Bloomsbury Education Early Years Catalogue 2021

BLOOMSBURY EDUCATION Early Years

Books and Resources 2021

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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ������������������� 24 Transition ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 25 Professional Development ������������������������������������������������� 26 Professional Development: Alistair Bryce-Clegg ���������� 28 Highlights from Bloomsbury Academic ������������������������� 29 Highlights from Bloomsbury Children’s ������������������������� 31

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INTRODUCTION Welcome to our 2021 Early Years catalogue! It is packed full of great books that are accessible, beautifully laid out, and designed to make life easier for all professionals working with children in the Early Years. Some of our highlights include 50 Fantastic Ideas for Sustainability by June O’Sullivan and Nick Corlett, which features brilliant ideas to raise children’s environmental awareness; new books from Penny Tassoni in our Time to… series which put a positive spin on important everyday skills; and Looking for Learning: Maths through Play

by Laura England, which is filled with ideas for using play to learn early mathematical concepts.

With very best wishes for the year ahead,

From the team at Bloomsbury Education

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50 FANTASTIC IDEAS We know that Early Years practitioners are always on the lookout for new ideas, or popular well-loved activities with a new twist, and this is exactly what the 50 Fantastic Ideas series provides! All the activities are carefully planned and are accompanied by notes for practitioners on how to get the most out of them.

NEW FOR 2021

50 Fantastic Ideas for Songs and Rhymes Helen Battelley 50 Fantastic Ideas for Songs and Rhymes is perfect for practitioners looking for new rhymes to try or for fun ideas to get the most out of a well-known song. With a mixture of traditional favourites and fresh alternatives to classic nursery rhymes, as well as original action songs and funny verse, these musical activities will have everyone moving, laughing and learning.

All activities include suggestions for movements and tips for incorporating other areas of children’s learning. Adults will feel confident singing and moving to music with children, and children will love the repetition, rhymes and rhythmic movements of these activities.

Publishes 1st April 2021 PB • 245 x 170mm • 64pp • 9781472976857 • £10.99

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Any learning environment, home, classroom, nursery or staffroom would be all the richer for having a set of these books on their shelves for reference.

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Helen Battelley Helen Battelley is a renowned Early Years consultant, trainer and author, recognised globally for her contribution to children’s physical health and wellbeing. She is the Founder and Director of Music + Movement and has been a music and movement specialist for over 19 years, delivering training to practitioners and teachers, and has been involved in nationwide efforts to get children moving including Change4Life’s ‘10 Minute Shake Up’ initiative.

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Making Music

50 Fantastic Ideas for Sustainability

50 Fantastic Ideas for Forest School

Judith Harries

June O’Sullivan and Nick Corlett

Jamie Victoria Barnes

50 Fantastic Ideas for Making Music contains fun, easy-to-follow activities for creating instruments from recycled materials, exploring sounds, singing and making music together. Ideal for both specialist and non-specialist teachers, this book is perfect for anyone looking to put the magic back into music in their setting.

Publishes 5th August 2021

With 50 fun, informative and environmentallyfriendly activities, 50 Fantastic Ideas for Sustainability is the perfect book for any practitioner looking to raise environmental awareness and positively influence the younger generation. All activities include step-by-step instructions and many use everyday objects that might otherwise have gone to waste.

50 Fantastic Ideas for Forest School is an invaluable resource filled with activities that spark creativity and encourage development and learning in a natural environment, perfect for helping young children enjoy a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

It features stunning activities with full-colour photographs with ideas for creating natural self-portraits to presenting Forest School TV!

PB • 245 x 170mm • 64pp • 9781472984111 • £10.99

Publishes 10th June 2021

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active

50 Fantastic Ideas Supporting Children’s Wellbeing

50 Fantastic Ideas for Tuff Tray Mathematics

Dr Lala Manners

Rebecca Gordine

Sally Wright

50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active contains simple and accessible ideas to make physical activity an enjoyable and meaningful part of daily life in the Early Years. With ideas ranging from Scrabble and Stand where toddlers get onto their feet to Duvet Tunnels where children crawl under a blanket, the activities in this book will fast become firm favourites.

50 Fantastic Ideas for Supporting Children’s Wellbeing features easy-to-follow activities to help calm busy minds and bodies, and develop young children’s self-esteem by engaging their senses.

Ideas include playing with warm noodles, making a healthy soup, tuning into nature by listening to bird songs, and creating a singing show.

