Each chapter of this ground-breaking book builds your confidence and ability to create dynamic and anti-racist learning environments and will ensure your setting fosters a positive sense of identity and belonging. With accessible guidance, strategies, case studies and reflective questions, it is a must-read for all early years professionals.
Set against the backdrop of a pandemic, this journal chronicles the experiences of two individuals who, feeling constrained by lockdown regulations, venture into the serene countryside surrounding Sheffield. Their escapades reveal a blend of humor and reflection as they navigate the tension between societal rules and personal freedom, showcasing the contrast between the bustling city and the tranquil natural world. Through their adventures, the narrative explores themes of rebellion, connection to nature, and the human spirit's resilience during challenging times.
Set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this journal chronicles the experiences of two individuals who navigate the challenges of lockdown by venturing into the serene countryside surrounding Sheffield. As they defy restrictions to escape the crowded urban environment, their reflections reveal insights into the human spirit, the struggle for freedom, and the impact of isolation. The narrative captures the tension between societal rules and personal desires during an unprecedented time.
A concise and accessible guide to observation for supporting and understanding children and their learning from 0-5 years old.
The neo-burlesque movement seeks to restore a sense of glamour, theatricality, and humor to striptease. Neo-burlesque performers strut their stuff in front of audiences that appreciate their playful brand of pro-sex, often gender-bending, feminism. Performance studies scholar and acclaimed burlesque artist Lynn Sally offers an inside look at the history, culture, and philosophy of New York’s neo-burlesque scene. Revealing how twenty-first century neo-burlesque is in constant dialogue with the classic burlesque of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, she considers how today’s performers use camp to comment on preconceived notions of femininity. She also explores how the striptease performer directs the audience’s gaze, putting on layers of meaning while taking off layers of clothing. Through detailed profiles of iconic neo-burlesque performers such as Dita Von Teese, Dirty Martini, Julie Atlas Muz, and World Famous *BOB*, this book makes the case for understanding neo-burlesque as a new sexual revolution. Yet it also examines the broader community of “Pro-Am” performers who use neo-burlesque as a liberating vehicle for self-expression. Raising important questions about what feminism looks like, Neo-Burlesque celebrates a revolutionary performing art and participatory culture whose acts have political reverberations, both onstage and off.
The book explores the dramatic decline of the UK's rich grasslands, with over 97% of wildflower meadows lost since the 1930s due to agricultural practices. It highlights the impact of fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides on the diverse flora and fauna that once thrived in these landscapes. Complementing this narrative, "Flora - ten years among the flowers of an endangered landscape" aims to preserve the beauty and essence of the flowers that once adorned the traditional meadows of the West Yorkshire Pennines.
How to Use Work Group Supervision to Improve Early Years Practice presents a new model for supervision as a collaborative process, and explores how this process can benefit practitioners at all stages in their career to reflect on and improve their own practice. Supported by detailed case studies which contextualise Work Group Supervision, Louis offers practical support which will help practitioners develop their knowledge and skills, and to work together to develop a shared understanding and more successful practice.Louis covers a range of insightful topics to help practitioners utilise the Work Group Supervision method to improve their practice, including:What Work Group Supervision is and how it can help practitionersHow to develop self-understanding and professional practiceTheories on child observation, and using observation to tune into childrenThe importance of respectful interactions as a leader and among peers How to Use Work Group Supervision to Improve Early Years Practice is ideal for Early Years practitioners and teachers, managers of Early Years settings and students on courses for leadership in Early Childhood settings.
Give your sand and water sessions a new lease of life with this fully updated Little Book. Split into two sections, it offers a range of activities for sand and water play that link to the early learning goals and which are accompanied by a list of suggested resources, useful vocabulary and related songs and stories to take the theme further.
Following the success of the Little Book of Investigations, this book goes one step further in size, scale and scope. It covers explorations indoors, outside and in the local community, from the water in the tap, the dust on the floor, the mud in the garden, to exploring connections, constructions and other early technological experiments. The natural world, minibeasts, weather, growth, change over time and making changes to materials and the environment are included in this easy to use book. The inventive activities will all also provide opportunities for children to sustain their thinking with other children and adults while using the skills of observation and experiment.
Developing fine motor skills is a key feature in learning to read and write. Many children need additional help to develop these skills in the Early Years Foundation Stage, and The Little Book of Fine Motor Skills gives you lots of ideas for interesting activities focused on hand/eye coordination and refining the movements of arms and hands. Like all the other books in the Little Book series, this book presents appropriate and enjoyable activities in a simple format, which would enable the most inexperienced practitioners to plan and deliver the curriculum against clear objectives.