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- Author: Liz Wilmes
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- Category : Activity programs in education
- Languages : en
- Pages : 134
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Circle time is an approach to school management which helps teachers to initiate their own school policy on self-esteem and positive behaviour. This book is a practical guide for the primary classroom contains teachers' notes as well as circle time activities.
Remember playing games in summer camp or after school? Good times. Now, you want to share those good times with others, but you can't quite remember how they go. Don't worry, we've got you covered with printable instructions for the 39 most popular group games of all time that are perfect for toddlers to teens. These activities are designed for larger groups to do in a circle setting, but they work well with smaller groups too.
Music and Circle Time follows the same popular and accessible style as Margaret Collins' established and successful Circle Time series. This book provides user-friendly classroom activities to engage young children.It uses Circle Time techniques to help children use and learn about:Rhythm, jingles, raps and chantsSongs Instruments Ring games Music, art and story projectsThe enjoyable activities can also enhance learning of other aspects of the curriculum. There is evidence that children who are familiar with a wide-ranging repertoire of rhymes and songs learn to read earlier.Using this book all teachers will be able to implement music in their Circle Time sessions in a confident and creative manner.
Circle Time for the Very Young has been used by teachers and practitioners alike for the last ten years! Now in its third edition, this book has been fully updated and includes a CD Rom to help you with Circle Time in your early years setting. Circle Time is used to help form positive relationships, increase confidence and self-esteem and provide a safe environment to explore feelings and opinions. Covering the 3 to 9 age range and focused on the core PSHE themes, this book contains the following to help you establish, and maintain, circle time in your setting: -An explanation of Circle Time and how it works -Over 100 plans for different Circle Time sessions -Different plans for both young and older children -Activity sheets to use at the end of each session -Evaluation sheets to use at the end of each theme All the activity and evaluation sheets can be printed from the new CD-Rom making it an ideal resource for those that want to use circle time but don't have time to plan the sessions. This book is easily used in any setting and is a must-have for busy practitioners.
If you are just starting to plan circle time activities or just want some ideas for the youngest children, this book is ideal. It explores the first stages of circle time through easily planned activities with extensions for the children who are ready for them.
Circle Time brings together teacher and children in an enjoyable atmosphere of co-operation. It is a time set aside each week when children and their teacher sit in a circle and take part in games and activities designed to increase self-awareness, awareness of others, self esteem, co-operation, trust and listening skills. This book, written by two experienced circle time trainers, explains the method of Circle Time and how it can be easily introduced into the classroom. It also provides the teacher with a host of ideas and varied activities for building a Circle Time programme that can be developed through from infant to secondary school. Sample lesson plans and clear explanations of all the activities are provided.
Demonstrating how schools can reduce conflict and bullying, this title promotes tolerance and stimulates a positive attitude to teaching and learning by creating an emotionally literate environment.
Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves establishing an on-going, timetabled process of circle-meetings for adults and children. As a basis for teaching relationship skills, enhancing self-esteem and building a positive behaviour management and anti-bullying policy, circle time will not only increase confidence and "emotional intelligence" in pupils, but should also contribute towards a positive whole-school ethos. Fully updated in light of changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage, this highly practical book will explain how to put the principles for early years education into practice through well-structured and purposeful circle time lesson plans. Jenny Mosley, the UK's leading expert on circle time, provides accessible guidance on: incorporating the curriculum for personal, social and emotional development enabling children to understand universal moral skills developing young children's emotional intelligence helping children to practise problem-solving skills. Each chapter in this book explains circle time in a 'why? what? how?' format, and includes tick-sheets, bullet-pointed pages and examples showing how the theory works in practice. This is an invaluable and fun tool for developing young children's understanding of their feelings and relationships.