Play Foundations
19 total works
In Play Foundations Exploring My World, the theme is introduced through five chapters focusing on different ways in which children discover ‘exploring my world’, including activities related to using senses, messy play, the outside world, colours and shapes, and materials to help them start to develop their understanding of the world around them.
- Top tips for how to ensure the needs and interests of each unique child are provided for through challenging, enjoyable activities and positive relationships
- Guidance on setting up enabling environments using both indoor and outside areas
- Ideas for how to differentiate to meet the varying abilities and rates of development with advice on assessment through observing, reflecting and planning
- A straightforward planning chart to clearly identify the focus of each activity by prime and specific areas of learning
All About Me - Book
by Beverly Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Interactive child-led activities banded for 0-11 months, 8-20 months, 16-26 months and 22-26 months
* Suitable for all Early Years environments including home settings
* Activities are designed to encourage discussion, helping children build conversational skills
* Resources are chosen to be simple and easy to find in a variety of settings
* Includes built-in teacher support
Rhymes & Stories - Book
by Beverly Michael, Claire Crowther, Jane Morgan, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Interactive child-led activities banded for 0-11 months, 8-20 months, 16-26 months and 22-26 months
* Suitable for all Early Years environments including home settings
* Activities are designed to encourage discussion, helping children build conversational skills
* Resources are chosen to be simple and easy to find in a variety of settings
* Includes built-in teacher support
People - Book
by Beverly Michael, Clare Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Interactive child-led activities banded for 0-11 months, 8-20 months, 16-26 months and 22-26 months
* Suitable for all Early Years environments including home settings
* Activities are designed to encourage discussion, helping children build conversational skills
* Resources are chosen to be simple and easy to find in a variety of settings
* Includes built-in teacher support
Senses - Book
by Beverly Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Interactive child-led activities banded for 0-11 months, 8-20 months, 16-26 months and 22-26 months
* Suitable for all Early Years environments including home settings
* Activities are designed to encourage discussion, helping children build conversational skills
* Resources are chosen to be simple and easy to find in a variety of settings
* Includes built-in teacher support
Exploring My World - Book
by Beverly Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Interactive child-led activities banded for 0-11 months, 8-20 months, 16-26 months and 22-26 months
* Suitable for all Early Years environments including home settings
* Activities are designed to encourage discussion, helping children build conversational skills
* Resources are chosen to be simple and easy to find in a variety of settings
* Includes built-in teacher support
Animals - Book
by Beverly Michael, Clare Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Interactive child-led activities banded for 0-11 months, 8-20 months, 16-26 months and 22-26 months
* Suitable for all Early Years environments including home settings
* Activities are designed to encourage discussion, helping children build conversational skills
* Resources are chosen to be simple and easy to find in a variety of settings
* Includes built-in teacher support
In Play Foundations Senses, the theme is explored through five chapters focusing on different ways in which children discover ‘senses’, including activities related to touch, sight, smell, hearing and taste to promote their physical development skills and help them start to develop their understanding of the world around them.
- Top tips for how to ensure the needs and interests of each unique child are provided for through challenging, enjoyable activities and positive relationships
- Guidance on setting up enabling environments using both indoor and outside areas
- Ideas for how to differentiate to meet the varying abilities and rates of development with advice on assessment through observing, reflecting and planning
- A straightforward planning chart to clearly identify the focus of each activity by prime and specific areas of learning
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
- Top tips for how to ensure the needs and interests of each unique child are provided for through challenging, enjoyable activities and positive relationships
- Guidance on setting up enabling environments using both indoor and outside areas
- Ideas for how to differentiate to meet the varying abilities and rates of development with advice on assessment through observing, reflecting and planning
- A straightforward planning chart to clearly identify the focus of each activity by prime and specific areas of learning
In Play Foundations Favourite Stories, the theme is explored through focusing on different ways in which children discover 'favourite stories', including activities related to traditional stories, fantasy worlds, stories with patterns and rhymes and stories about different cultures to help develop their communication, language and literacy skills.
- Top tips for how to ensure the needs and interests of each unique child are provided for through challenging, enjoyable activities and positive relationships
- Guidance on setting up enabling environments using both indoor and outside areas
- Ideas for how to differentiate to meet the varying abilities and rates of development with advice on assessment through observing, reflecting and planning
- A straightforward planning chart to clearly identify the focus of each activity by prime and specific areas of learning
In Play Foundations People , the theme is explored through five chapters focusing on different ways in which children discover ‘people’, including activities related to family, children around the world, ourselves, people who help us and people in our community to help them start to develop positive relationships with people around them.
