Reproducibles and how-to's for dozens of easy activities that help children build background knowledge, vocabulary, and early concepts.

Written expressly for preschool teachers, this engaging book explains the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of implementing best practices for instruction in the preschool classroom. The authors show how to target key areas of language and literacy development across the entire school day, including whole-group and small-group activities, center time, transitions, and outdoor play. Detailed examples in every chapter illustrate what effective instruction and assessment look like in three distinct settings: a school-based pre-kindergarten, a Head Start center with many English language learners, and a private suburban preschool. Helpful book lists, charts, and planning tools are featured, including reproducible materials.

Making Relationships is a new resource part of the Using storytelling to talk about series, which gives teaching practitioners all the support and resources they need to develop and use storytelling, poetry and song performance skills in the Early Years Foundation Stage.The book includes a variety of short and original interactive stories and poems, that are linked to the three different learning and development areas: Personal, social and emotional development; Understanding the world; and Communication and language. All the stories and poems/songs offer the children the opportunity to learn, develop and share their knowledge and skills in a fun and interactive environment. The resource also contains further discussion, consolidation suggestions and cross-curricular activities.

Managing feelings and behaviour is a new resource part of the 'Using storytelling to talk about ’' series, which gives teaching practitioners all the support they need to develop and use storytelling, poetry and song performance skills in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The book includes a variety of short and original interactive stories and poems, linked to three different learning and development areas: 'Personal, social and emotional development', 'Understanding the world' and 'Communication and language'. All the stories and poems/songs offer the children the opportunity to learn, develop and share their knowledge and skills in a fun and interactive environment, using the power of storytelling for building creativity, social skills and confidence.

Understanding the world is a new resource part of the ‘Using storytelling to talk about ’ series, which gives teaching practitioners all the support they need to develop and use storytelling, poetry and song performance skills in the Early Years Foundation Stage. It includes a variety of short and original interactive stories and poems, linked to three different learning and development areas: ‘Personal, social and emotional development’, ‘Understanding the world’ and ‘Communication and language’. All the stories and poems/songs offer the children the opportunity to learn, develop and share their knowledge and skills in a fun and interactive environment, using the power of storytelling for building creativity, social skills and confidence.

Presenting a range of exciting activities that support the development of creative English lessons within the existing structures of the Foundation Curriculum and the National Curriculum, this book: is packed full of interactive and creative teaching strategies provides guidance on assessing creative work highlights opportunities for creative literacy activities across the curriculum covers ages 3-11.

Self-confidence and self-awareness is a new resource part of the 'Using storytelling to talk about ' series, which gives teaching practitioners all the support they need to develop and use storytelling, poetry and song performance skills in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The book includes a variety of short and original interactive stories and poems, linked to three different learning and development areas: 'Personal, social and emotional development', 'Understanding the world' and 'Communication and language'. All the stories and poems/songs offer the children the opportunity to learn, develop and share their knowledge and skills in a fun and interactive environment, using the power of storytelling for building creativity, social skills and confidence.