Marjorie-Ann Watts Boeken

I love these stories shrewdly observed and wickedly funny Salley Vickers A daughter s life is changed on discovering her adoptive father is in fact her true father; in her imagination, an elderly woman removes the blue mantle from a plaster statue of the Virgin Mary and is delighted to find black lace underneath; a senior academic, about to deliver a lecture to his students, is unsettled by memories of a passionate affair. These spare, elegant, disconcerting stories swerve between the long perspectives of memory and the abrupt questions of children running Where does the world go when I am dead Marjorie Ann Watts, the author of a series of books for children, brings to the ambiguities of adult relationships, and the fault-lines between generations, a rare and sharp-witted understanding of how the past remains forever embedded in the present .

Part one: Outdoor learning and the early years foundation stage -- Creating an enabling environment outdoors - the seven areas of learning -- Creating an enabling environment outdoors - characteristics of effective learning -- Creating an enabling environment outdoors - design, layout and planting -- Working in partnership with parents -- Part two: The four seasons -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter -- Part three: The four elements -- Earth -- Air -- Water -- Fire.

With the increased focus on children's language in Early Years education, poetry can be a valuable tool in enhancing speaking, listening and communication. This book provides parents and practitioners with a guide on how and where to start with using poetry with children. Combined with practical suggestions on finding and using poems with children of differing ages and language ability, it also offers advice on how to encourage children to create and develop their own poems. Exploring Poetry with Young Children includes an anthology of a wide range of poems to use with children based on their everyday experiences, ensuring that adults can enhance the learning experience as it happens and enrich the language development of the children in their care. Divided into two parts, this book covers: the nature of poetry and why it can be such important part of our well-being; ways of using and sharing poetry with babies and toddlers; how to share poetry with children as they become confident users of language; the rhyming aspects of verse and ways in which these can be used to develop children's phonic awareness; the importance of establishing a poetic awareness in young children. This will be an essential guide for all Early Years practitioners, students and parents who are interested in using poetry to develop the speaking, listening and communication skills of young children.