Knowledge and Understanding of the World (Around the Year)

by SallyGray (Author), Anna Hopkins (Illustrator)

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  AROUND THE YEAR will provide practical activities to support the Early Learning Goals. The books will provide a collection of ideas to use through out the year based on both seasonal opportunities and dates linked to festivals. Supporting photocopiables will include activity sheets and new poems, stories and songs. The books will be suitable for practitioners working with 3-5 year olds KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD will provide practical activities, to support the Early Learning Goals, with a collection of ideas to use throughout the year based on both seasonal opportunities and dates linked to specific multicultural festivals. Ideas include finding out about past events in their own lives (Father's Day activity), using technology to support their learning (Advent calendars), finding out about and indentifying some features of the living and the natural world (Mad March Hares activity) as well as a range of ideas covering many well-known and lesser-known festivals. Supporting photocopiables will include activity sheets, games, stories and songs. The book will be suitable for practitioners working with 3-5 year olds. * Comprehensive pack to deliver ELGs * All praticitioners use festivals and seasonal ideas * Provides ideas for a whole year * Nothing like it for this age range * Based on the Early Learning Goals * Photocopiable sheets

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  This series of books will provide practical activities to support the Early Learning Goals (QCA). Six of the books will focus on one of the Areas of Learning and a seventh provides a range of photocopiable sheets. The books will be organised to provide a chapter for each cluster of Early Learning Goals (ie Dispositions and attitudes in PSED) with activities supporting a range of the appropriate Stepping Stones. This book provides a range of activities to cover the Early Learning Goals for Knowledge and Understnding of the World. Divided into chapters, one for each cluster of Early Learning Goals, the activities provide comprehensive coverage of the Stepping Stones and Early Learning Goals. Chapters cover Exploration and investigation, Designing and making skills, Information and Communication Technology, Sense of time, Sense of place and Cultures and beliefs. Ideas include setting up a bird garden, taking turns as ICT monitor in the group and making individual achievement books. A total of 18 photocopiables provide additional support.