Featherstone Catalogue 2014

Books for practitioners working with children aged 0-7

OVER 20 NEW TITLES

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Welcome Welcome to the 2014 Featherstone education catalogue.

2014 Conferences Whether you’re looking for inspiring, practical ideas to engage the children in your setting or advice and guidance on We would be happy to support you at your 2014 conferences and events with catalogues and other publicity material. Contact us for further details: how to make your provision outstanding, our range of titles acbeducation@bloomsbury.com aims to support all practitioners, teachers, childminders, librarians, parents and anyone else involved in Early Years education.

Arrange a visit: We continue to update our titles in line with the revised 2012 EYFS Statutory Framework requirements, to ensure you have the most up-to-date information with ideas and activities that link to the demands of the framework.

Look out for the New Edition logos.

Fully revised for the new EY FS

For large orders, school enquiries, or if you would like to arrange a visit from your local representative please contact: Sheena Robinson Children’s and Educational Sales Executive Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP E: sheena.robinson@bloomsbury.com T: 020 7631 5905

New highlights for 2014 include four 50 Fantastic Ideas titles (p9), more expert advice from Alistair Bryce-Clegg on roleplay and displays (p29), brand new 100 Ideas titles to make your teaching outstanding (p27), and look out for some beautiful new animal books from our sister imprint A&C Black (p37-38).

We are delighted to have recieved more accolades in the field, and are thrilled that practitioners are choosing our resources. Words Get Knotted won an ERA Award for Best SEN Resource non-ICT and the 50 Fantastic series was a finalist for Early Resources non-ICT. At the Nursery World Awards, the Dealing with Feelings series was highly commended and Continuous Provision in the Early Years was a finalist in the Best Staff Resource category. And finally, at the Practical Pre-School Awards the Creative Planning in the Early Years series won Silver.

We hope that you find something to suit your needs and to support your work in the Early Years. If you have any feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to get in touch at acbeducation@bloomsbury.com

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Founded in 1997 by husband and wife team Phill and Sally Featherstone, Featherstone is the market-leader in books for teachers and educators of 0-7 year-olds. It has won numerous awards for its publishing, including the Education Publisher of the Year award from the Independent Publisher’s Guild. Featherstone became an imprint of A&C Black in 2008 and Sally continues to be involved as consultant and author.

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How to pay: We accept payment by most major credit and debit cards, cheque (made payable to Macmillan Distribution Ltd) and by BACS. Local Authorities, SureStart Units, Children’s centres, nurseries, schools, playgroups and similar organisations may pay on invoice.

Rights Information: Unless stated, all titles have world rights. Any countries excluded are shown in brackets e.g. World (Australia/New Zealand).

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Contents Key Series • • • • •

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Professional Development

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Observation, Assessment and Planning

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Practitioners’ Guides

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Music

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A&C Black

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Little Books with BIG Ideas Little Books are packed with advice and ideas for everybody working with children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. All the activities are carefully planned to meet the objectives for each stage of development, particularly between 36 and 60+ months, and reflect the latest thinking on the education of young children. Little Books make an excellent start to an exciting journey through learning!

“The books are excellent value and provide a wealth of ideas.”

– www.parentsintouch.co.uk

Paperback • 210 x 148mm • £8.99

NEW

NEW

The Little Book of Rhythm and Raps

The Little Book of Free and Found

Judith Harries

Julie Mountain

Introduce beat and rhythm through a fun mix of games and activities for every day learning, assemblies and whole-school performance. The performance raps are based on traditional tales and nursery rhymes as well as original topics.

A great opportunity for developing communication and language skills and self-confidence.

Children are naturally curious and play resources should nurture their imaginations and creativity. This book gives practitioners the confidence to get out there and source unique, free resources to enrich the curriculum. Guidance is provided on choosing suitable materials, risk assessing and encouraging creative use of the objects with a focus on outdoor play.

JANUARY 2014 • 88pp • 9781472902566

MARCH 2014 • 64pp • 9781472904096

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NEW

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The Little Book of Maths Problem-Solving

The Little Book of Drama and Performance

The Little Book of Print Making

Judith Dancer and Carole Skinner

Clêr Lewis and Rebecca Aburrow

Lynne Garner

The fun, multi-sensory ideas in this book will trigger children’s curiosity and enthusiasm as well as aiding their mathematical development. The easy to follow activities are for both indoors and out and focus on natural objects.

Beginning drama with very young children can be a daunting prospect, but performing to an audience benefits many areas of the EYFS. Learn how to approach performances in the correct way to make them interactive, simple and fun! Covers mime, gesture, rhythms, props, dressing up and more with examples linked to cultural and seasonal celebrations.

Perfect for practitioners on a tight budget, this book is full of inventive, inclusive ideas for printings and rubbings using objects that are low-cost and easy to obtain. The activities also draw upon a wide range of Early Learning Goals including listening and attention, understanding, speaking, moving and handling and exploring and using media and materials.

MAY 2014 • 72pp • 9781472906106

AUGUST 2014 • 88pp • 9781472909497

NOVEMBER 2014 • 64pp • 9781472909510

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Little Book of... The Complete Series!

£8.99

Little Books Club Members receive: • 5 new Little Books free as they are published (included in membership fee of £29.99) • Any of the other books in the series for just £4.99 (£8.99 RRP)

The Little Books Club is a great way to get the most out of the popular and award-winning Little Books and Little Topic books series.

• 15% discount voucher to use on any other Featherstone titles • Regular free newsletter featuring special offers, exclusive discounts, club news, activity ideas and the latest curriculum news and practice from experts in the industry.

Call 020 7631 5839 or email littlebooks@bloomsbury.com for an enrolment/renewal pack. Or download an application form from our website: www.bloomsbury.com/featherstone

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All Through the Year

Bags, Boxes & Trays

Big Projects

Bricks and Boxes

Celebrations

Christmas

9781905019748

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Clay and Malleable Materials

Clothes and Fabrics

Colour, Shape & Number Cooking from Stories Cooking Together

9781905019694

9781408193310

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Circle Time 9781904187943

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World (Australia/New Zealand)

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Counting

Dance

Dance Music CD

Dens

Discovery Bottles

Dough

9781906029104

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Drama from Stories

Explorations

Fine Motor Skills

Fun on a Shoestring

Games with Sounds

Gross Motor Skills

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Growing Things

ICT

Investigations

Junk Music

Kitchen Stuff

Language Fun

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Light and Shadow

Listening

Living Things

Look and Listen

Making Books & Cards

Making Poetry

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Maps and Plans

Mark Making

Maths Activities

Maths from Stories

Maths Outdoors

Maths Songs & Games

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World (Australia/New Zealand)

World (Australia/New Zealand)

World (Australia/New Zealand)

World (Australia/New Zealand)

Messy Play

Minibeast Hotels

Multi-sensory Stories Music

Nursery Rhymes

Opposites

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Outdoor Play

Outside in All Weathers Painting

Parachute Play

Persona Dolls

Phonics

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9781906029524

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Playground Games

Prop Boxes for Role Play

Props for Writing

Puppet Making

Puppets in Stories

Resistant Materials

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Role Play

Role Play Windows

Sand and Water

Science Through Art

Scissor Skills

Seasons

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Sequencing Skills

Sewing and Weaving

Small World Play

Sound Ideas

Special Days

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Stories from Around the World 9781408123270

Story Bags

Storyboards

Storybuilding

Storytelling

Time and Money

Time and Place

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Traditional Tales

Treasure Baskets

Treasure Boxes

Tuff Spot Activities

Washing Lines

Woodwork

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Little Topic Book of...

