This book offers an inclusive approach to developing children's language and thinking skills and their emotional literacy in three core areas of the curriculum. By running small, practical group sessions, involving games and activities, children can build up their confidence gradually.
The UK's leading expert on circle time offers guidance through tick-sheets and lesson plans to explain effective ways of using this early years teaching method. This fun guide was developed to closely mirror a major module in the GNVQ in Childcare.
Revised new edition of Circle Time for Emotional Literacy that illustrates how the Circle Solutions philosophy and pedagogy can be used in all phases of education to build relationships and resilience for children and young people.
Young people have to cope with stress yet often are given little or no practical help, nor are they taught coping strategies. This book provides a range of exercises to promote relaxation, inner confidence and a positive sense of self through the use of visualisation.
Combines the traditional classroom activity of reading stories with Circle Time. This title contains activities that provide students with opportunities to practise listening, expressing ideas, asking questions, using imagination, making predictions, experimenting with thinking and learning strategies, and collaborating with other students.
Suitable for those using Circle Time with 3 to 7 year olds, this book sets out strategies and activities for making the most out of Circle Time sessions. It includes Pre and post-activities, to encourage children to focus on the content of Circle Time as a way of sharing their work, ideas and thoughts.
Assists in meeting the needs of the Personal, Social and Health Education curriculum. This book contains 16 sections focussing on different aspects of safety, from the journey to school, to being in the sun, to interacting with others.
Perfect for those that want to use circle time in their setting, this classic book is now in its third edition and has been updated to include a CD Rom - allowing busy practitioners to print the activity and evaluation sheets that are part of this must-have resource!