50 Fantastic Ideas for Tuff Tray Mathematics is filled with ideas for exploring concepts such as size, shape, capacity, quantity, distance, volume and numbers using tuff trays. From comparing size with small world toys to exploring time with ice cubes, Sally Wright shows how to inspire children to learn about maths in creative and engaging ways.

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Mindfulness

50 Fantastic Ideas Inspired by Famous Artists

50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Shape and Pattern

Tammie Prince

Judith Harries

Alison Hutchison

Mindfulness should be part and parcel of the daily classroom routine – deep breathing, starfish meditations, breathing buddies and more! 50 Fantastic Ideas for Mindfulness features activities that allow children to cultivate a deeper awareness of their emotions, helping them to focus on the present and atune to others so that they empathise more easily.

It’s much easier now to access art online and bring inspirational pieces into a setting without having to buy postcards or visit an art gallery.

Drawing on readily available materials, Judith Harries presents 50 exciting ideas featuring a range of artists from Lubaina Himid to Picasso, and includes pop and street art, sculpture and portraiture.

This exciting resource features a range of ideas encouraging creativity, questioning, discussion and co-working. In line with the Early Learning Goals, it includes activities aimed at developing essential knowledge such as shape recognition and features of shape, as well as investigative ideas for consolidating understanding and making connections.

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Step-by-step instructions Brief explanations showing the benefits children will gain from activities

Top tips for preparing or adapting the activities

Ideas for ‘taking it forward’ with extra activities on the same theme

Hazards or issues to avoid 

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Creative Play

Emotional Development and Wellbeing

50 Fantastic Ideas for Block Play

50 Fantastic Ideas for Circle Time

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Teaching Phonics

50 Fantastic Things to do with Cardboard

50 Fantastic Ideas for Developing Emotional Resilience

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Judit Horvath

Judit Horvath

50 Fantastic Ideas for Investigations Phill and Sally Featherstone 9781472919168

Judith Harries

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

50 Fantastic Ideas to Captivate Boys

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Jillian Harrison-Longworth

50 Fantastic Ideas for Creative Role Play

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Phill and Sally Featherstone

50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Emotions

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Phill and Sally Featherstone

50 Fantastic Ideas for Mark Making

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Outdoor Learning

50 Fantastic Ideas for Promoting Independence

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Alistair Bryce-Clegg

50 Fantastic Ideas for Creativity Outdoors

50 Fantastic Ideas for Messy Play

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Home Learning

Hayley Hughes

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408186770

50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Nature

Phill and Sally Featherstone

50 Fantastic Ideas for Treasure Baskets Sue Gascoyne 9781472943514

50 Fantastic Ideas for Tuff Trays Sally Wright

Kate Bass and Jane Vella

50 Fantastic Ideas for Engaging Dads June O’Sullivan and Alice Sharp

50 Fantastic Things to do with Paint

Kirstine Beeley and Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408159842

50 Fantastic Things to do with a Sand Tray Kirstine Beeley and Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408159866

50 Fantastic Things to do with Squidgy Stuff Kirstine Beeley and Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408159859

50 Fantastic Ideas for Small World Provocations Judit Horvath 9781472938367

50 Fantastic Things to do with a Water Tray Kirstine Beeley and Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408159835

50 Fantastic Ideas for Maths Outdoors Kirstine Beeley

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Nursery Gardens

Language and Learning

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Children with EAL Natasha Wood

June O’Sullivan and Clodagh Halse 9781472953032

50 Fantastic Ideas for Physical Activity Outdoors

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Celebrations and Festivals Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408186787

50 Fantastic Ideas for Science Outdoors

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Early Language Development Dr Mary Scanlan

Kirstine Beeley 9781408186800

50 Fantastic Ideas for Seasons Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Early Writing Prompts

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Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781472913258

50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Number Alison Hutchison 9781472948649

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COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

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Get Them Talking - Get Them Learning

Get Them Talking - Get Them Writing

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Based on current best practice, this book features a host of practical ideas for filling children’s heads with thoughts and questions. It provides an excellent basis for developing and extending children’s language and communication skills.

This book helps you understand the development stages of becoming a mark maker and suggests tried-and-tested interventions that will make a significant difference to how the children in your setting learn to write.