Cover the most popular topics and all areas of learning in the EYFS with this colourful series.

Paperback • 80pp • 210 x 148mm • Price: £8.99

“Brilliant pocket-sized books that can support children’s current interests and next steps…there are clear links to the EYFS and the Early Learning Goals.”

Early Years Educator Magazine

Writing 9781904187073

5 to7 five to seven educator

Bears

Judith Harries 9781408123225

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Water

Colours

Where We Live

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Elizabeth Hill

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Judith Harries

Liz Powlay

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50 Fantastic...

Kirstine Beeley & Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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 activities that you may not have thought of. Simple and inspiring to reignite enthusiasm.

Paperback • 64pp • 245 x 170mm • £9.99

50 Fantastic Ideas for Maths Outdoors

50 Fantastic Ideas for Science Outdoors

50 Fantastic Ideas for Physical Activity Outdoors

50 Fantastic Ideas for Creativity Outdoors

Kirstine Beeley

Kirstine Beeley

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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9781408186787

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Emotions

50 Fantastic Ideas for Promoting Independence

50 Fantastic Ideas for Sharing & Playing

50 Fantastic Ideas for Involving Parents

Sally and Phill Featherstone

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Sally and Phill Featherstone

Marianne Sargent

9781408179796

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50 Fantastic Ideas to Captivate Boys

NEW

“Any learning environment, home, classroom, nursery or staff room would be all the richer for having a set of these books on their shelves for reference.” – Early Years Educator Magazine

50 Fantastic Ideas for Imaginative Thinking

NEW

50 Fantastic Ideas for Found Materials

NEW

50 Fantastic Ideas for Rain, Wind and Snow

KEY SERIES

50 Fantastic...

NEW

Sally and Phill Featherstone

Marianne Sargent

Sally and Phill Featherstone

Sally and Phill Featherstone

Make the most of the different ways boys learn with ideas for early writing, mathematics and reading as well as technology, science and role-play.

Encourage children to use their imagination and act autonomously with open-ended learning opportunities to get them talking and thinking.

New ideas and old favourites using easy to find resources to help ease the pressure of planning and preparing in advance for unpredictable weather.

JUNE 2014 • 9781472909466

JUNE 2014 • 9781472908469

Ideas for using free, cheap and recycled materials for creative and independent play and specific projects. Encourage children’s love of constructing models and other objects.

SEPTEMBER 2014 • 9781472909480

SEPTEMBER 2014 • 9781472909473

50 Fantastic Ideas for Teaching Phonics Alistair Bryce-Clegg Essential knowledge for developing successful writers and readers with simple, innovative ideas to make a complex area easier to teach.

9781408193976

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50 Fantastic ...

Paperback • 64pp • 245 x 170mm • £9.99

“The fresh ideas which the authors have come up with for this series are super - it really is a series which should be in every Early Years setting, ready to be picked up when inspiration fails.” www.parentsintouch.co.uk

“These books suggest 50 whopping ways to have fun and bond with your child.”

Mother & Baby Magazine

ALSO AVAILABLE

Sally and Phill Featherstone £12.99

Silver in Practical Pre-school Awards 2010

WINNER

50 Fantastic Things to do with Babies 9781408123232

50 Fantastic Things to do with a Sand Tray

50 Fantastic Things to do with a Water Tray

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50 Fantastic Things to do with Toddlers 9781408123249

50 Fantastic Things to do with Paint

50 Fantastic Things to do with Squidgy Stuff

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50 Fantastic Things to do with Pre-schoolers 9781408123300

50 Fantastic Things to do with 4-5 Year Olds

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Schools and settings are encouraged in DfES guidance to ‘personalise learning for children with SEN or disabilities by making education more innovative and responsive to the diverse needs of children’. These books will help you plan and provide an effective curriculum for children with a range of additional needs, to ensure that no one misses out.

Paperback • 297 x 210mm • £16.99

Speech and Language Delay

Visual Difficulties

Working with Parents

Early Signs of Dyslexia

Aderinola Hotonu, Antonia Aldous and Ranel Schafer-Dreyer

Julie Jennings

Jackie Logue

64pp • 9781408114490

64pp • 9781408112533

Chris Chandler, Meryl Morton and Sheila Smith

World (Australia/New Zealand)

48pp • 9781408120804

80pp • 9781408114506

Attention and Behaviour Difficulties

Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Asperger’s Syndrome

Cerebral Palsy

Clare Beswick

Clare Beswick

Lindsay Brewis

Maureen Garner

48pp • 9781408195031

48pp • 9781408129487

80pp • 9781408129500

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Including Children with...

64pp • 9781408129531

Also available

Words Get Knotted Teaching Young Children with Autism Clarissa Willis

Down’s Syndrome

Dyspraxia

This straightforward guide explains the major characteristics associated with autism and helps teachers understand the ways children with autism relate to the world.

Clare Beswick and Martha Hardy

Sharon Drew

9781408139721 • £18.99

48pp • 9781408122648

64pp • 9781408129524

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Pippa Sweeney A beautifully designed book to help children’s understanding of dyslexia and provide a way of sharing with friends and family.

Hardback • 32pp • 210 x 210mm 9781408175897 • £9.99 Paperback • 32pp • 210 x 210mm 9781408181881 • £5.99

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Key Issues The Key Issues series is written by experts, addressing some of the major challenges facing Early Years settings and Primary Schools.

The titles aim to provide sound, clear advice, to help practitioners and teachers deliver the objectives of the Every Child Matters Report.

Paperback • 210 x 210mm • £12.99

Working with Parents Amy Arnold, Kerry Agricole and Roxanne Rutter

Assessment for Learning in the Foundation Stage

Boys and Girls Come Out to Play

Marianne Sargent

Ros Bayley and Sally Featherstone

A detailed look at why the relationship between the parent/practitioner/child is so important, backed up by research into emotional development.

A practical explanation of what assessment for learning entails and how it can be successfully implemented.

72pp • 9781408140512

64pp • 9781408140505

An exploration of growth and development of children’s brains and held assumptions about gender, learning and behaviour.

Gold in Practical Pre-school Awards

WINNER

Stimulating Creativity and Enquiry Amy Arnold Promote a more personalised learning-led curriculum driven by learner’s interests. Practical examples will inspire practitioners to focus on questioning.

72pp • 9781408195024

64pp • 9781905019175

Young boys and their writing

Sustaining Shared Thinking

Problem Solving

Philosophy for Children

Sally Featherstone and Jenni Clarke

Jenni Clarke

Margaret Martin

Marilyn Bowles

A variety of interesting activities to facilitate boys engaging with the writing process.

A combination of practical experience, research and government guidance on thinking skills brought to life with examples and suggestions.

Helps support you in developing young children’s problem solving skills through every day activities. With links to the new curriculum.

88pp • 9781408195093

80pp • 9781408186909

Focuses on the importance of encouraging children to think, reason and express their thoughts in language; skills essential to all successful learning.

