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Managing Difficult Behaviour: Workshop Manual Managing Difficult Behaviour provides a one-off workshop to be used with parents and carers of children aged 3 to 8+ years. It is not intended for those parents whose difficulties with their child are longstanding or complex, but rather those who are experiencing mild to moderate difficulties in managing their child's behaviour. The manual provides clear guidance on preparing for and running a two-hour workshop and includes photocopiable support materials, including a feedback form. All the materials are reassuring, practical and accessible, and have a sound theoretical basis. The accompanying parent booklet is designed to be purchased in packs and given out to parents. Sonya Hinton 16pp A4, photocopiable. £12 9 781857 411669 |
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| Managing Difficult Behaviour: Parent Booklet For parents of children aged 3-8+ The parent booklet which accompanies the workshop provides help and guidance and lots of practical strategies which will help parents deal with difficult behaviour in young children. The booklet is written in an accessible, friendly and lively style. Generous discounts are available when you buy several packs, (see special order form). Sonya Hinton 32 pages, A5 £1.95 9 781857 411713 PLEASE USE THIS ORDER FORM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DISCOUNTS ON OFFER |
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The Numbers Game Many adults, as well as children, find maths quite scary and certainly wouldn’t consider the subject to be fun. The Numbers Game is for the whole family. It’s colourful, lively, humourous and full of maths that is enjoyable and won’t frighten anyone! Activities include problem solving, solving a murder, a game to learn times tables, how to multiply the Russian way, communicating through codes, the amazing Möbius Strip and much more. For those who want to know a bit more, the clever, but somewhat ‘nerdy’, Matthew Mattick provides a bit more detail (and lots of silly jokes), with the help of his cat Digit, and pet mouse, Fraction. The book is designed, and priced, to be purchased and given out to parents, perhaps at a special event (like a Maths evening), or a workshop. FREE WORKSHOP NOTES can be downloaded here. Drummond Johnstone & Chris Wakefield 24 pages A5 £1.95 9 781857 411812 PLEASE NOTE: This is a discount bulk buy item with up to 50% off when making larger orders - for more info please telephone us on +44 (0)1363 776888 or use our pdf download form to order larger quantities. |
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How to ENJOY READING ALOUD to Young Children Edmund Pegge and Alison Shakspeare A DIFFERENT kind of booklet for parents, How to ENJOY READING ALOUD to Young Children is about HOW to read with expression and confidence, making sharing stories with children much more rewarding and enjoyable – for both adult and child. How to ENJOY READING ALOUD to Young Children is full of easy to follow techniques and advice using short extracts from well-loved children’s stories, such as Giraffes Don’t Dance, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Thomas the Tank Engine. The colourful Voice Coach takes the reader through sections dealing with making noises, doing voices, showing feelings and being scary. The skills learned and the confidence gained from using How to ENJOY READING ALOUD to Young Children, offer a solid foundation for making sharing books a daily pleasure for adults and children. The techniques illustrated are distilled from Edmund Pegge's resource for teachers ‘Expressive Speech’, based on his experience as a stage and screen actor and the regular poetry and creative writing workshops he runs in the UK and Australia. Free notes are provided (click here to download), with suggestions about running a workshop for parents, after which you could send them away with a copy of How to ENJOY READING ALOUD to Young Children Available in packs of 10, the price per booklet can be as low as £1 per copy. PLEASE USE THIS ORDER FORM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DISCOUNTS ON OFFER |
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Hot Tips for a Cool Planet Family Activities for Saving the Planet The booklet is 32 pages A5, in full colour. It is aimed at adults but the booklet will be used by the whole family. It’s lively and fun and encourages families to make some changes to their lifestyles, to reduce their carbon footprint. Hot Tips for a Cool Planet is divided into a number of sections dealing with: energy, waste, water, transport, food, carbon footprint, shopping and the home. It includes challenges, activities, some shocking statistics and information. Some of the science that lies behind the information is explained by the Green Man. Generous discounts are available for bulk purchases. Phone 01363 776888. Clare Eastland 32 pages A5, full colour. £1.95 ISBN: 9 781857 411362 PLEASE NOTE: This is a discount bulk buy item with up to 50% off when making larger orders - for more info please telephone us on +44 (0)1363 776888 or use our pdf download form to order larger quantities. |
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Dad did it! Fun for Dads and Kids Dad Did It! is full of things to help dads to amuse, impress, entertain and inform their kids. The book provides lots of really fun activities for dads (and mums) to do with their kids – the kinds of things that dads used to do, like making and flying a kite, creating explosions and delighting their kids with a lumpy custard trick ! The activities are based on science and technology but don’t require any particular technical, DIY or science abilities. None of it is rocket science… (actually, a bit of it is!). All the activities and experiments are carefully described with detailed illustrations. There’s a ‘boffin’ character who has some interesting things to say about all the topics and who helps to explain principles behind the activities. So dads have the opportunity to learn as well. Amongst the activities are: Go Fly a Kite; Tin Telephones; Mysterious Rising Water; Quick Reactions; Ginger Beer Forever; Bean Races; Air Powered Rocket; Camera Obscura; Making Fire and Hot Air Balloons. Chris Wakefield 32 pages A5, full colour. £1.95 ISBN: 9 781857 411164 PLEASE NOTE: This is a discount bulk buy item with up to 50% off when making larger orders - for more info please telephone us on +44 (0)1363 776888 or use our pdf download form to order larger quantities. |