PB • 297 x 210mm • 64pp • 9781408163924 • £19.99

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A brief overview of what’s to come in this chapter

Reflection points to make you think about your own setting

Full-colour photographs to aid understanding

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Get Them Talking – Get Them Writing – Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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The Little Book of Parachute Play Clare Beswick

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The Little Book of Story Bags Marianne Sargent

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The Little Book of Storybuilding Cler Lewis and Victoria Millward

PB • 210 x 148mm • 72pp • 9781408194164 • £8.99

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COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock Listening is a vital life skill for every child to learn, but growing numbers of children find it a challenge to stay focused and follow simple instructions, making it difficult for them to access the curriculum. In this practical and accessible book, specialist speech and language therapists Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock present interventions that you can use in the classroom to teach young children the rules of good listening and why they are so important. The book includes an easy-to-use, full-colour section of photocopiable resources so you can start straight away.

PB • 297 x 210mm • 96pp • 9781472959201 • £24.99

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CONTAINS PHOTOCOPIABLE CONTENT

Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock PB • 297 x 210mm • 120pp 9781472965165 • £24.99

100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Supporting EAL Learners

EAL in the Early Years

Marianne Sargent

EAL in the Early Years addresses issues of cultural diversity and SEND alongside crucial strands of the EYFS: CoEL, observation, reflective practice, assessment and planning. Throughout the book, Anita Soni simplifies the key messages of teaching EAL in a way that is accessible and relevant to current Early Years practice.

This inspiring book offers advice on how to welcome children with EAL into your classroom and support their families, taking into consideration their unique identities and cultures. With links to all areas of the curriculum and a specific focus on language acquisition, each idea is straightforward and can be easily adapted to suit children’s individual needs.

Anita Soni

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active Dr Lala Manners 50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active contains simple and accessible ideas to make physical activity an enjoyable and meaningful part of daily life in the Early Years. With ideas ranging from Scrabble and Stand where toddlers get onto their feet to Duvet Tunnels where children commando crawl under a blanket, the activities in this book will fast become firm favourites. Many of the ideas in this book can be used both indoors and outdoors and all of them involve easily-accessible or free-tosource materials that can be found at home or in most Early Years settings.

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active – Dr Lala Manners

Dr Lala Manners Dr Lala Manners has designed and delivered a range of CACHE-accredited courses for physical development, led the UKActive EY advisory group and is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary ‘Fit and Heathy Childhood’ Group. She has also advised Ofsted on the physical development component of the Early Years Education Inspection Framework. Lala is the founder of Activematters, a learning hub for parents and practitioners.

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The Little Book of Gross Motor Skills Ruth Ludlow PB • 210 x 148mm • 72pp • 9781408155455 • £8.99

The Little Book of Playground Games Simon MacDonald PB • 210 x 148mm • 72pp • 9781472908698 • £8.99

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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEW FOR 2021

Which Food Will You Choose?

Claire Potter, illustrated by Ailie Busby Mummy’s in a bad mood. She’s fed up with all the beige foods in the kitchen, like chicken nuggets, chips, pasta... So she takes her children to the supermarket to play a game. On Monday she tells them to choose three RED foods, on Tuesday three YELLOW foods – every day a different colour. Which foods will they pick and how will they eat them?

Perfect for sharing, this story will entice fussy little eaters to look beyond the beige and explore a whole new colourful world of food.

Publishes 7th January 2021 PB • 210 x 210mm • 32pp • 9781472973825 • £6.99

A game for children to play at the supermarket, recommended by paediatric dietitians to help with fussy eating

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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT From leading Early Years expert, Penny Tassoni MBE, this picture book series uses simple words and delightful colour illustrations to put a positive spin on those all-important everyday skills such as taking turns, making friends and sharing. Featuring practical advice and tips for practitioners, carers and parents, this is the ideal resource for encouraging young children to talk about social skills using contexts they can relate to.

TIME TO…

NEW FOR 2021 Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four Publishes 10th June 2021 HB • 175 x 175mm • 32pp • £5.99

Time to Care

Time to Get Dressed

Time to Go to Bed

Time to Go to Nursery

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Time to Go to Nursery – Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

Penny Tassoni Penny Tassoni MBE is an education consultant, author and trainer who specialises in the whole spectrum of learning and play.

Penny has written forty books, many of which are core textbooks in the UK for training nursery nurses and early years teachers.

Penny is also the President of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY).