80pp • 9781906029708

96pp • 9781906029210

A Grandparent’s Survival Guide to Child-Care Dr. Lis Paice and Sheila Marlin This down-to-earth guide provides the answers to all the burning questions grandparents have. How much childcare can I realistically take on? How can I get up to date with new theories? What equipment will I need and who should pay for it? Written by a doctor and Montessori teacher, it covers everything from structuring a child’s day (and ideas for outings) to coping with mealtimes and the odd emergency!

Paperback • 210 x 148mm • 104pp 9781408193457 • £9.99

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Baby & Beyond Continuity and Progression through the EYFS

The Baby & Beyond series takes simple activities or resources and shows how they can be used with children at each of the EYFS development stages, from birth to 60+ months. Each easy-to-read double page spread covers one activity, so you can see progression at a glance. All titles shown have been updated to match the new framework.

Paperback • 40pp • 210 x 210mm • £4.99

Mark Making

Sound and Music

Dens and Shelters

Enhance independence and involvement in communication through meaningful marks.

Encourage and develop responses to sounds – a key part of music making.

Involve children in active learning and critical thinking as they work together.

9781408195086

9781408195079

9781408195109

Tell Me a Story

Going Out

Movement and Beat

Build progression into a favourite part of the day for all children.

Sixteen ideas for simple excursions and outdoor activities.

Ideas for developing muscle control and the understanding of a steady beat.

9781408194997

9781408195017

9781408195000

From Dens and Shelters

From Going Out

Finger Play and Rhymes

The Natural World

Counting

Sensory World

9781906029012

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9781906029449

9781905019601

About Me

Small World Play

Construction

Messy Play

9781408112458

9781906029692

9781905019779

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Food and Cooking

Dolls and Soft Toys

Bikes, Prams and Pushchairs

Role Play

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KEY SERIES

By Sally Featherstone

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TRANSITION INTO KS1

Transition into KS1 Carrying on in Key Stage 1

By Ros Bayley, Lynn Broadbent and Sally Featherstone

Continue key practical activities and child-focused learning throughout Key Stage 1 with activities mapped onto the National Curriculum. Each is illustrated with photos and diagrams to help give confidence with suggestions for topic-based work.

Paperback • 48pp • Full colour photos & illustrations • 210 x 297mm • £16.99

Sculpting, Stuffing and Squeezing

Construction

Role Play

Explore a wide range of interesting ways to use free, recycled and cost-effective resources to make structures, sculptures and other 3D creations.

A host of ideas for using everyday materials such as paper and wood, along with purpose-designed construction materials.

Using both traditional and more unusual themes for child-focused role-play suitable for all levels and abilities.

9781408139752

9781408139776

9781408139790

Sand

Outdoor Play

Water

Exciting challenges to use sand, gravel and other natural materials to explore, construct, imagine and experiment.

Explore different outdoor spaces and resources to use in them. Activities include play, games, plants and animals, mark making and den building.

A wide range of interesting cross-curricular challenges for using this fascinating resource.

9781408139738

9781408139783

9781408139769

A Parent’s Survival Guide to Starting School

Transition in the Early Years

Kirstine Beeley

Terry Gould

A practical, jargon-free guide to supporting learning in the early years, choosing a school and helping your child settle in.

A well-considered combination of explaining the theory behind transition across the early years and how to put this into practice – what it is, why it’s important and how to make it effective.

Paperback • 80pp • 210 x 148mm 9781408159880 • £9.99

Paperback 48pp • 297 x 210mm 9781408163962 • £16.99

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LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Communication and Language A Place to Talk

By Elizabeth Jarman

In her exciting series, Elizabeth Jarman combines theory with lots of practical ideas to show how any learning environment can support the development of speaking and listening. Descriptions and photographs bring the ideas to life, showing how to create and use the particular area.

Wherever you teach, this series will ensure children are encouraged to talk from an early age to avoid communication and behaviour problems at a later stage.

From A Place to Talk for Two Year Olds

Paperback • 40pp • 225 x 158mm • £8.99 From A Place to Talk for Babies

For Babies

For Two Year Olds

For Boys

Outside

At Home

Focusing on early brain development and direct interaction for babies, this books has ideas for all early years environments and budgets.

Explore the potential of the learning environment to create areas that trigger speaking and listening skills, emotional well-being and physical development.

Considers the significant role the physical environment can play in supporting boys’ speaking and listening skills.

Children love outside spaces!

Be inspired to ensure they help children develop language skills.

Features special spaces at home that encourage children to talk.

9781408186817

9781408192443

9781408137284

At My Childminder’s

Children’s Centres

Pack-Away Settings

Pre-Schools

In KS1

Flexible spaces that are easy to set up and store away, recognising the needs of children throughout the day.

Effective ideas for creating enabling environments in Children’s Centres.

Provides examples of an ‘instant’ space or an enclosed, child height space.

With ideas ranging from creating a cosy space to a space for digging.

Practical ideas to make a positive difference in a KS1 classroom.

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LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Communication and Language Sounds Fun

By Sally Featherstone & Su Wall

It is well known that communication skills are at the heart of all learning and development, and vital for children’s confidence.

This unique series will help practitioners teach these skills, starting with sounds and leading on to words, talking and reading.

“A super series...that will empower even the least confident and inexperienced practitioners to become enthused and capable of supporting the youngest of children in developing key early emergent communication skills.”

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Paperback • 80pp • 246 x 170mm • £9.99

0-20 months

16-36 months

30-50 months

40-60+ months

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Let’s talk about...

By Keri Finlayson

This exciting series covers the EYFS areas of learning and development through a variety of entertaining, themed language activities. It fulfils the aims of the ‘Every Child a Talker’ initiative and encourages speaking and listening in all early years settings.

Paperback • 64pp • 210 x 148mm • £8.99

Let’s talk about Parks

Let’s talk about Weather

Let’s talk about Farms

Let’s talk about Toys

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Teaching Speaking and Listening

Teaching Children to Listen

Ann Locke with Don Locke

Increasing numbers of children find it a challenge to stay focused on a task and follow even simple instructions in the classroom.

Designed for non-specialists, this invaluable resource offers a systematic yet flexible approach for teaching spoken language. It targets essential skills for children – conversation; listening; narrative; discussion – and supports differentiated teaching.

It includes realistic objectives and activity suggestions and is ideal for use with other programmes and existing resources. Online resources are available, including a training pack.

Paperback • 200pp • 297 x 210mm 9781441139801 • £34.99

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Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock

This whole-school approach includes: • The Listening Skills Rating Scale • Advice on individual education plans that focus on a specific area of difficulty • 40 tried and tested activities, including games, to target wholeclass listening and exercises Paperback • 297 x 210mm • 120pp 9781408193617 • £19.99

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Get Them Talking

By Alistair Bryce-Clegg Paperback • 64pp • 297 x 210mm • £18.99

For other titles and more information about Alistair see pages 8, 10 and 29

“A thoughtprovoking book which will lead to plenty of discussion in Early Years settings.” www.parentsintouch.co.uk

Get them talking – get them learning

Get them talking – get them writing

Practical advice using current practice to help provide learning opportunities and experiences for children to fill their heads with thoughts and questions and support them in developing language skills and communication.

