Best Selling Books by Sally Featherstone

Presents science targets derived from the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for science, for curriculum planning and target setting in Key Stages 1 and 2.

For a child, moving from the Early Years Foundation Stage into Key Stage 1 can be a huge change. It is up to the adults involved to make the process of transition as smooth and continuous as possible. This brand new edition contains advice for teachers, teaching assistants, practitioners, parents and managers on supporting children though and after the move. It includes a special section on how we can use new knowledge about how children learn to help them build on their previous experiences of learning and what we can do to help them cope with the emotional factors involved in the change.

The final volume in this series explores three dimensional art and craft - sculpting, stuffing and squeezing - clay, malleable materials sculpture, weaving, sewing and other creative activities that can all be linked to the Key Stage 1 programmes of study.

Being a confident and competent user of language is at the heart of learning. Here are activities and ideas for developing communication and vocalisation.

Being a confident and competent user of language is at the heart of learning. Here are activities and ideas for developing communication and vocalisation.

You only need to watch children to know that boys and girls learn differently! It's not that girls don't like to be outdoors, to get messy or to be noisily active, they do - they are just able control their muscles at a younger age, so they can sit, watch and listen to adults more easily. They can also manipulate materials and tools such as pencils (called fine motor skills) earlier than many boys, so they are ready for the reading and writing activities in school. But we must resist the temptation to think that boys are not as good as girls - they are just different. Their skills and interests draw them to activities that are big, adventurous, risky and messy, and of course, they love being outside. All children like pretend play, but this is sometimes limited to domestic activity in the home corner, rather than allowing boys to experiment with roles often associated with grown up men. This book offers you fifty ideas for things that make the most of the ways boys learn, capturing their interest and helping them to learn. Many offer opportunities for early writing, mathematics and reading, as well as technology, science and role-play.

This series has been written to help teachers continue key practical activities and child focused learning throughout Key Stage 1. The activities are easily mapped onto the National Curriculum Programmes of Study for this age group, which is included in short form within the book.

Part of the "Little Books at Home" series, this title is intended for parents, child minders and practitioners in a nursery school or playgroup. It aims to give your child many hours of fun in the kitchen, while ensuring that they play with a caring adult, as well as providing a helpful preparation when they start school.

The plague journal of a pair of 'harmless criminals' Part 1 - March to August 2020. The Lockdown Diaries describe what happened when two people decided to bend the Lockdown rules and occasionally leave the crowded parks and gardens of the city centre of Sheffield to walk in 'the blue and the green' of the empty countryside beyond the city boundary. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, the diary is set in the context of local, national and international news, and the responses of the politicians and scientists. Statistics tracking the progress of the virus as it stalked across our country, and daily celebrations of the lives of individuals who died during this terrible time, provide a background to this celebration of the natural world through a Spring and Summer we will never forget.

Examples of word and spelling rules for children from Y1 to practise and extend their knowledge. Suitable for individual, group or class use.

Being a confident and competent user of language is at the heart of learning. Here are activities and ideas for developing communication and vocalisation.

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This story celebrates the many things that a young child can do independently.