- Top tips for how to ensure the needs and interests of each unique child are provided for through challenging, enjoyable activities and positive relationships
- Guidance on setting up enabling environments using both indoor and outside areas
- Ideas for how to differentiate to meet the varying abilities and rates of development with advice on assessment through observing, reflecting and planning
- A straightforward planning chart to clearly identify the focus of each activity by prime and specific areas of learning
In Play Foundations Rhymes and Stories, the theme is explored through focusing on different ways children discover ‘rhymes and stories’, including activities related to finger and action rhymes, nursery rhymes, stories with patterns and rhymes and popular picture books to help them start to develop their communication and language skills.
- Top tips for how to ensure the needs and interests of each unique child are provided for through challenging, enjoyable activities and positive relationships
- Guidance on setting up enabling environments using both indoor and outside areas
- Ideas for how to differentiate to meet the varying abilities and rates of development with advice on assessment through observing, reflecting and planning
- A straightforward planning chart to clearly identify the focus of each activity by prime and specific areas of learning
In Play Foundations Animals, the theme is explored through five chapters focusing on different ways in which children discover ‘animals’, including activities related to pets, animals on the farm, animals in the jungle, bugs and beasts and fantastical creatures to help them develop a wide range of learning areas in the context of animals.
- Top tips for how to ensure the needs and interests of each unique child are provided for through challenging, enjoyable activities and positive relationships
- Guidance on setting up enabling environments using both indoor and outside areas
- Ideas for how to differentiate to meet the varying abilities and rates of development with advice on assessment through observing, reflecting and planning
- A straightforward planning chart to clearly identify the focus of each activity by prime and specific areas of learning
Bugs & Animals - Book & CD-ROM
by Beverly Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Activities, stories, photos, songs and video clips to help support all areas of early year's learning and development
* Interactive CD-ROM featuring Claude Cat; a fun, engaging character who asks questions to encourage children to verbalise their observation, ideas and understanding
* Stories, rhymes and interactive pictures on the CDRom help children become familiar with visual text, photographic and drawn still images, moving images, sound and colour
* Includes built-in Teacher Support
* The CD-ROMs are suitable for both Mac and PC and include a full network licence
Where I Live - Book & CD-ROM
by Beverley Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Activities, stories, photos, songs and video clips to help support all areas of early year's learning and development
* Interactive CD-ROM featuring Claude Cat; a fun, engaging character who asks questions to encourage children to verbalise their observation, ideas and understanding
* Stories, rhymes and interactive pictures on the CDRom help children become familiar with visual text, photographic and drawn still images, moving images, sound and colour
* Includes built-in Teacher Support
* The CD-ROMs are suitable for both Mac and PC and include a full network licence
Favourite Stories - Book & CD-ROM
by Beverly Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Activities, stories, photos, songs and video clips to help support all areas of early year's learning and development
* Interactive CD-ROM featuring Claude Cat; a fun, engaging character who asks questions to encourage children to verbalise their observation, ideas and understanding
* Stories, rhymes and interactive pictures on the CDRom help children become familiar with visual text, photographic and drawn still images, moving images, sound and colour
* Includes built-in Teacher Support
* The CD-ROMs are suitable for both Mac and PC and include a full network licence
Journeys - Book & CD-ROM
by Beverly Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Activities, stories, photos, songs and video clips to help support all areas of early year's learning and development
* Interactive CD-ROM featuring Claude Cat; a fun, engaging character who asks questions to encourage children to verbalise their observation, ideas and understanding
* Stories, rhymes and interactive pictures on the CDRom help children become familiar with visual text, photographic and drawn still images, moving images, sound and colour
* Includes built-in Teacher Support
* The CD-ROMs are suitable for both Mac and PC and include a full network licence
My Friends & Me - Book & CD-ROM
by Beverly Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Activities, stories, photos, songs and video clips to help support all areas of early year's learning and development
* Interactive CD-ROM featuring Claude Cat; a fun, engaging character who asks questions to encourage children to verbalise their observation, ideas and understanding
* Stories, rhymes and interactive pictures on the CDRom help children become familiar with visual text, photographic and drawn still images, moving images, sound and colour
* Includes built-in Teacher Support
* The CD-ROMs are suitable for both Mac and PC and include a full network licence
Exploring Materials - Book & CD-ROM
by Beverley Michael, Claire Crowther, Jean Evans, Hannah Mortimer, Laura Henry, and Jeanette Phillips-Green
Play Foundations feature popular Early Years themes and provide activities designed to encourage independent learning.
* Activities, stories, photos, songs and video clips to help support all areas of early year's learning and development
* Interactive CD-ROM featuring Claude Cat; a fun, engaging character who asks questions to encourage children to verbalise their observation, ideas and understanding
* Stories, rhymes and interactive pictures on the CDRom help children become familiar with visual text, photographic and drawn still images, moving images, sound and colour
* Includes built-in Teacher Support
* The CD-ROMs are suitable for both Mac and PC and include a full network licence