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Time to Eat

Time to Make Friends

Time to Share

Time to Tidy Up

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Clear, simple language that children can relate to

Charming illustrations provide lots to talk about

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Time to Tidy Up – Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

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Understanding Children’s Behaviour

Reducing Educational Disadvantage

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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT The Same but Different

NEW FOR 2021

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings This beautiful picture book helps young children celebrate uniqueness, difference and diversity and at the same time realise the similarities we all share. PSHE expert, teacher and author Molly Potter prompts young readers to consider why prejudice is harmful and what they can do to challenge stereotypes.

Covering everything from skin colour, clothes and body shapes, to interests, personalities and hobbies, this delightfully illustrated book takes children through all the reasons we are unique and why this is cause for celebration. This book includes thorough notes for parents and carers which offer advice on tackling prejudice and broadening perspectives right from the start.

Publishes 14th October 2021 HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp • 9781472978028 • £10.99

It's OK to Cry Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings Young children can find it really frustrating when they can’t express their emotions or articulate what they’re feeling. Cue: It’s OK to Cry! Written with boys in mind, because they are often encouraged to suppress their feelings, Molly Potter covers a whole range of emotions from uncomfortable ones to happy feelings where you feel good about yourself and care about other people.

Perfect for starting those all-important conversations, It’s OK to Cry includes colourful illustrations, childfriendly strategies and vocabulary for managing feelings. It has helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners at the back.

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It’s OK to Cry – Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Molly Potter Molly Potter taught for 11 years as a class teacher, science and PSHE co-ordinator before working for several years as an SRE Development Manager. Molly now works as a teacher in a short-stay school with children that have been or are at risk from being excluded from mainstream schools. She prides herself on being able to spice up any learning objective however boring it might appear at first!

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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT BESTSELLER

How Are You Feeling Today?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings Perfect for sharing, How Are You Feeling Today? is the bestselling book filled with fun, imaginative ways to help children understand and cope with a whole range of positive and negative emotions.

The sticker book is the perfect companion. It’s packed with creative activities and boredom busters to provide hours of entertainment for any young child!

How Are You Feeling Today?

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How Are You Feeling Today?

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Let's Talk About When Someone Dies

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Let's Talk about the Birds and the Bees

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Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Talking to a young child about death and bereavement is never going to be easy but this book is ideal for starting those difficult conversations. With engaging illustrations, gentle guidance and simple advice, Let’s Talk About When Someone Dies sensitively and honestly covers this difficult subject, from what death is and what it means to different people to why someone dies and what happens to their body afterwards.

This book uses clear, easy-to-understand language to answer complex questions about sex and relationships, and covers all manner of tricky subjects from puberty to consent with delicate accuracy and honesty. Filled with bright, fun illustrations and helpful advice for parents and carers, Let’s Talk About the Birds and Bees is the perfect book for explaining the facts of life to small children.

HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp • 9781472955340 • £10.99

HB • 250 x 250mm • 48pp • 9781472946416 • £12.99

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What's Going On Inside My Head?

What's Worrying You?

Will You Be My Friend?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

By talking about positive self-image, emotional intelligence, relationships and mindfulness, this book will encourage children to develop healthy habits from the start. Presented in a warm, child-friendly way, it will help establish solid foundations for every child’s current and future wellbeing and is perfect for starting conversations with children about their mental health.

Worrying is normal and we all do it! From falling out with friends and feeling ill, to seeing scary things on TV, all children need help with exploring these feelings. What’s Worrying You? helps children find the words to describe what’s bothering them and provides helpful suggestions for how to deal with these worries before they become too big to handle.

HB • 250 x 250mm • 32pp • 9781472959232 • £10.99

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How do we make friends? What makes us a good friend? And what makes us not such a good friend? These are the questions Molly Potter poses in her delightful picture book about friendship and all the issues surrounding it. Filled with beautiful illustrations, Will You Be My Friend? is both humorous and charming, and prompts children to discuss the idea of friendship with their teachers, parents and peers.

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LITERACY Phonics at Home Kate Robinson Phonics at Home provides all the tools needed to understand phonics and how it’s taught in school, and then presents a wealth of fun, multi-sensory games and activities to help any child develop their phonics skills at home. Kate Robinson demystifies phonics with clear explanations of terminology and stepby-step instructions to help practitioners, parents and children make the most of every activity. What’s more, the easy-to-play games work with any phonics scheme and use items that are readily available in any setting or home.

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ISLAND HOPPING What’s the game?

