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Mathematics
GO TO PAGE 5 FOR 50 FANTASTIC IDEAS FOR FOREST SCHOOL
Julie Mountain
In this dip-in book, Julie Mountain provides simple, quick-to-understand ideas which range in complexity. Whether you are just getting started with outdoor play or are experienced in it, there is something here for everyone and every type of weather!
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.
PB • 198 x 129mm • 128pp • 9781472946652 • £14.99
100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Forest School – Tracey Maciver
Praise for 100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Forest School ❝...features easy-to-implement ideas for introducing forest school ideas and activities and concepts without putting ❞pressure on practitioners’ time or the setting’s budget.
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Looking for Learning: Mark Making
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.
Publishes 21st January 2021 PB • 244 x 189mm • 64pp • 9781472963055 • £12.99
Looking for Learning: Maths through Play
Laura England
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 PB • 244 x 189mm • 64pp • 9781472963093 • £12.99
Innovative ideas for mark making, such as inviting children to create ‘backdrops’ for storytelling sessions
❝Maths should be taught around something that sparks awe and ❞wonder for a child.
– Laura England
Tips for using natural materials for mark making, both indoors and outside
Photos show how Laura England sets up mark making activities in her own setting
Looking for Learning: Mark Making – Laura England
Laura England
GO TO PAGE 18 TO SEE INSIDE OF LOOKING FOR LEARNING: MATHS THROUGH PLAY
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.
