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Join Fireman Sam and the crew at the Pontypandy Fire Station as they battle fires, floods and more! With five fantastic stories to choose from, this story collection is packed full of adventure, bravery and danger, making it a must-read for all Fireman Sam fans!
A collection of the most exciting stories from Pontypandy in one brilliant volume. Join Sam and the crew as they battle fires, perform daring rescues, and keep the people of Pontypandy safe.
Featuring six exciting adventures, this pocket library is sure to keep little hands gripped. With tales of daring rescues, featuring all your favourite characters from Pontypandy.
Join Fireman Sam and his friends in these eight adventures. With stories based on episodes from the TV series, Fireman Sam comes to the rescue every time - along with the rest of the Pontypandy Fire Brigade and ace firefighter Penny Morris, from nearby Newtown.
Many early years students and practitioners can struggle with how to observe children, knowing what makes good observations, as well as how to use them and why they matter so much. This is a very practical 'how to' book on observing young children and preparing a child case study, with helpful guidance on how to go about this, including where and how to begin and proceed; appropriate techniques and related processes as well as possible pitfalls. In addition the book includes examples of good observations which show how your observation can be evaluated, analysed and used. The book covers the whole process of embarking on the study or observation of a child (or children) including sensitive areas or areas to avoid. It begins with choosing a child to study; the ethics of the study; ways of gathering data and tools to use; observations that are useful; examples of short child case studies and longer child case studies; how to select material to include; and, analysing or interpreting the material. One child (Georgia) is used as a focus example throughout the book so that you can really get to grips with how a good child observation study unfolds and develops. Further shorter examples also illuminate the challenges and practicalities of doing your child observation case study.
Small World Play is a practical and informative book for practitioners and home-based professionals to use in their daily work with young children at all ability levels. It is designed to show how small world play contributes to the EYFS curriculum and to other important areas of children's lives. Explaining exactly what small world play is and why it is so important to all areas of children's development, it describes the different types of small world play, with toys, models, puzzles, construction kits and recycled materials, how to introduce children to small world play and how to encourage children to apply thinking skills more confidently. The themes included in the book cover: people and situations; animals and other living creatures; vehicles and machines; buildings, models and constructions; and recycled and found materials. Chapters are packed with ideas for resources, scenarios and narratives, to enable practitioners and children to share constructive and absorbing play, making this book a valuable guide to developing essential life skills, along with creativity and imagination.
"When Grant was born he filled his parents with delight. He was a beautiful baby and very welcome addition to the Robinson family. But, as he grew, Grant did not behave like other children. He could not interact socially, was extremely hyperactive and did not learn to speak. After much heartache and worry his parents were almost relieved when Grant was finally diagnosed as autistic. At last something could begin to be done to help their son."--Back cover
Learning From Children Who Read at an Early Age is the result of a three-year research project in which the authors studied a group of children who learnt to read without being taught, from before they started school until the end of Year 2 when they were given their first National Curriculum assessments. Using this study as a framework for examining how children make progress over their time in Key Stage 1 across a range of literacy skills, the authors suggest guidelines which teachers can use to help all children progress with reading.