In this game, imaginary dangers and physical activity add excitement and help learning. Your child blends spoken sounds into words, and splits spoken words into sounds, preparing them for blending sounds into words for reading and splitting words into sounds for spelling.

How to play

Start at the paper island furthest from the ‘mainland’. Explain to your child that they are stranded and must hop from island to island to reach the safety of the mainland.

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At the first island, sound out the name of one of the objects in your box, phoneme by phoneme (e.g. ‘p – a – n’). If your child can name the object correctly, give them the object to leave on the ‘island’ and tell them to hop to the next island.

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➡ A few objects with names that are short, simple words (for a list of common short, simple words, see the Word List on page 89).

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Add a twist This time, put an object on each of the islands. Explain that your child can only move on to the next island if they can split the name of the object into all its separate sounds (e.g. ‘s – o – ck’).

Inventive ideas for taking the games further and adding your own twist

Lists of easy-to-source equipment and tips for preparation

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The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years Sue Cowley This new edition of Sue Cowley’s popular book Road to Writing is filled with practical activities, honest advice and a wide range of creative approaches to develop mark making and language skills in the Early Years. Sue includes ideas for building finger strength and eye-to-hand coordination, activities to help children understand the concept of symbols, and strategies for building confidence in reading and writing. With examples of early marks to illustrate how young children’s communication skills develop, and tips for getting boys engaged, this book is an invaluable source of inspiration for all those working with children aged 3-7.

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Ideas for making sure you get it right for children and the dos and don’ts of good practice

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Foundations of Literacy

Getting Ready to Write

Sue Palmer and Ros Bayley

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

This fully-revised fourth edition of Foundations of Literacy outlines seven strands of practice designed to develop the skills, concepts and knowledge underpinning literacy in the Early Years. Accompanying each strand are clear explanations of the research and reasoning on which they are based.

Practical advice on helping children to transfer their learning into their own child-initiated activities is integral to this highly practical book.

Alistair Bryce-Clegg explores some of the basic developmental stages that children go through on their journey to becoming writers and suggests inspiring ideas on how you can support this in your planning and provision.

Using his tried-and-tested techniques, Alistair believes that you will not only engage children in the writing process but you will also see a significant difference in their progress.

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MATHEMATICS NEW FOR 2021

Looking for Learning: Maths through Play Laura England Opportunities for exploring mathematical concepts such as shape, number, pattern and measurement during child-led play are everywhere. Looking for Learning: Maths through Play is ideal for all Early Years practitioners searching for accessible ideas for incorporating mathematical learning into their settings, helping children develop their creativity, critical thinking and problem solving along the way.

This dip-in-and-out book contains ideas for bringing mathematical learning into children’s favourite activities: role play and construction; art and nature; sand and water play and even simple technology-based activities using projectors or torches. Experienced Early Years teacher Laura England, creator of Little Miss Early Years, also provides advice about getting children talking about maths during daily routines in Early Years settings.

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The book includes ideas for large-scale mathematical play indoors and outdoors, as well as ‘tabletop activities’ which are easy to prepare and tidy away.

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MATHEMATICS Foundations of Mathematics Carole Skinner and Judith Stevens This book gets to the core of what underpins successful mathematical development in children aged 3-7. It aims to demystify maths for non-specialists but also offer subject leaders and managers opportunities to reflect on how maths in their own school or setting is meeting the needs of young learners. Problem-solving opportunities, indoors and outside, are offered throughout with detailed guidance on how best to support children through these open-ended experiences.

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OUTDOOR LEARNING A Sense of Place: Mindful practice outdoors Annie Davy

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Being outside and connecting with nature are key components of young SILVER AWARD children’s learning and wellbeing, especially in a busy, fast-changing and digitalised world; but how can Early Years practitioners best support young children as they engage with nature? Annie Davy presents tried-and-tested strategies that support the wellbeing and learning journey of children through mindfulness, with a focus on learning outdoors and connecting with the world.

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Practical ideas you can put into practice straight away

Narratives about children’s experiences put the ideas into context

Inspiring full-colour photographs

Reflect on your current practice, thoughts and beliefs

I Love Forest School Martin Pace A thought-provoking book that considers different approaches to working with children outdoors, the benefits of each and how they influence educators and support children’s learning. It brings new understanding to outdoor practice through a case study of the author’s award-winning nursery.