Understand the development stages of becoming a mark maker and use tried and tested activities and interventions to see a significant difference in progress for boys and girls.

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LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Communication and Language

EAL in the Early Years Anita Soni Practical suggestions and guidance on supporting young children and managing the key difficulties. Includes case studies of EAL children showing how their needs have been met and a tool for self-reflection and evaluation.

Paperback • 88pp • 297 x 210mm 9781408159873 • £18.99

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Personal, Social and Emotional Development LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Getting to Know You Sally Featherstone and Claire Beswick Simple games for parents and practitioners to play with a new baby using things already available in the home or setting. All you need is a bit of time and some simple toys!

Hardback • 48pp • 210 x 210mm • 9781408129869 • £7.99

“A delightful book with step-by-step instructions to encourage interaction, enjoyment and enquiry… the clear layout and lovely photographs will make everyone want to look through it.”

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Developing Everyday Coping Skills

Tough Times

Using the Empathy Dolls Approach

Erica Frydenberg

Claire Beswick and Sally Featherstone

Kirstine Beeley

A treasure trove of activities to help practitioners and parents build coping skills and self-esteem through creative play and imagination. Build on children’s existing knowledge and skills and improve their emotional health, creativity and respect for others.

This book also presents how to identify children at risk for early intervention and how to help children cope with stress such as transition.

Tough Times is designed to help early years practitioners support very young children who are experiencing particular stress or anxiety such as the arrival of a new sibling or moving house. This book looks at what the child might be feeling and offers guidance, practical advice and support.

A discussion of the definition of empathy, its historical roots and its use today. Presenting research focused on the links between lack of empathy and aggressive behaviours and the impact empathy has on decreasing these issues.

Paperback • 112pp • Colour illustrations

9781408114476 • £12.99

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A&C Black: Good Behaviour Developing good relationships with others is a key part of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework for all children.

Simple words and colourful illustrations help guide children to choose peaceful, positive behaviour. Each book includes a page of advice for parents and carers.

Hardback • 24pp • Colour illustrations • 175x175mm • £4.99

Words are not for Hurting

Hands are not for Hitting

Tails are not for Pulling

Teeth are not for Biting

Feet are not for Kicking

Germs are not for Sharing

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Personal, Social and Emotional Development LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Dealing With Feelings Nicola Call and Sally Featherstone

Using straightforward text and charming full colour illustrations, the Dealing With Feelings series helps develop character, teaches positive behaviour and promotes personal, social and emotional skills. Developed and written by experts and supported by research, each book includes additional notes and tips to help teachers, practitioners and parents reinforce the lessons children are learning through the simple stories.

Hardback • 24pp • 160 x 160mm • All £4.99

Sunita’s Baby Sister

Gregory’s Grumpy Day

It’s My Turn

Making Friends

See Sunita dealing with her jealousy when her baby sister arrives. She gets all the attention, or so it seems.

At the childminder’s, Gregory is having a very grumpy day with his friend Jakub.

Natasha has learnt to wait for it to be her turn, but her little brother TJ just hasn’t!

Max and Yuka show how people can be very different, but still be good friends.

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NEW

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From Sunita’s Baby Sister

NEW

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From Making Friends

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Max’s First Day

My Best Friend

Follow Max as he feels anxious getting ready for his first day at school with his dad.

Share Molly and Sunita’s story as they learn that everyone has moods and feelings. Even best friends fall out sometimes!

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How are you feeling today?

Molly Potter

My Big Brother

What Natasha can do

How does it feel to be a younger sibling? Gregory envies his big brother Derek but maybe there are advantages to being smaller!

Celebrate the independence of young children. Natasha can do lots of things her younger brother can’t. What can they do together?

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Experiencing emotions is absolutely fine as long as we know what to do with them.

It’s not easy when you are a child! This book provides several straightforward, entertaining and appropriate ideas to help children deal with a selection of significant positive and negative emotions. Ideal for starting conversations about emotions with a guide for parents and carers on emotional literacy at the back.

JULY 2014 • Hardback • 210 x 210mm • 32pp • 9781472906090 • £6.99

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Mathematics LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Foundations of Mathematics Carole Skinner and Judith Stevens Written by Early Years mathematics specialists, this title outlines seven strands of practice which underpin successful mathematical development in children aged 3-7 and embeds the revised EYFS throughout.

Full of multi-sensory ideas for playing and exploring, making learning active and for developing creative and critical thinking. This book is a must for all Early Years Practitioners.

Paperback • 136pp 297 x 210mm 9781855394360 • £19.99

Little Books

Paperback • 80pp • 210 x 148mm • £8.99

Little Book of Colour, Shape and Number

Little Book of Counting

Little Book of Maths Activities

Focused on three aspects of mathematical development with fun, easy to do activities.

Ideas in problem solving, reasoning and numeracy focused on counting, not recognising numbers.

Covers a range of everyday counting activities.

The simple activities in this book will enable you to plan and provide activities for children at different levels of mathematical understanding.

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Little Book of Maths from Stories

Little Book of Maths Songs and Games

Little Book of Maths Outdoors

Ideas for developing mathematics using high quality picture books and well-known rhymes.

Nothing unusual, nothing to find or buy, just use what you have to explore maths through these simple activities and some new and familiar songs.

Over 40 ideas to support mathematics and current thinking behind outdoor learning in the EYFS.

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LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Literacy

Getting Ready to Write

Foundations of Literacy

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Sue Palmer and Ros Bayley

A step-by-step theory into practice guide to mark making, taking practitioners through developmental stages and gender differences. The tried and tested activities include innovative ideas such as Dough Gym and Jedi Writing and are guaranteed to improve children’s progress.

Updated to cover the latest EYFS curriculum, this popular book outlines the seven strands of practice upon which successful literacy teaching depends. It includes advice from speech and language therapists, music specialists, developmental psychologists and early years practitioners and covers music, movement, song, role play, story-telling and picture books.

Paperback • 64pp • 297 x 210mm 9781408193181 • £18.99

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Stories for young children and how to tell them!

Child-Initiated Writing Lynn Clere

Mary Medlicott

An inspirational book of ideas and activities that make the process of learning to write not only enjoyable but downright fun! Lynn believes that it’s every practitioner’s dream that a child will independently choose a writing activity. She has used these ideas over the years with great success.

A wonderful collection of stories and storytelling advice. The emphasis is on creativity and enjoyment – getting children engaged and stimulating their thinking. The sound, practical guidance for practitioners will help even the least confident to make the most of storytime. Delightfully illustrated in full colour.

Paperback • 72pp • 297 x 210mm 9781408132630 • £18.99

Paperback + Audio CD 64pp • 297 x 210mm 9781408124529 • £19.99

The Road to Writing

Have you seen..?

Sue Cowley Prepare for the journey young children make when they learn their first words. Offering activities and practical advice, Sue Cowley will inspire practitioners to try lots of creative approaches to mark making.

Learn how to improve children’s understanding of symbols and signs, how to build confidence and how to get boys engaged.

Paperback • 192pp • 170 x 244mm 9781441103444 • £17.99 Getting Ready for Phonics See page 24

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LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Understanding the World Making The Most Of...

By Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton

The Making The Most Of… series has been specially designed in order to share good practice, showing what high quality learning and development for young children looks like in real settings.

