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Magazines
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Hi there, Do any of you subscribe to magazines? If so, which ones? Sometimes I have picked up Early Years Educator in Smiths & it has some interesting things, but I just wondered what people read/if they're useful at all in day to day teaching, that kind of thing...
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Okay - I have £100 to spend on books for the storycorner. Most of the books we have at playgroup are old books, many of them donated and in poor condition. I really want the books I buy to be appealing to the children for storytime as well as being a good resource for themes etc. You've probably all got your favourite books that both you and the children love, which get used time and time again. What are they???
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In response to Steve's suggestion..... The book I've been using at playgroup over the last couple of weeks following on from the snow was Jolly Snow by Jane Hissey. It's a wonderful book with all the toys trying to describe what snow is like and why they like it. There are so many activities you can do on the back of it. Cutting out paper snowflakes, baking biscuits including washing up afterwards and talking about the bubbles, discussing the properties of snow and ice, clothing for cold weather, role play using sheets and cardboard boxes. I've had such fun and so have the kids! Carol
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contains many practical suggestions for working with children with Autism explains simply the condition and related issues has a checklist of things to observe and comment on author - Cumine cost - £18.00 Lesley Lewis
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Sen Resource
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At a glance - authors Viv East and Linda Evans description of various conditions within SEN , ideas for IEPs Lesley Lewis
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Catalogue For Books
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i have attended some training courses with Community insight - found to be very good, also picked up a catalogue of publications they support which covers many areas of child care Early Years Care and education PLaywork Health and social care they have an extensive catalogue on line from Community insight - Professional development for early c/hood education & care lesley lewis
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I'm Not Naughty - I'm Autistic
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I'm Not Naughty - I'm Autistic: Jodi's Journey ~Jean Shaw Jessica Kingsley Publishers Paperback - 15 July, 2002 £9.95 from Amazon Excellent account of a child with autism, told through the eyes of the child by mum. Helps practitioners (and parents) to understand why they do things they do. Extremely easy to read, quick read also - because you can't put it down once you have started. A good resource for staff and parents of children with autism. www.amazon.co.uk Lesley Lewis
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Senco Resource
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Special Needs in the Early Years is a brilliant resource for SENCO's, it covers partnership with parents, familes of children with SEN, Code of Practice, interagency working, observation and assessment, programmes of intervention (differentiation/IEPs/ASD/speech and lang), behaviour, inclusive education.... put in very plain language and lots of further reading suggestions at the end of each chapter. As an Area SENCO Team we bought several copies to loan to private and voluntary settings - would strongly recommend for all early years staff to become better infomred. Author Kate Wall, Paul Chapman Publishing, ISBN - 0-7619-4076-6
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I'd like to recommend Susan Laughs, by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross. It's available from Amazon and the ISBN number is 0099407566. This book deals with special needs simply and without sentimentality. I read this book to the children in my care and we had great fun discussing the things that Susan could do ("I do that, too!"). She (and they) can laugh, ride, swim, be loud, have bad dreams, scare Granny(!) Susan is just like me and you, and by the way, she uses a wheelchair, but we don't find that out until the last page.
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This book examines the role of assessment in learning and teaching and explains how to set up a manageable, effective assessment system across the whole of the Foundation Stage. Hutchin gives clear instructions on how to carry out observations and collect ongoing evidence of learning, and considers how to involve parents and the children themselves in the process. As is usual in Hutchin’s books, there are numerous case studies and practical examples from FS practitioners who work in a variety of early years settings. The book later examines the critical process of using assessment to inform planning, and discusses the implications in implementing an observation-based for…
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