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Working in the early years can be challenging, but to be outstanding in the early years can be even more difficult. This book contains 100 easily to implement ideas to transform your planning, practice and setting from good to outstanding in a flash! Full of tips to promote children's independence, stimulate their creative thinking, develop a sense of calm and maintain a structured environment, this book is an excellent tool for those new to working with this age range as well as more experienced practitioners.
List of contents
1 Know your place
2 Helping Hands
3 Line up! Line up!
4 Bonjour, Monsieur!
5 But I'm hungry now!
6 I can put my coat on!
7 Tidy up music
8 Cloakroom monitors - Four at a time, please!
9 Topical groups
10 Singing the register
11 Quiet please!
12 Coloured words
13 Personal placemats
14 Shy in shared reading
15 Show and tell
16 This is my culture
17 That's my spot!
18 Fidgeting about!
19 What's mine is my own!
20 Who's taken my red pen, AGAIN?
21 Pick a pencil case!
22 Graffiti table
23 Roll up, roll up!
24 Chalk maps
25 Tidy silhouettes
26 Encouraging independent writing
27 Easy display of writing
28 Easy painty writing
29 Colour mixing for the squeamish!
30 Invisible graffiti
31 Sign up, sign up!
32 It's my turn next!
33 What do I need to take home?
34 That's my job!
35 No room!
36 Pass it on!
37 Listen carefully
38 Shadow maps
39 Coordinating coordinates!
40 Amateur archaeologists
41 Iceberg ahoy!
42 Stained ice windows
43 Marshmallow igloos
44 Cereal castles
45 Sliding shapes
46 What am I?
47 Washing line pictures
48 Which one am I?
49 It's all in the detail!
50 Hear it, draw it
51 Eat the alphabet
52 Waiter, waiter!
53 Hard hat helpers
54 Traffic lights
55 Show me, show me!
56 Hold it up!
57 Hungry Zippy
58 Clever Cow
59 Clock watching
60 Trust me, tell me
61 I can read that!
62 Noise slider
63 Counting sounds
64 Response partners
65 Stars in their eyes
66 Jigsaw experts
67 Remember, remember
68 Medical needs
69 Going home timetable
70 Topical help
71 Odd one out
72 Dotty about the dot chart
73 Standing straight!
74 My button family
75 Character 'king of the castle'
76 Let's go fishing
77 Size doesn't matter - shape does!
78 Bingo!
79 Guess who!
80 Make a shape!
81 The first one to fetch.
82 Outdoor motoring maths
83 Listening, turning, pointing.'Over there!'
84 Stand on something. blue!
85100 square outdoor bingo
86 Outdoor orienteering
87 Posting postcards
88 The moving bus
89 The free workforce!
90 Personal effects
91 Get ready for summer!
92 What's on the whiteboard today?
93 Observing in order
94 Planning for everyone
95 Involving parents/carers
96 Morning challenges
97 Journey sticks
98 Sticky colour strips
99 My tree
100 People lines
About the author
Lucy Peet