Paperback • 112pp • 297 x 210mm

Light and Mirrors Playing with light is a magical experience for children and adults alike.

Making the Most of Light and Mirrors shows practitioners how to help children appreciate the awe and wonder in the world around them and helps them provide an environment which is rich in possibilities for children to develop their natural curiosity.

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“This is a very clear and accessible book which is a delight to look at and glean ideas from, secure in the knowledge that these are tried and tested ideas that work.”

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Reclaimed and Natural Materials This book is designed to help early years practitioners, through simple text and colour photographs, understand how young children can use natural and reclaimed materials that are readily available in most settings. It provides guidance on how to make a range of creations while at the same time helping children to learn about materials and processes key to early science and technology.

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Outdoor Learning This exciting book in the Making the Most of series shows the value of any outdoor environment as a place which can enhance and enrich young children’s experiences. The book demonstrates how outdoor spaces, both in the setting and further afield, can add richness to the learning environment settings provided for very young children.

9781408193969 • £18.99

“There are many ideas in this book! An excellent book for teachers to use in planning.”

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I Love Forest School Martin Pace

NEW

This is not a treatise to get children into the outdoors – that is acknowledged as read. It considers different approaches to working with children outdoors, the benefits of each and how they influence educators and support children’s learning. It brings a new understanding to outdoor practice with a case study of the author’s own award-winning Reflections Nursery and Forest School.

AUGUST 2014 • Paperback 297 x 210mm • 96pp 9781472906076 • £18.99

Effective Practice in Outdoor Learning

The Coombes Approach

Terry Gould

Susan Rowe

Packed full of colour photos and practical ideas, this book is the result of the author listening to practitioners and understanding the importance of the outdoor environment. Chapters cover all aspects of outdoor learning to help those working in the early years as well as managers, head teachers, students and classroom support.

Showcasing the Coombes School in Berkshire, which has developed an international reputation for its innovative approach to Nursery and Infant teaching, its unique ‘outdoor classroom’ is created from the school’s environment. Topics also include curriculum design, pastoral care and the wider policy and community contexts.

Supported by an online resource bank of pictures and pupils’ activities.

Paperback • 210 x 297mm • 72pp • 9781408145623 • £16.99

Little Books

Little Book of Outdoor Play Focuses on the environment for outdoor play, giving you hundreds of ideas for making your outdoor area into an exciting garden for all children.

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Outdoor Learning

Paperback • 246 x 189mm • 240pp • 9780826440440 • £22.99

Paperback • 80pp • 210 x 148mm • £8.99

Little Book of Outside in all Weathers Go out in the rain, wind, fog, snow and ice, as well as in the sun! Lots of ideas for play and activities.

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Little Book of All Through the Year

Little Book of Growing Things

Little Book of Living Things

Ideas for art, craft, technology and more on seasonal themes, as well as a wide range of simple and healthy foods to make and eat together.

You can grow something in every setting! Seeds, pips, stones and cuttings are all explored, and there are suggestions for hanging baskets, window boxes and growing your own food.

Develop children's awareness of the world around them.

Themes covered include plants and animals with both short and long term investigations and information for organisation and classification.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional Development

Getting Ready for Phonics

Treasure Baskets and Heuristic Play

Editor: Sally Featherstone

Sally Featherstone

Everyone agrees that an understanding of phonics is essential to cracking the code for reading. This book discusses early language development. It focuses on the phonics debate and provides activities to support multi-sensory learning environments for the teaching of phonological development in the Foundation Stage and early Key Stage 1.

Heuristic Play uses a specific range of 'found' or everyday objects, in adult-led and child-initiated sessions, indoors and outside. This book provides information on using treasure baskets and heuristic play with babies and young children and what needs to change to meet the needs of children at different stages of development.

Paperback • 192pp • 244 x 169mm

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Getting it Right for Boys

The Cleverness of Boys

Neil Farmer

Sally Featherstone and Ros Bayley

A real insight into how boys learn and develop and how to get the environment right for them.

Numerous case studies demonstrate how to get true engagement in the learning process and help practitioners to understand why boys do what they do and how to harness this way of learning. Packed with practical advice, this book is highly relevant to raising boys’ achievements in the early years.

The differences between boys and girls, in development and attitude to learning, are well documented.

This book addresses the issue of young boys and their learning by taking aspects of the ‘cleverness’ of boys and addressing these through case histories.

Paperback • 128pp • 245 x 170mm

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Catching Them At It! “This book Sally Featherstone cleverly Practitioners are still uncertain about exactly how to addresses manage assessment. This book takes them through the issues the process step-by-step. It explains the terminology, surrounding the shows them how to turn observation into assessment development and in the final chapter sets out how to manage and and learning of interpret all the information they have gathered. young boys…an Paperback • 112pp • 245 x 170mm absolute joy to 9781408131152 • £18.99 read.”

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Professional Development

NEW Learning to Learn

The Revised EYFS in Practice

Sally Featherstone

Ann Langston and Dr. Jonathan Doherty

How children learn is much more important than what they learn. Discover the keys to maintaining the drive to learn from birth onwards and preparing children for each stage of childhood. This book is an introduction to some of the things that affect children’s learning, explaining them in accessible terms with simple ways of ensuring children get the best start in their lifelong learning journey.

This practical professional development title will take practitioners through the latest EYFS policies and provide vital information and practical advice on how to implement them effectively. With their wealth of experience in the Early Years, Ann Langston and Dr Jonathan Doherty have all the expertise to make this an authoritative book that will be useful to anyone involved in Early Years education.

JUNE 2014 • Paperback • 244 x 169mm • 128pp • 9781472906083 • £18.99

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Supporting Child-Initiated Learning

Independent Learning in the Foundation Stage

Setting the Scene

Why is it that some children behave like butterflies, flitting around among the flowers of activities while others behave with the single-minded concentration of bees? This book, written by a group of experts, explores the place and purpose of child-initiated learning as a key feature of the EYFS.

Ros Bayley and Sally Featherstone

This title explores the importance of the environment in the Early Years and its effect on learning and emotional development. It provides examples of excellent settings for learning as well as lots of ideas for organisation, planning, displays and making changes. It will inspire practitioners with its full colour photos and practical, easy to follow activities.

Editor: Sally Featherstone

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Developing children as independent learners starts in the early years. Scientific evidence, as well as the experience of experts, confirms that children between three and six learn most effectively by doing. This work looks at the theory of independent learning and describes how practitioners can plan and resource the early years.

Paperback • 192pp • 245 x 170 mm

Sally Featherstone

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OBSERVATION, ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING

Observation, Assessment and Planning Is Your EYFS on Track?

Terry Gould 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.

Paperback • 64pp 297 x 210mm 9781408163979 • £17.99

The EYFS: Am I Getting it Right?

Anita Soni and Sue Bristow This edition aims to help practitioners answer the question ‘How do I know I am doing the EYFS?’ by using reflection and self-evaluation techniques. Simple questionnaires help practitioners evaluate the effectiveness of their work. The book aims to enable practitioners to further develop and improve what goes on in their setting on a day-to-day basis.

Paperback • 104pp • 297 x 210mm 9781408186824 • £19.99

From Good to Better Redcar and Cleveland This self-evaluation book follows the four outcomes of Every Child Matters, giving practitioners and managers clear and detailed descriptions of good practice and statements for evaluation at five levels, alongside helpful advice on preparing for and managing inspection.

