50 Fantastic Ideas for Messy Play

Messy play is at the heart of the early years curriculum, supporting creativity and imagination, and giving children opportunities to experiment with tactile materials. This book offers 50 ideas for using natural resources, simple household items and recycled resources for low cost inspiration. Practitioners and teachers in the early years are always looking for new ideas for messy and 'hands-on' play, and this book will give children many opportunities for exploration and investigation through sensory play.

About the author

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 built a national reputation as a trainer and consultant in the Primary and Early Years field - she is currently concentrating on expanding her writing about learning in the early years.Phill Featherstone has been a teacher, local authority adviser and OFSTED inspector. He now spends his time on conservation work around the pennine farmhouse where he and Sally live, and on writing fiction. His first novel, ‘Paradise Girl’ will be published at the end of January.

Product details

• Authors: Phill Featherstone, Sally Featherstone, Sally Featherstone Featherstone, Featherstone Phill, Featherstone Sally
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2016
• EAN: 9781472919144
• ISBN: 978-1-4729-1914-4
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 240 mm x 6 mm
• Series: 50 Fantastic Ideas; 50 Fantastic Ideas
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General, Early years / early learning concepts, Early Learning / Early Learning Concepts, Pre-school & kindergarten, Educational material