The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. The ideas in this book will enable children to experience the delights of watching animals and plants grow, sharing and caring for pets, observing a variety of life-cycles, surveying different minibeasts and finding out how to help vulnerable wild animals like hedgehogs. Linked to the Understanding the World section of the EYFS framework, this book includes ideas for games, creative activities, role play and hands-on experiences with animals and plants to build children's empathy and encourage respect for living things, both in their own environments and further afield.
Judith Harries Reihenfolge der Bücher






- 2022
- 2021
The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. Music is key to early childhood development and contributes to socialisation, speaking, motor skills and more. 50 Fantastic Ideas for Making Music is packed full of fun and accessible ideas for singing, creating instruments from recycled materials, exploring sounds and making music together. From making maracas, tambourines and rainsticks in the music workshop to beatboxing, singing, stomping and even writing rhythms, every activity uses easy-to-source equipment or no equipment at all. Whether you're a specialist music teacher or a non-specialist looking for inspiration, this book is perfect for anyone looking to put the magic back into music in their Early Years setting. Written by Early Years expert Judith Harries, all ideas include step-by-step instructions, tips to understand music terminology and suggestions for further development.
- 2019
_______________ The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. 50 Fantastic Ideas Inspired by Famous Artists uses well-known art as a visual inspiration to develop expressive art and design skills in the Early Years. It is much easier now to access art online and to bring inspirational pieces into a setting without having to buy postcards or visit an art gallery. Drawing on these readily available online sources, Judith Harries presents 50 ideas featuring a range of diverse artists from Lubaina Himid and Friedensreich Hundertwasser to Mary Delany and Picasso, and famous art including pop and street art, sculpture and portraiture. Using art supplies easily found in and outside the classroom such as paints, clay, pipe cleaners and natural resources like leaves and flowers, the interactive activities found in this book are ideal for inspiring creativity and fun at the same time!
- 2018
50 Fantastic Ideas for Circle Time
- 64 Seiten
- 3 Lesestunden
Circle time stimulates learning in all areas of development -- from the improvement of social skills and positive relationships to encouraging children to listen to each other within a caring and respectful environment. Judith Harries brings together creative ideas for circle time where learning can be shared and music and drama can be enjoyed. This book includes circle time activities and games that cover all of the Early Learning Goals through the sharing of thoughts, feelings and experiences. It can also be used across the curriculum, including helping children with literacy and mathematics through phonics and number games. This timeless collection of ideas featuring colourful and fun photography is a fantastic resource with many new activities for circle time, as well as some old favourites
- 2018
This book aims to equip early years practitioners with the resources and skills required to create a stimulating learning environment and to fully include EAL children into their settings. It provides practical ways to show children and their families that their language and culture are valued and respected, so that they can feel secure and accepted. There are 49 activities included that focus on different areas of the Expressive Arts and Design goal, and help practitioners to develop children's language and communication skills as they play. Listening and musical activities are used to help children distinguish between sounds and communicate non-verbally. Singing assists children, as their language emerges, to join in repeated refrains. Visual art and Drama activities, such as Mixing rainbows , Mini-me models and Puppet power , help children to express themselves, without walls.
- 2014
The Little Book of Rhythm and Raps
- 88 Seiten
- 4 Lesestunden
This brand new Little Book focuses on introducing beat and rhythm through a fun mix of games and activities for teachers to use in the classroom, in assemblies, and in whole-school performances. Activities include beat games and inventing rhythms, while the performance raps are based on traditional tales and nursery rhymes as well as original topics.
- 2014
Fully revised to match the 2012 EYFS; links to the Early Learning Goals; clear weekly planning; and ways to record learning. The Planning for Learning titles are designed to enable early years practitioners deliver the EYFS with ease. Now fully revised in line with the 2012 Statutory Framework, each book in the range focuses on a specific theme and shows how to plan for this theme around each Area of Learning, as well as how to collect evidence to demonstrate the learning and progress taking place. The clear and practical format will make weekly planning for each theme thoroughly easy. Practitioners are guided step-by-step through planning and how to use those plans to get the children thinking and playing creatively. Clear links to the Early Learning Goals are also covered, as well as homelinks and a family page for extension activities and further resources.
- 2014
The Planning for Learning titles are designed to enable early years practitioners deliver the EYFS with ease. Fully revised to the 2012 Statutory Framework, each book focuses on a specific theme and shows how to plan for this theme around each Area of Learning, as well as how to collect evidence to demonstrate the learning and progress taking place.