This convenient guide will help early years practitioners, students and parents to really understand what the Reggio Approach can offer their setting and children.

Author: Linda Thornton

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317801856

Category: Education

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Have you ever wondered what the Reggio Approach is all about, why it works, and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting? The book describes how educators in Reggio Emilia work with young children, and looks at the connections between the Reggio Approach and the revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework. It provides practical examples involving children of different ages in a wide variety of settings, helping the reader to see the connection between practice and theory. This new edition has been fully updated to show the increasingly mirroring connections between the Reggio Approach and the principles and commitments of the recently revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. Each chapter focuses on one important aspect of the Reggio Approach and includes: Practical examples involving children of different ages in a wide variety of settings, helping the reader to see the connection between practice and theory Questions to enable the reader to reflect on and develop his or her own practice in accordance with new statutory requirements References to sources of further reading and information. This convenient guide will help early years practitioners, students and parents to really understand what the Reggio Approach can offer their setting and children.

Bringing v to your Early Years Practice SeriesEditor: Sandy Green Also available: Bringing the High/Scope Approach to your Early Years Practice NickyHolt Bringing the Reggio Approach to your Early Years Practice Pat Brunton and Linda ...

Author: Barbara Isaacs

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317572350

Category: Education

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Have you ever wondered what the Montessori approach is all about and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting? This book explains how the Montessori approach works offering guidance on planning and assessment methods alongside practical activities for practitioners to try. Throughout there are practical examples involving children of different ages in a wide range of settings to show how Montessori principles have been implemented. . This new edition has been fully updated to include: The revised areas of learning in the EYFS and how these link to Montessori practice An examination of early effective learning Approaches to effective learning in Montessori settings A new chapter on Montessori approaches to the assessment requirements of the EYFSquestions for reflection This convenient guide will help early years practitioners, students and parents to really understand what the Montessori approach means to their setting and children.

Making the most of Outdoor Learning' demonstrates the value of outdoor as well as indoor learning environments.

Author: Linda Thornton

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 9781408193969

Category: Early childhood education

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Making the most of Outdoor Learning' demonstrates the value of outdoor as well as indoor learning environments. It shows how outdoor spaces, both in the setting and further afield, can add richness to the learning environment that settings provide for very young children.

Developed into what we now call the Reggio Approach, the earliest pre-school was set up to inspire a new generation after the depression and poverty of war times. Under the guidance of teacher Loris Malaguzzi, staff in the setting ...

Author: Karen Constable

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317660224

Category: Education

Page: 156

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This easy-to-read series provides an introduction to some of the most important early years philosophies and shows how they can be incorporated into your setting. Each book provides: an outline of the background to the approach clear explanations of the relevance to contemporary thinking suggestions to help you plan a successful learning environment examples of what the individual approach can look like in practice. These convenient guides are essential to early years practitioners, students and parents who wish to fully understand what each approach means to their setting and children. How has Forest School helped to change attitudes about risk and challenge in the early years? What are the benefits of using this approach for children’s development, health and overall wellbeing? Bringing the Forest School Approach to your Early Years Practice provides an accessible introduction to Forest School practice. It identifies the key issues involved in setting up, running and managing a Forest school environment and offers clear guidance on resources, staffing and space required for successful play and learning outdoors. Including links to the Early Years Foundation Stage and a wide range of case studies, the book covers: The beginnings of Forest School and how practice has developed Child centred play and learning that allows for risk taking and challenge Planning for children’s individual needs, learning styles and schemas The learning environment The role of the adult including health and safety and children’s welfare. Full of practical advice, this convenient guide will help practitioners to deliver new, exciting and inspiring opportunities for the children they care for.

Smith, C. (1998), 'Children with “special rights” in the preprimary schools and infant—toddler centres of Reggio Emilia', in C. Edwards, L. Gandini and G. Forman ... (2007) Bringing the Reggio Approach to Your Early Years Practice.