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OUTDOOR LEARNING 100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Forest School Tracey Maciver This practical book promotes the use of natural resources and the environment, as well as encouraging child-led learning and play. It addresses health and safety in the outdoor classroom, discusses myths surrounding Forest School, and explores how integrating it into Early Years settings can enhance children’s learning.

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The Little Book of Outside in All Weathers

The Little Book of Woodland Challenges

Sally Featherstone

Rebecca Aburrow

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LEARNING THROUGH PLAY NEW FOR 2021

NEW FOR 2021

Looking for Learning: Mark Making

Looking for Learning: Maths through Play

Laura England

Laura England

Looking for Learning: Mark Making will help you spark children’s natural curiosity in seeing what happens when they make marks with their fingers, bodies and toys, as well as materials from nature and from your art supplies.

From drawing around shadows and swirling paint in water, to printing animal footprints, Laura England, creator of Little Miss Early Years, provides a wealth of creative ideas for incorporating mark making into all child-led play, both indoors and outside.

Looking for Learning: Maths through Play is is full of creative suggestions for incorporating mathematical concepts ­– counting, comparison, composition, shape, pattern and number – into child-led play. The book contains ideas for bringing mathematical learning into children’s favourite activities: role play and construction; art and nature; sand and water play and even simple technology-based activities using projectors or torches.

Publishes 21st January 2021

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PB • 244 x 189mm • 64pp • 9781472963055 • £12.99 Innovative ideas for mark making, such as inviting children to create ‘backdrops’ for storytelling sessions

Tips for using natural materials for mark making, both indoors and outside

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Photos show how Laura England sets up mark making activities in her own setting

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Laura England

Laura England is an Early Years teacher with an MA in Education and a committee member of the Staffordshire Early Years Professional Network. She writes regularly for Teach Early Years and blogs for a number of Early Years resource companies. Laura is Little Miss Early Years and shares activity ideas and practical advice on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @littlemiss_ey.

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Looking for Learning: Loose Parts

Looking for Learning: Provocations

Laura England

Laura England

Looking for Learning: Loose Parts is a full-colour, practical guide linked to current policy and the EYFS framework. Laura England, creator of Little Miss Early Years, uses theory, real-life images and accessible ideas to inspire childled learning using loose parts. Ideas include giving children basic tinker trays filled with nuts and bolts or giving them pompoms and play dough to combine, construct and explore with.

Looking for Learning: Provocations is a full-colour, ready-to-use guide closely aligned to the EYFS framework. Laura England, creator of Little Miss Early Years, uses theory, real-life images and accessible ideas to inspire child-led learning using provocations. Ideas include using mirrors to explore symmetry, cardboard boxes to understand shapes and natural materials to play with construction.

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Boys will be Brilliant!

Linda Tallent and Gary Wilson The underachievement of boys continues to be continues to be a cause for concern. In this practical and informative guide, Linda Tallent and Gary Wilson look at the root causes of this issue and present practical strategies for practitioners to tackle the problem head on, enabling all their boys to be brilliant!

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SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES Guide to SEND in the Early Years

NEW FOR 2021

Kerry Payne Guide to SEND in the Early Years will up-skill every Early Years practitioner to become the very best teacher of SEND. With an emphasis on empowering all members of the team, and advice on how to translate theory into practice, experienced Early Years consultant Kerry Payne offers practical ways to implement a sustainable approach to SEND in any Early Years setting.

This book includes tried-and-tested tips and guidance for using inclusive language, involving parents, caring for mental wellbeing and more. Kerry proves that with commitment from practitioners, key persons and SENCOs, we can create truly inclusive Early Years settings.

Publishes 2nd September 2021 PB • 244 x 169mm • 128pp • 9781472981011 • £19.99

Kerry Payne Kerry Payne is an Early Years consultant, specialising in wellbeing, behaviour and special educational needs. She lectures for the University of West London and works with a number of educational organisations to plan and deliver early years training and projects. Kerry’s passion has always been inclusion and breaking down deficit attitudes about special educational needs and disability with practical and sustainable approaches.

100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Supporting Children with SEND Susan O'Connor 100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Supporting Children with SEND is a must-have resource filled with fun, creative and engaging multi-sensory activities and strategies to best support the learning and development of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

With ideas focusing on fine and gross motor skills, working memory, social skills, early speech and language skills, and self-esteem and wellbeing, these fun and engaging strategies will help Early Years practitioners meet the individual learning needs of children with SEND, including those with attention and behaviour difficulties, speech and language difficulties, early signs of dyslexia, autism and dyspraxia, and social and emotional difficulties.

