Best Selling Books by Sally Featherstone

Messy play is at the heart of the early years curriculum, supporting creativity and imagination, and giving children opportunities to experiment with tactile materials. This book will offer 50 ideas working with natural resources, simple household items and recycled resources for low cost inspiration. Practitioners and teachers in the early years are always looking for new ideas for messy and 'hands-on' play, and this book will give children many opportunities for exploration and investigation through sensory play.

This book contains simple games for parents to play with their new baby. The games are not complicated - most of them can be played with things already available in the home. All you need is a bit of time and some simple toys! Experts in baby development have discovered that simple baby games help babies' brains, eyes, hands and feet to develop. The games are also FUN for both the parent and the baby.

We encounter mathematics on a regular basis in one form or another. For some people, maths is 'scary' and not something they feel confident about. Even though many educators and parents attempt to provide good mathematics experiences, there is still a high level of anxiety about the teaching and learning of mathematics. This book presents a broad range of concepts and aims to widen the narrow view that maths for young children is just about numbers and shapes. The content includes pattern (early algebra), counting, number, early operations, measurement, shape and spatial awareness (geometry), matching, sorting, data analysis and the introduction of chance (statistics and probability). This book is intended for educators and parents who would like to explore and investigate maths concepts to enrich children's experiences and extend their current thinking and learning.

Simple and fun activities that will help young children grasp early mathematical concepts.

This story explores how it feels to be a younger sibling. Written by early childhood experts, this picture book is designed to help children understand emotions and fears.

You can grow something in every setting! This book helps you to offer the magic of plants and flowers even in the most difficult situations. Seeds, pips, stones and cuttings are all explored, and there are suggestions for hanging baskets, window boxes and growing your own food. Like all the other titles in this series, The Little Book of Growing Things is packed with practical advice for early learning practitioners. The activities are carefully planned to reflect the latest thinking in education for young children. Little Books are particularly suitable for use between 36 and 60+ months.

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Making books and cards is a familiar activity in the early years, but the results often lack real creativity and individuality. This book shows how young children can make their own books, cards and letters, using familiar materials in a creative and individual way, so the recipient or reader gets something truly unique! As well as producing some wonderful results, children will experience activities that develop fine motor skills, concentration and creativity, working on their own or with friends. Little Books are packed with advice and ideas for working in Early Years settings, particularly with children aged between 3 and 6 years. They are carefully planned to meet the objectives for each stage of development and reflect the latest thinking on the education of young children. Little Books make an excellent start to an exciting journey through learning.

Developing fine motor skills is a key feature in learning to read andwrite. Many children need additional help to develop these skills inthe Early Years Foundation Stage, and many of these children are boys. The Little Book of Fine Motor Skillsgives you lots of ideas for interesting activities focused on hand/eyecoordination and refining the movements of arms and hands. Like all the other books in the Little Book series, this bookpresents appropriate and enjoyable activities in asimple format, which would enable the most inexperienced to plan anddeliver the curriculum agains clear objectives from the curriculumguidance. This popular and best selling series currently has 58 titles.

The Tough Times series is designed to help early years practitioners support very young children who are experiencing particular stress or anxiety. Each of these short books looks at what the child might be feeling and offers guidance and a dozen suitable activities. The aim is to equip adults working with babies and young children who are troubled or distressed with an accessible resource to which they can quickly refer in times of need. Tough Times has been written by the authors of the very successful Little Baby Books series, both experienced in the early years and with a wealth of experience in helping and supporting young children in a variety of environments and backgrounds.

Neste livro, as autoras apresentam diversas propostas práticas sobre como aplicar os resultados das pesquisas atuais em ciência cognitiva à aprendizagem de crianças de até 5 anos. Entre outros tópicos, a obra traz atividades para: • Desenvolver a autoestima e a inteligência emocional; • Ensinar as crianças a fazerem mapas mentais; • Maximizar a aprendizagem por meio de música e movimento; • Promover bons relacionamentos com pais e cuidadores.

Written in response to needs expressed by Reception and Year 1 teachers who are grappling with the complexity of transition, this book deals with building in KS1 on children's experiences in the Foundation Stage. The approach is focus on the individual, starting at the stage children have reached, rather than where a document says they should be.