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Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 9781847061058

Category: Education

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Loris Malaguzzi is indisputably a major thinker in education. Kathy Hall's volume offers the most coherent account of Malaguzzi's educational thought. This work is divided into: 1. Intellectual biography 2. Critical exposition of Malaguzzi's work 3. The reception and influence of Malaguzzi's work 4. The relevance of the work today

Encourage your Early Learners to becom investigators by exploring the concept of light and shadow. These simple and effective activities can be carried out independently with the focus on natural resources.

Author: Linda Thornton

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781472923332

Category: Education

Page: 56

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Encourage your Early Learners to becom investigators by exploring the concept of light and shadow. These simple and effective activities can be carried out independently with the focus on natural resources.

Author: Linda Thornton

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ISBN: OCLC:956984541

Category: Early childhood education

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Constable, K. (2013) Planning for Schematic Learning in the Early Years: A Practical Guide. London and New York: Routledge. ... Isaacs, B. (2010) Bringing the Montessori Approach to your Early Years Practice, 2nd Edition.

Author: Karen Constable

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317915416

Category: Education

Page: 149

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The outdoor environment is now an integral part of many early years settings and schools, but is it being used to its full potential? Providing extensive, challenging and ever-changing outdoor play experiences is an essential and valuable aspect of early years education. This book offers comprehensive guidance on how the outdoor environment can be used to teach and challenge all children across a range of settings drawing on forest school practice. Following a month-by-month format, each chapter provides a selection of theme-related play experiences alongside planning and evaluations of how the ideas described were carried out, and reveals the impact that they had on the children. Including detailed information on the role of the adult, the environment, planning and using children’s interests to guide their learning and development, the book features: over 100 full-colour photographs to illustrate practice diary entries that reflect how the planning was delivered, what changes were made and how aspects of learning were recorded and assessed examples of practice as well as comprehensive resource lists and safety guidelines links to indoor play and opportunities at home. Written by a leading authority on forest school practice and full of practical ideas that can be adapted to suit individual children’s needs, this book aims to inspire practitioners to make the most of the outdoor environment throughout the year.

This book has been specifically written to celebrate the wonderful ideas and theories that babies and young children demonstrate on a daily basis, as they play and explore the world around them.

Author: Linda Thornton

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 9781408189177

Category: Child development

Page: 114

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Reclaimed and natural materials, in all their variety of colours, shapes, sizes, textures and origins, are fascinating and intriguing to children of all ages! This book has been specifically written to celebrate the wonderful ideas and theories that babies and young children demonstrate on a daily basis, as they play and explore the world around them. Each of the scenarios in this book, accompanied by stunning full colour photographs, shows how the use of reclaimed and natural materials can support play and active learning, exploration and investigation and creativity and critical thinking across the six areas of learning of the Early Years Foudation Stage. Through easily understood text and colour photographs, this book provides both photographic and written support for early years professionals wishing to develop their understanding of: - the role of the creative practitioner - a creative learning environment - child-initiated and adult- led experiences - the value of open- ended resources - the use of photographs in observational assessment

A practical guide to promoting children's creativity and critical thinking through project work Marianne Sargent. Isaacs B (2007) Bringing the Montessori Approach to Your Early Years Practice. Oxon, Routledge Isaacs S (1930) ...

Author: Marianne Sargent

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

ISBN: 9781907241758

Category: Education

Page: 200

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The Project Approach in Early Years Provision is designed to help early years students, practitioners and managers understand and manage project work with young children. The project approach is designed to enable early educators to ensure young children are learning in the best possible way by providing motivating learning opportunities. Put the project approach into practice, using the included resources with adaptable and printable planning and observation forms. Link the approach to the requirements of all four British early years curricula. Develop children's personal and social skills by encouraging collaboration with others. Provide a meaningful context for children to practice their literacy and numeracy skills. Promote sustained shared thinking by facilitating projects that involve children in active investigation, discussion and debate. Give each child the freedom to learn according to their individual needs, interests, aptitudes, and abilities.