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TRANSITION Effective Transition into Year One Alistair Bryce-Clegg Alistair Bryce-Clegg is determined to help practitioners conquer the ‘transition challenge’. Effective Transition into Year One is packed full of practical ideas to plan for and create an effective learning environment that promotes high levels of attainment in Year One. In this comprehensive guide for supporting transition, Alistair draws on his experience of transition projects that specifically focus on children’s emotional, social and academic development throughout this period. Based on the effective principles of EYFS practice, this book should be an essential in any Reception and Year One teacher’s library.

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Smooth Transitions Ros Bayley and Sally Featherstone Moving from the Early Years Foundation Stage into Key Stage 1 can be a huge change for a child. It is up to the adults involved to make the process of transition as smooth and continuous as possible. This fullyupdated guide contains advice for teachers, teaching assistants, practitioners, parents and managers on supporting children through and after change. It includes a special section on how we can use new theory around learning to help children build on previous experiences and what we can do to help them cope with the emotional factors involved in transition.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Challenging Bias in the Early Years

NEW FOR 2021

Natasha Wood Challenging Bias in the Early Years is a comprehensive toolkit for identifying and breaking down prejudice in the Early Years. It uses helpful examples of what bias might look like in the classroom and offers practical and inspiring methods of tackling it. Bringing a wealth of experience as an Early Years Leader, Natasha Wood explores a range of topics, from race to gender, age to socioeconomic class, and how teachers can shape children’s perception of difference for the better.

Publishes 1st September 2022 PB • 244 x 189mm • 64pp • 9781472977649 • £14.99

Natasha Wood Natasha Wood has worked in Early Years education as an outstanding teacher for the past 10 years and has built a deep breadth of knowledge in child development and play. She is currently working with Southwark LEA as an Early Years Champion, through which she runs in-house training, mentoring programmes and workshops.

Natasha is currently training to be an Early Years moderator.

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100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Outstanding Practice

Schemas: A Practical Handbook Laura England

Lucy Peet This book contains 100 ideas to transform your planning, practice and setting from good to outstanding in a flash! With tips to promote children’s independence, stimulate creative thinking, develop a sense of calm and maintain a structured environment, this is an excellent tool for all practitioners.

Why is there always one child who persistently plays with the door or throws objects across the room? Can these repetitive behaviours, known as schemas, be useful in targeting children’s next steps within the EYFS? This though-provoking book explores how, in practice, schemas are useful in developing children’s learning.

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Understanding Schemas in Young Children Stella Louis, Clare Beswick Liz Magraw and Lisa Hayes Schemas are a vitally important element in young children’s learning, and this book has been designed to help practitioners recognise them, value them and help children use them as they build their understanding of the world.

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Evaluating Early Years Practice in Your School

Getting it Right in Reception

Ann Langston

Neil Farmer

Evaluating Early Years Practice in Your School focuses on raising Early Years teachers’ confidence, with simple solutions on what to plan, what assessments are needed and how to approach teaching and learning so that they worry less and achieve more. Linked to the teaching standards and Ofsted framework, this invaluable guide is ideal for all Early Years practitioners and leaders.

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How to be an Outstanding Early Years Practitioner

Making Sense of Neuroscience in the Early Years

Getting it Right in Reception will appeal to all practitioners and parents who are interested in how boys develop and how to give them the best possible start in life. Author Neil Farmer is a highly-respected and experienced Early Years consultant who has supported schools and leaders up and down the country.

Louise Burnham

Sally Featherstone

Early Years practitioners are under increasing pressure to achieve an ‘outstanding’ grade in Ofsted inspections. But why should the focus be on achieving that allimportant grade for one day only?

This comprehensive guide will help practitioners deliver outstanding practice on a daily basis.

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This comprehensive guide examines current thinking in educational research and neuroscience, and explores how new information can help practitioners to be more effective when working with young children. Sally Featherstone’s easyto-read style makes this tricky topic accessible for all readers, giving practitioners the confidence to make the right decisions for their setting.

PB • 244 x 169mm • 176pp 9781472938312 • £19.99

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Successful Leadership in the Early Years

Understanding Children’s Behaviour

Penny Tassoni

June O’Sullivan

Penny Tassoni

On average, children from lowincome backgrounds enter Reception with lower scores in literacy and mathematics than their peers.