Paperback • 64pp • 210 x 297mm • 9781408112526 • £19.99

EYFS Development Charts Three laminated A3 wall charts presenting the EYFS from birth to 60+ months across all areas of learning. Perfect for tracking progress at a glance.

3 x A3 • 9781472900647 • £12.99

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100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Outstanding Practice

NEW

Lucy Peet 100 easy to implement ideas to transform your planning, practice and setting from good to outstanding! Full of tips for promoting independence, stimulating creative thinking, developing a sense of calm and maintaining a structured environment, this book is an excellent tool for both new and experienced practitioners.

Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 120pp • 9781472906335 • £12.99

PRACTITIONERS’ GUIDES

Practitioners’ Guides

“…an invaluable toolkit for practitioners everywhere. When you buy it, write your name in it – all your colleagues will want to borrow it!”

Sally Featherstone, Early Years Consultant and author

100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: School Readiness

NEW

Clare Ford Discover practical activities and ideas to develop the basic skills every child needs as a foundation for learning, whatever their individual needs and learning styles. Areas covered include speaking and listening skills, early numeracy, pre-writing and reading skills and social confidence. Additional ideas for involving parents help to promote links between home and early years provision.

Applying the latest thinking concerning preschool learning, this book helps prepare the ground for a child’s future success.

JANUARY 2014 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 136pp • 9781472903846 • £12.99

How to be an Outstanding Childminder

NEW

EDITION

Allison Lee An invaluable handbook, this new edition contains easy-to-introduce tips and techniques to propel childminders into the outstanding category everyday, without spending lots more time planning and preparing. It includes information on tracking the developmental progress of children and keeping up to date with training and legislation as well as covering relationships, early identification and intervention and selfevaluation.

The companion website contains planning tools, observation checklists and transition forms and links to useful websites.

Paperback • 216 x 138mm • 160pp • 9781441172853 • £14.99

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Practitioners’ Guides PRACTITIONERS’ GUIDES

Learning and Playing Outdoors

Learning and Playing Indoors

Terry Gould

Terry Gould and Kathy Coates-Mohammed

As well as fantastic advice on setting up, developing and maintaining outdoor environments for young children, this book features guidance on spaces to develop, what to include and how to do it on a budget with links to the revised EYFS framework. It includes full colour photographs of real settings for extra inspiration.

The learning environment significantly impacts on outcomes for young children. High quality and inspirational provision is very important. Explore the theory behind the commitment as well as practical advice on ensuring the indoor learning environment is planned to inspire and capture every child’s imagination.

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From Learning and Playing Outdoors

From Learning and Playing Indoors

Child-initiated Learning

Child-initiated Play

Ros Bayley and Sally Featherstone

Su Wall

The range of ideas will help you to develop an environment where independent learning is celebrated and where children take responsibility for planning and organising their own activities. Case studies in each chapter highlight how to implement good practice in your setting.

Putting independent learning and child-initiated activities at the heart of early learning, this book follows on from the very successful Child-initiated Learning focusing on the under 3s. Each chapter is related to a specific area of learning e.g. messy play, water play and even mud play, and is supported by lots of practical suggestions for suitable resources. Crucially, it also features guidance on involving parents.

Paperback • 56pp • 297 x 210mm • 9781408125229 • £18.99

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“Provides a wealth of ideas for encouraging children to undertake independent learning.

Essential reading.”

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For other titles by Alistair Bryce-Clegg see pages 8, 10 & 17

From Vacant to Engaged Alistair Bryce-Clegg This book shows, through practical examples, how practitioners can move away from the more traditional model of teaching to one driven by the most powerful learning tool of all – engagement. The combination of current theory and practical examples makes this an invaluable book.

Continuous Provision in the Early Years Alistair Bryce-Clegg Bringing together Alistair’s knowledge of continuous provision and the high level impact it can bring, this book includes explanations, links to assessment plus case studies and illustrations. Critically, it helps to provide carefully structured learning opportunities.

Paperback • 64pp 297 x 210mm 9781408163986

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“A thought-provoking book about how to appeal to children and stimulate their interests…A great resource to read through at regular intervals…”

“An indispensable guide…”

– Nursery World Magazine

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PRACTITIONERS’ GUIDES

Practitioners’ Guides

From Continuous Provision in the Early Years

NEW

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Early Years Display

Creative Role Play in the Early Years

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Many settings still insist on creating displays that are designed by adults or for adults. Both the EYFS and the Children’s Act ask that children play an active part in decision making processes and child-led display offers an excellent way of moving towards these goals.

Role play is an important part of every child's entitlement. This lively book will guide you in planning, stimulating and organising role play inside and out. There are ideas for materials, equipment and locations, including advice on making the most of limited resources. Unlock your imagination and help your children to bring out what's inside!

This book includes specific examples as well as changing traditional views with reference to all types of setting.

FEBRUARY 2014 • Paperback • 64pp • 297 x 210mm • 9781408155479 • £18.99

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Practitioners’ Guides Press It, Switch It, Turn It, Move it!

Square Peg in a Round Hole

Terry Gould

Linda Tallent and Jean Thompson

This practical book supports the delivery of early ICT across the revised EYFS, including resource suggestions for providing an ICT-rich environment.

It also supports nervous practitioners with case studies, ideas and practical elements based on research and experience.

This practical easy-to-use guide identifies the barriers that children with a wide range of different additional needs experience in school.

It provides case studies of each of the major conditions, describes the behaviour of the child involved and the process of diagnosis, concluding with practical strategies on how to help these children become successful learners.

Paperback • 64pp 297 x 210mm 9781408195055 • £18.99

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From Press It, Switch It, Turn It, Move It!

From Square Peg in a Round Hole

Science in the Early Years

EAL in the Early Years

The Key Person Approach

Kirstine Beeley

Anita Soni

Anita Soni and Sue Bristow

An inspirational book that gives practitioners the confidence to teach Science in the early years, helping children to become active and inquisitive learners. This book looks at and challenges the traditional teaching views of Science and aims to show how scientific exploration and thinking are at the heart of child-led, child-centered EYFS provision.

With practical suggestions and guidance on supporting young children and managing the key difficulties, this book includes case studies of EAL children showing how their needs have been met.

It features a really useful self-reflection and evaluation toolkit.

This user-friendly book links the theory that underpins the Key Person Approach with how to develop and support effective practice in settings. It offers solutions to the challenges this approach can bring, especially in schools, and includes questions to encourage self-evaluation and reflective practice.

Paperback • 88pp • 297 x 210mm

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Paperback • 64pp • 297 x 210mm

9781408159873 • £18.99

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Creative Planning in the EYFS Lucy Peet

An exciting series supporting topic planning (and assessment) in settings with Foundation Stage children.

Based on the new ELGs, this series will help to support practitioners working with 4 and 5 year old children in all settings with the 7 areas of learning and 17 aspects from the revised EYFS. It provides examples of good practice and ideas and schemes of work over a six-week period. Activities are differentiated using the new EYFS terminology – Emerging, Expected and Exceeding – which makes this series both flexible and unique.

