Setting the scene
Creating Successful Environments for Babies and Young Children
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2013
126 pages
978-1-4081-9392-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the importance of the environment in the Early Years
and its effect on learning and emotional development. It provides
examples of excellent settings for learning as well as lots of ideas
for organisation, planning, displays and making changes. It will
inspire practitioners with its full colour photos and practical, easy
to follow activities!
and its effect on learning and emotional development. It provides
examples of excellent settings for learning as well as lots of ideas
for organisation, planning, displays and making changes. It will
inspire practitioners with its full colour photos and practical, easy
to follow activities!
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Colour photos
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-9392-1 (9781408193921)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
06/2011
Featherstone
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Person
Sally Featherstone has a wealth of experience as a teacher, head teacher and a local authority adviser and inspector. In recent years, alongside her activities in publishing, Sally has continued to build a national reputation as a trainer and consultant in the Primary and Early Years field.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction: Taking the fish out of water
- 1 Misinterpreting messages
- 2 The Blue and the Green - the environment out of doors
- 3 Attachment and attunement - what do babies and toddlers need?
- 4 Moving on up - what do children need from three to six?
- 5 Places, spaces and things - a place for active learning
- 6 Play with me! The role of early years practitioners and teachers in children's lives and learning
- 7 Setting the scene - checking the scene and ensuring quality
- Postscript
- Bibliography and further reading