This book provides Early Years practitioners with the skills to narrow this gap and positively influence learning, reducing the disadvantage young children face in Reception.

An invaluable resource for existing and aspiring leaders, this book is a frank and incisive guide for those who want to make a real difference to their practice – whether they are the leader of a group, room, team, entire nursery or children’s centre. June O’Sullivan is CEO of the London Early Years Foundation, the UK’s largest childcare social enterprise of 39 nurseries.

Using a combination of theory, practice and reflection, leading childcare expert Penny Tassoni MBE explores how practitioners can help children navigate the complexities of social behaviour and support the development of self-regulation, communication and empathy. This book also includes a useful A-Z problem-solving section that gives practical advice about how to deal with unwanted behaviours in your setting.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ALISTAIR BRYCE-CLEGG

Best Practice in the Early Years Alistair Bryce-Clegg Filled with brilliant ideas, including advice for planning sessions, creating an engaging environment matched to children’s interests and encouraging and developing outdoor learning, this book is a must have for all those eager to ensure their practice is the best it can be.

PB • 244 x 169mm • 144pp • 9781441138347 • £19.99

Continuous Provision in the Early Years

Continuous Provision: The Skills

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

A practical guide to differentiated skill development in continuous provision. In this practical book, Alistair Bryce-Clegg demonstrates that in every area of continuous provision (sand, water, role play) there are both ‘pure’ and ‘facilitative’ skills that children can only learn in that area.

Experienced practitioner and bestselling author Alistair Bryce-Clegg explains what continuous provision is, how to link it to assessment, and provides numerous case studies and illustrations of how this works in practice. This book will help practitioners plan their provision to provide carefully structured learning opportunities.

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Creative Role Play in the Early Years Early Years Display

From Vacant to Engaged

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

A handbook for planning, stimulating and organising role play indoors and outside, this book is a combination of theory and practice featuring activities suitable for a range of role play situations. It includes ideas for materials, equipment and locations.

Early Years Display includes specific examples of displays which involve children in their development and which encourage ongoing interaction. Some of the traditional views about display are challenged to ensure they are more than just decorative wall coverings.

This book is based on the fundamental truth that you can have the best provision and the best resources in the world but if you haven’t got the engagement of the children that you’re working with, then the potential for high-level learning is likely to be virtually non-existent.

PB • 297 x 210mm • 64pp • 9781408155479 • £19.99

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Alistair Bryce-Clegg Alistair was headteacher of a very successful three-form entry infant school and Early Years Unit for 10 years. He is now the proud owner of ABC Does, an Early Years consultancy firm. Alistair’s experience and expertise has meant that he has been invited to work with individuals, settings and local authorities in the UK and abroad.

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Reflective Teaching in Early Education (2nd edition)

Early Childhood and Neuroscience (2nd edition)

Jennifer Colwell, Amanda Ince et al.

Mine Conkbayir

A new edition of this trusted resource, giving practical advice and evidencebased guidance on key issues in early years practice from an expert team of educationalists and practitioners. Now featuring brand new case studies, research summaries, reflective activities and updates around curriculum changes. Find extra resources at reflectiveteaching.co.uk

The updated edition of a practical and popular guide to a complex subject from early years expert Mine Conkbayir. This edition has three new chapters on the effects of childhood trauma, school readiness and neurodiversity, bringing it fully up to date with current debates.

Publishes 28th January 2021

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Mentoring and Coaching in Early Childhood Education

Learning to Teach Young Children

Edited by Michael Gasper and Rosie Walker

This book uses 30 questions about citizenship, play, diversity, families and communities to help you understand the core ideas and beliefs and get you thinking about how they apply to your setting. With comic-style illustrations and summaries, the book also brings lesson plans, surveys, case studies and more resources on a companion website.

An introduction to the theory and practice of mentoring, coaching and supervising in early childhood, using case studies from around the world to explore important issues and principles to guide your CPD. Each chapter comes with a summary and questions to reflect on. A companion website hosts podcasts and further reading ideas.

Anna Kirova, Larry Prochner and Christine Massing

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Publishes 18th February 2021 PB • 40pp • 280 x 215 mm 9781526622501 • £6.99

Patricia Cleveland-Peck, illustrated by David Tazzyman Publishes 27th May 2021 PB • 32pp • 274 x 245 mm 9781408898567 • £6.99

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