This is a new edition of Making It Work in Year 1, revised and updated.This book has been specially devised in response to the needs expressedby Reception and Year 1 teachers who are grappling with the complexityof transition. It deals with building on from children's experiences inthe Foundation Stage into KS1. The approach is to focus on the individual,starting at the stage children have reached, rather than where adocument says they should be.

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.

Carrying on in Key Stage 1 is 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. With the child at the centre of the activities, the book offers many exciting suggestions for topic based work, following on from and building upon the work children have done in the Foundation Stage. There is a host of ideas for using everyday materials such as paper and wood, along with purpose-designed construction materials such as Lego. The tasks included in the book are active, varied and challenging - guaranteed to interest both boys and girls. Outdoor Play looks at different sorts of outdoor spaces and some resources to use in them, keeping a good balance between what must be bought and what can be obtained free. Activities include play, games, plants and animals, mark making and constructing dens

The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting.Exploring and investigating familiar objects and places gives children real experiences to think, plan and get involved in both indoors and outside. This book gives a variety of ideas for investigations, some of which will extend far beyond the simple initial starting points.Simple observations can turn into early science, technology and creative thinking. Using familiar and easily found objects, the investigations will involve and encourage children to develop these thoughts.

Hundreds of ideas for role play, grouped so you and the children can incorporate linked themes into your setting and develop role play in more than one place. Resources, vocabulary lists, literacy and numeracy links are provided for each situation.

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.

The weather is a constant source of wonder, excitement, enjoyment and frustration for children and the adults who live and work with them. The unpredictable nature of our current weather puts pressure on planning and preparing activities in advance, often meaning that children cannot go out of doors, or may have their usual activities curtailed. This book offers you 50 ideas for simple activities to do in the rain, wind or snow (and in fog, frost, mist and sunshine ). The ideas may not all be new to you, some are revivals of old favourites, but they are all easy to prepare, mostly using resources readily at hand on your home or setting, collected in one place and ready for you to use.

These New Baby Books are a reorganisation of the Material in the original series of 16 Baby Books. They have been divided in a different way. Sixteen Books have become four organised by developmental stage. Each page gives step-by-step instructions, tips and plenty of further ideas for children ready for more. They offer practical ideas on differentiation for young babies with special needs as well as tips on what to look and listen for. The experiences suggested in this book will help young children to grow and develop through a range of planned and informal activities.

These New Baby Books are a reorganisation of the Material in the original series of 16 Baby Books. They have been divided in a different way. Sixteen Books have become four organised by developmental stage. Each page gives step-by-step instructions, tips and plenty of further ideas for children ready for more. They offer practical ideas on differentiation for young babies with special needs as well as tips on what to look and listen for. The experiences suggested in this book will help young children to grow and develop through a range of planned and informal activities.

Max is excited as he gets ready for his first day at school - but he's a bit worried too. Each time he starts to worry, Dad is there to reassure him. And in the end, it's Dad who is left alone, as Max runs off to play with his best friend Yuka!

"Each page gives step-by-step instructions, tips and plenty of further ideas for children ready for more. They offer practical ideas on differentiation for young babies with special needs as well as tips on what to look and listen for. The experiences suggested in this book will help young children to grow and develop through a range of both planned and informal activities, many of which the reader will already be familiar with. The activities use objects and resources easily available in most homes and settings, they focus on practical activities and purposeful play for individuals, pairs and small groups. They allow babies and children to develop at their own pace, to make unhurried discoveries and allow for much repetition."--Publisher's description.

Fascination Traps introduces a series of situations for children to encounter and respond to. These scenarios are designed to inspire children's imaginations and lead to learning through fascination. Photos and text are carefully chosen to inspire practitioners to use everyday materials, found objects, natural objects and simple stimuli to create indoor and outdoor scenarios. The book is a unique, yet practical approach to encouraging children to respond to what they see, hear, smell, touch and feel; children are encouraged to react to surprises and conundrums by expressing their ideas, thoughts and feelings.