Transitions in the Early Years
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2012
65 pages
978-1-907241-51-2 (ISBN)
Description
This title looks at how to support young children during the many transitions they go through in their early education. This book includes how to: support transitions between the home, childminders, pre-schools, reception classes and Key Stage One, manage stress-free transitions and effective communication.
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Sue Allingham
Transitions in the Early Years
A Practical Guide to Supporting Children Between Early Years Settings and into Key Stage 1
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Front matter
- Introduction: Understanding transitions
- Defining a 'transition': key messages
- Different curricula
- How to use this book
- Body matter
- Chapter 1: What is transition?
- Key references
- The present situation
- Support from key documents
- Chapter 2: Feeling comfortable
- References from key documents
- What to be aware of
- Understanding personal, social and emotional development
- Giving children the life skills for now
- The emotional and physical environment
- Differing responses to change
- Questions to ask of your setting
- Chapter 3: Different types of transition
- Case study: the childminder
- Case study: the playgroup
- Case study: the day nursery
- Case study: the reception class
- Case study: the year one class
- Chapter 4: Things to think about and do
- Audit to support a review of thinking
- How to use this chapter
- The physical environment
- The emotional environment
- Enabling environments checklist
- Transition policies
- An example of a registration form
- An example of a 'me and my family' form
- Reflecting on everything considered in this book
- Back matter
- Appendix: Different types of transitions
- Books and websites
- Acknowledgements
