How often do you hear your pupils cry what can I write about? With over 1000 different story-starters across a vast range of genres this versatile book provides food for thought for pupils of a wide range of ages and abilities.

This book is a complete art education resource for all involved in early years art education. Teachers, trainee teachers, or nursery teachers, who wish to implement a more holistic art curriculum in the classroom whilst meeting all the required

This book provides a comprehensive text that brings together the core issues surrounding the training of early years students.

This is a combinated work concerning childrens lives in modern cities which brings together international scholars at the forefront of the debate.

Teachers in English schools have had 10 years of prescriptive national literacy strategies and it is time for a new approach. This book encourages children from their early years to think of themselves as writers who have something to write and know...

This accessible and practical book provides teachers with a tool-kit for observing and assessing childrens play developed by the author after a decade of working in early years classrooms.

The aim of this book is to help teachers teach children to speak and listen effectively by having them engage with the teacher and their fellow students in conscious dialogue.

Featuring helpful checklists, models of good practice, templates and photocopiable resources that can be used in development work, this highly practical book will be an invaluable resource for anyone involved with implementing Every Child Matters in...

Alan Prout discusses the place of children and childhood in the late modernity. He argues that there appears to be a greater cultural confusion about the form that childhood should take.

How We Learn deals with the fundamental issues of the processes of learning, critically assessing different types of learning and obstacles to learning. It also considers a broad range of other important questions in relation to learning.

This book examines teaching methods, motivating learners and matching work to children, how to structure childrens learning, teaching literacy, special educational needs and working with parents.

Jumpstart Creativity! is a book of games and activities that any primary teacher can do quickly, at the beginning of a lesson or as a time-filler, with little preparation. They grab childrens attention and get them focussed on learning.