Paperback • 64pp • 297 x 210mm • £14.99

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Castles and Dragons

Pirates and Seaside

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Also by Lucy Peet 100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Outstanding Practice See page 27

From Creative Planning in the EYFS: Autumn.

“Fantastic books…colourful, well written, easy to follow, attainable and an absolutely brilliant reference guide!”

– Practical Pre-School Magazine

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MUSIC

Music

No music reading required for all titles

Playsongs

Shukalaka Shake A young child’s day in songs Anne Johnson, Michele Chowromootoo and Kate Corkery Brilliant songs for fun-filled days in early years settings. Perfect for social play and learning, these world music-inspired songs celebrate words, sounds and melody from morning till night – getting up and out, playing and learning with friends or winding down to home time. Action-packed and engaging.

• 30 action songs and rhymes for every day

• Full action instructions and development ideas • CD performances and backing tracks

Playsongs Sheena Roberts 72 songs and rhymes for babies and toddlers. The perfect musical start for the very young. Fully illustrated book and CD. Paperback + CD • 48pp • 220 x 230mm • Colour Illustrations 9780713663716 • £12.99

Spiral bound paperback + CD • 64pp • 210 x 220mm • 9781408146576 • £14.99

Livelytime Playsongs Bingo Lingo Helen MacGregor A wonderfully clever collection of songs and rhymes with familiar tunes, all of which teach an aspect of literacy in a fun and memorable way. Instantly accessible.

Spiral bound paperback • 64pp • 210 x 220mm • 9780713673241 • £12.99

Sheena Roberts and Rachel Fuller Parents and carers of young children will find a wealth of entertainment for their lively babies and toddlers in this full colour picture songbook. With 30 action songs and rhymes for children from birth to walking.

Paperback + CD • 32pp • Colour Illustrations • 220 x 230 mm 9780713669404 • £9.99

Sleepytime Playsongs Sheena Roberts

Pat a Cake, Make and Shake Sue Nicholls Pat-a-cake, make and shake is a hands-on guide to making musical instruments with everyday objects. Anything from newspapers to balloons can be transformed into soundmakers. The book and CD pack contains lively songs, stories and chants for children to sing and play along to.

A relaxing day full of gentle play for babies and toddlers in this full colour picture songbook which tells baby’s day from start to finish. Interleaved are songs and rhymes for each stage of the day, all with actions for interactive fun, relaxation and lullaby.

Paperback + CD • 32pp • Colour Illustrations • 220 x 230 mm 9780713669411 • £9.99

Spiral bound paperback + CD • 64pp • 210 x 220mm • 9781408115244 • £18.99

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MUSIC

No music reading required for all titles

EYFS Music Express

Kickstart Music EY

Singing Phonics

Sally Hickman, Sue Nicholls, Patricia Scott

Anice Paterson and David Wheway

Now incorporating the whole age range from birth to five, this edition fully supports the 2012 Statutory Framework for the EYFS. Includes old favourites and exciting new ideas arranged in popular themes within the learning and development areas. New features include child-initiated learning and more outdoor ideas. Includes online support on the Music Express website www.acblack.com/musicexpress

A flexible resource of tried and tested activities to last for minutes, weeks or years of music teaching.

Progressive and fully supported by clear guidance, the activities can be dipped into or followed through from the start.

Book 1 Helen MacGregor and Catherine Birt Singing Phonics is a song collection for 3-5 year olds, specially designed to support the earliest steps in phonics teaching and to enrich young children’s experience of language in a fun and interactive way.

Includes songs with new words to familiar tunes.

Paperback • 297 x 210mm • 64pp

Paperback + CD • 80pp • 297 x 210mm

9781408123614 • £16.99

9781408104729 • £19.99

Paperback + 3CDs • 88pp • 297 x 210m 9781408187074 • £34.99

Musical Steps Cathy McCallum The Musical Steps series has been specially designed for early years practitioners without any musical experience to help introduce music through popular topics.

• Full colour, lots of photos and simple instructions • Related activities link to key EYFS areas • Child-initiated activities and observation guidance Each CD includes catchy backing tracks and sample performances to make learning the songs fun and easy. Everyone will be singing along in no time!

Paperback + CD • 48pp • 174 x 148mm • £9.99

Animals

Home

Ourselves

The Sea

Topics include: Wild animals; Farm animals; Pets.

Topics include: My house; Rooms; Looking after my home.

Topics include: My body; My family and friends; My feelings.

Topics include: Fish; Sailing; The seashore.

9781408165645

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MUSIC

Music

Three Tapping Teddies

Three Singing Pigs

Kaye Umansky

Kaye Umansky

A much-loved music and literacy resource with 15 stories told by Kaye Umansky and activities by Helen MacGregor and others. Each story contains a song, rap or chant with favourites including Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, Pinocchio and Cinderella.

A brand new edition of this baker’s dozen of traditional tales retold by the wonderful Kaye Umansky. A much-loved resource of musical fun through stories.

Includes songs with familiar melodies and specially rewritten words to carry the action along. Instantly performable pieces of classroom magic.

Spiral bound paperback • 64pp • Line illustrations • 210 x 220mm

Spiral bound paperback • 64pp • 210 x 220mm • 9780713673258 • £14.99

9780713674736 • £12.99

Dancing to Music

Sing Hey Diddle Diddle

Let’s Go Zudi e-O Bobbie Gargrave and Helen MacGregor A stimulating and creative cross-curricular exploration of dance and music for the Early Years. Activities spring from world, contemporary and historical music and dance. Fully supported by audio and movies, showing children and teachers working together. Includes CD and CD-ROM.

66 nursery songs beautifully performed on CD and decorated throughout the book with full colour illustrations by Frank Francis.

Spiral bound paperback + CD • 96pp • Colour Illustrations • 210 x 305mm 9780713659344 • £18.99

Paperback • 56pp • 9781408194416 • £16.99

Game Songs with Prof Dogg

Okki Tokki Unga

David McKee

Beatrice Harrop

An innovative collection of 44 songs and games with open-ended activities, perfect for allowing children’s imaginations to fly. What would a dinosaur like to eat? How can we brew up a spell? Develop confidence in language, movement and social play.

The greatest collection of action songs for young children. Try Ten Fat Sausages or the No Laugh Race with lots of toe tapping, wriggling and giggling in between.

Spiral bound paperback • 64pp • 9781408194430 • £16.99

PB book: 9780713640786 • £16.99 • Triple CD pack: 9781408129470 • £13.99

Spiral bound paperback • 96pp • 210 x 297mm • Also available as Triple CD pack

*Okki-tokki-unga may require music reading if purchased without CD

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Noisy Picture Books Take a great story and lots of silly sounds, mix with a happy helping of children, and you have a recipe for a Kaye Umansky Noisy Picture Book. Riotously funny re-tellings of favourite tales as you have never heard them before. Ideal for join-in storytelling. Includes CD performances and full colour illustrations.

All Paperback • 280 x 215mm • 24pp • £7.99

Billy Goats Gruff

Little Red Hen

Three Little Pigs

9781408192375

9781408192405

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All activities can be taught inside the classroom, outside or at home.

Five Little Monkeys

Clap your Hands follow Me

I Hear the Band

CD + Folded card sheet music

Counting songs and activities.

Action songs and activities.

Listening and talking songs.