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Five-a-Day pro Convert Your Kids to Fruit and Veg Five-a-Day Pro offers practical advice, tips and information that will help parents to convert their children to the joys of fruit and veg! Yes, really! The authors show how to turn the idea of five-a-day into an exciting challenge rather than an impossible goal. There are plenty of tried and tested recipes to try as well. Jenny Swann and Anne Prendergast 36 pages A5, full colour. £1.95 ISBN: 9 781857 411119 PLEASE NOTE: This is a discount bulk buy item with up to 50% off when making larger orders - for more info please telephone us on +44 (0)1363 776888 or use our pdf download form to order larger quantities. |
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32 pages, A5. Colour throughout. £1.95 ISBN: 1 85741 195 1 PLEASE NOTE: This is a discount bulk buy item with up to 50% off when making larger orders - for more info please telephone us on +44 (0)1363 776888 or use our pdf download form to order larger quantities. |
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Volunteers in Schools Developing an effective strategy for recruiting and managing volunteers in schools Volunteers are a hugely valuable resource for schools. This book, with its accompanying CD, provides materials designed to help schools to build on the work they already do with volunteers and to get volunteering onto a more organised and sustainable footing. The manual covers issues such as recruitment, retention, funding and training and the CD provides model documents that can be adapted by schools. These include a Volunteer Policy, a handbook for volunteers, information for staff and governors, questionnaire, responsibilities of the volunteer co-ordinator and sample letters. The author, Jean de Rijke, has a long-standing interest in home-school- community partnerships. This led to the development of the Effective Partnerships with Parents Toolkit and Strategy for schools. Underpinning her very practical approach to exploring home-school-community relations was her PhD research into the perceptions and attitudes of parents and teachers that affect partnership working. Book plus CD £12.95 |
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Home Stories Ages 5 – 8 A collection of short stories to be photocopied and sent home with children. The stories, each based upon an issue, can be read by children with their parents. Questions are raised during the stories and there are further suggested questions and activities at the end. Issues include: talking to strangers; physical bullying; respecting nature; controlling anger; playing one parent against another; excluding someone from a game; respect for others’ property; healthy eating; coping when a friend moves away; respecting the elderly; saying unkind things. Gordon Aspland 32 pages £11.95 ISBN: 1–85741–130–7 |
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 Hungry to ReadNew Ways to Promote Reading This book is for all those interested in reading and how it can be promoted and supported effectively. It includes practical advice with key questions answered, and photocopiable checklists at the end of each chapter. It is based upon nearly 200 projects, co-ordinated by the Campaign for Learning for the BT Reading Challenge. Toby Greany / Campaign for Learning 48 pages, £9.95 ISBN: 1–903107–04–0 |
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Parents’ File Pack Activities for Children to take Home This resource consists of 120 photocopiable activities for children to take home, divided into six topics: Ourselves; Journeys; Toys; Homes; Living Things; Out and About. There are teacher’s notes, back up materials and certificates. The activities are fun to do, don’t require special equipment and will complement what is being done in school. The emphasis is upon encouraging parents / carers to talk with their child. Ted Wragg and Margaret Williams |
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Summer Holiday Activities Ages 4–7 Activities selected from the Parents' File This book contains 25 specially selected activities from the Parents' File, ideal for children and parents to use in the Summer holiday. Many of the activities take place in the outside environment. The book is photocopiable. 32 pages, £5.00 ISBN 1–85741–069–6 ISBN 9–781857–410693 |
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PerfectTimes The Perfect Game to Master Multiplication Tables Ages 4 + PerfectTimes is a full colour card game which children find great fun. A set consists of factor and multiple cards for each of the 2 to 12 times tables, a storage wallet and rules of the various games that can be played. The photocopiable teacher’s booklet contains mental methods, rules, time sheets, class logs, certificate and notes for parents. To try the game before purchasing, log on to: www.perfect-times.co.uk
Wendy Fortescue-Hubbard Perfect Times Teacher’s booklet £5.00 - ISBN: 1–85741–052–1 Perfect Times (Full pack + Teacher’s booklet) £20.28 |
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 Understanding Barriers to LearningA Guide to Research and Current Thinking A comprehensive overview of the cultural, structural and personal barriers to learning, pulling together the vast amount of research and thinking over the past ten years. An accessibly written, and valuable reference, for those working in the fields of family learning and lifelong learning. Peter Maxted |
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 Family Learning: an agenda for actionIn 2000, the Campaign for Learning and partner organisations published A manifesto for family learning which called for greater support and resources for family learning. Family Learning: an agenda for action looks again at what we mean by family learning, the impact that it can have on children, young people and adults and why it should be supported. The booklet highlights recent policy developments and research evidence, illustrates some of the excellent work that is already being done and makes recommendations to government and its agencies as to how this work may be built on and made sustainable. This publication will be of interest to:
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