini hand drill, hammer and nails; developing competence - screw driver, mini hacksaw, advanced - pliers, glue guns. Includes practical advice on tools and how to use them (both real and play/pretend tools), construction materials (where to source and store), safety issues, role of the adult, where to site the woodworking area in the setting, key vocabulary and decorating/painting wood. Children's physical development as well as knowledge of the world, and mathematical development will all benefit from these activities.

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