Product Description: Early years practitioners, parents and carers, child minders, health visitors do you need effective ideas for giving your babies and toddlers support to become confident talkers? National research shows that poor language and communication skills have a profound effect on the life chances of children and young people...read more

Product Description: This book is the first of its kind to help practitioners specifically develop children's language skills in Science. The book incudes: guidelines to help teachers set up, run and assess circle-time sessions ideas for promoting children's thinking skills and emotional literacy video CD containing explanation and demonstration of the programme and its implementation, with comments from staff who have used it...read more

Product Description: These simple play-based activities are ideal for teachers to copy and give out to parents who want to know how to help their child improve his or her science language skills and have fun at the same time. Activities are linked directly to the school-based Language Development Circle Time sessions, but can also be used independently...read more

Product Description: Building on the successful 'spirals' programme this series of books addresses language development in the three core areas of the curriculum. Linking the work done in school with simple games and activities to be used at home. All activities have been tried and tested - proven effectiveness...read more

Product Description: Building upon the successful 'spirals' programme this series of books addresses language development in three core areas of the curriculum. Linking the work done in school with the simple games and activities to be used at home. All activities have been tried and tested - proven effectiveness...read more

Product Description: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: These simple play-based photocopiable activities are ideal for parents who want to help their child improvie his or her language skills. Each stand-alone worksheet has been designed for use in the home environment. Activities are linked directly to the 36 school-based sessions in the companion volume Language Development: Circle Time Sessions to Improve Communication Skills...read more

Product Description: 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...read more