9781408114537 • £8.99

9781408114544 • £8.99

9781408114551 • £8.99

MUSIC

No music reading required for all titles

Earlybirds...

The Earlybirds series showcases the liveliest, most engaging songs for young children. Each pack contains twelve songs, a CD, full lyrics and teaching notes with actions.

6pp • 305 x 248mm

Three Little Celebrations

Three Little Nativities

Kaye Umansky and Veronica Clark

Jonathan Trueman, Kaye Umansky, Sue Nicholls and Veronica Clark

Three marvellous mini-musicals to celebrate spring, summer and autumn.

Ideal for informal performances in Early Years settings.

Three retellings of the nativity story carefully planned to lead children in Foundation Stage and Reception classes through successful impromptu musical performances.

Book includes activities, practice, costume and artwork suggestions, scripts and songs and links to the EYFS. CDs include performance and backing tracks. Includes FREE performance licence.

Simple practice, performance, costume and artwork suggestions are all included in this complete performance pack which includes a FREE performance licence.

The three settings are:

Paperback + 2 CDs • Line illustrations

• Traditional Bethlehem stable • A magical toy shop • A journey through space

64pp • 305 x 245mm 9781408114353 • £24.99

Paperback + 2 CDs • 64pp • 305 x 245mm • 9780713678383 • £24.99

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A&C Black Wild Things

Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a worldrenowned charity, working to achieve the global conservation of animals and their habitats. For further information please visit www.zsl.org

Lisa Regan What would happen if you were sent an elephant in the post? How would you look after it? Wild Things! gives young readers a beautifully illustrated first introduction to exotic animals, how and where they live and what they need to survive. A fact spread explains why each animal is suited to its normal environment and how to help it stay there.

220 x 210 mm • 24pp • Hardback: £8.99 • Paperback: £4.99

Emu on the Loose

Hippo in the House

Lion Who Came to Lunch

Giraffe on a Sleepover

HB • 9781408142479 PB • 9781408156780

HB • 9781408142455 PB • 9781408149614

HB • 9781408142448 PB • 9781408156810

HB • 9781408142462 PB • 9781408156797

Monkey in the Garden

Tiger at the Door

Penguin in the Post

Elephant in the Attic

HB • 9781408179390 PB • 9781408179406

HB • 9781408179352 PB • 9781408179369

HB • 9781408179413 PB • 9781408179420

PB • 9781408179383

I’m Feeling…

Lisa Regan A thought-provoking series that encourages children to deal with feelings, talk about their emotions and cope with difficult situations in a positive way.

• Difficult emotions and issues are treated seriously, sympathetically and constructively • Key links to the primary framework • Beautiful illustrations • A tool for parents, practitioners and teachers Hardback • 210 x 210mm • 24pp • £6.99

I’m Feeling Scared

I’m Feeling Shy

9781408171837

9781408171844

I’m Feeling Angry

I’m Feeling Jealous

9781408171868

9781408171851

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Ages 4+

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My First Book of…

NEW

NEW

These beautifully illustrated books are the perfect introduction to a variety of interesting topics. The exciting, interactive guess who element throughout encourages children to keep turning the page and the fun, engaging facts bring each creature or object to life.

A&C BLACK

A&C Black

Ages 5+ • Hardback • 210 x 210mm • 48pp • £6.99

My First Book of Baby Animals

My First Book of Zoo Animals

Mike Unwin Illustrated by Daniel Howarth

Mike Unwin Illustrated by Daniel Howarth

From cuddly polar bear cubs to curious kittens and playful puppies, discover twenty adorable baby animals.

From amazing apes to fearsome lions, see what you can find as you turn the page and take a journey round the zoo.

FEBRUARY 2014 • 9781408194645

AUGUST 2014 • 9781472905314

RSPB My First Book of ...

Take a journey through the garden and discover the creatures living there. Each title in the ‘My First Book’ series covers twenty wildlife wonders that young readers can find right outside their window.

Each creature is introduced with clues and mysterious pictures. Turn the page to find out more with beautiful illustrations and fascinating facts.

Hardback • 48pp • 210 x 210mm • £6.99

Garden Bugs

Garden Wildlife

Garden Birds

Mike Unwin Illustrated by Tony Sanchez

Mike Unwin Illustrated by Tony Sanchez

Mike Unwin & Sarah Whittley Illustrated by Rachel Lockwood

9781408114155

9781408104576

9780713676785

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A&C Black First Book of ...

NEW

Isabel Thomas Four spotter’s guides, each introducing young readers to 35 different breeds of animals. Find out fascinating facts in each book with beautiful illustrations and key information. Each includes a spotter’s chart for children to fill in to extend the fun.

JUNE 2014 • Ages 4+ • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 48pp • £4.99

First Book of Dogs From Dachshunds to Dalmatians, Collies to Poodles and everything in between!

9781472903976

First Book of Cats From British Shorthairs to Maine Coons, Siamese to Ragdoll and everything in between!

9781472903983

First Book of Horses and Ponies From Shetlands to thoroughbreds and everything in between!

9781472903990

First Book of Baby Animals From ducklings to lambs, calves to chicks and everything in between!

9781472904003

RSPB First Book of ...

• Each RSPB spotter’s guide will look at 35 common plants or animals, perfect for beginner naturalists.

• With beautiful full-page illustrations accompanied by key information about each creature, each book is designed to encourage young children’s interest in the outside world and the wildlife around them.

• A spotter’s chart for children to fill in means that children can extend the fun.

www.rspb.org.uk • The RSPB produces resources to support teaching and learning about wildlife, mainly for the primary sector, early years and in leisure time.

• We have posters, free resources, games, information, an annual School’s Birdwatch and school membership.

• For more information about everything the RSPB does please see our website.

Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 48pp • £4.99

Birds

• 9781408137185

Flowers

• 9781408137178

Mammals

• 9781408137161

Minibeasts Trees

• 9781408137154

• 9781408165706

Pond Life

• 9781408165713

The Seashore

• 9781408165690

Butterflies and Moths

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First Book of…

Isabel Thomas Eight spotter’s guides, each introducing young readers to 30 different types of vehicle. Find out fascinating facts in each book with amazing illustrations and key information. Each includes a spotter’s chart for children to fill in to extend the fun.

Ages 4+ • Paperback 198 x 129mm • 48pp • £4.99

First Book of Diggers and Dumpers

NEW

First Book of Ships and Boats

NEW

First Book of Emergency Vehicles

NEW

First Book of Bikes and Motorbikes

NEW

From excavators to dumpers, bulldozers to rock breakers and everything in between!

From cargo ships to cruise liners, speed boats to barges and everything in between!

From fire trucks to ambulances, helicopters to rescue boats and everything in between!

From scooters to sports bikes, choppers to cruisers and everything in between!

FEBRUARY 2014 • 9781408194584

FEBRUARY 2014 • 9781472901057

FEBRUARY 2014 • 9781408194577

FEBRUARY 2014 • 9781408194591

First Book of Trains

First Book of Tractors and Trucks First Book of Aircraft

First Book of Cars

From trams to rollercoasters and everything in between!

From fork lift trucks to fire engines and everything in between!

From hot air balloons to jumbo jets and everything in between!

From racing cars to campervans and everything in between!

9781408192917

9781408192924

9781408192931

9781408192252

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