The Early Years Intervention Toolkit provides a range of ready-made activities to enable early years practitioners and health visitors to address observed difficulties in a child's development prior to starting school. It includes a checklist of observed behaviours which links to a range of effective and engaging activities to support children's development across the three prime foundational areas of learning: Communication and Language; Physical Development; and Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Activities focus on a variety of crucial skills such as speaking and listening, moving and handling, and forming relationships, making use of materials that are readily available in every early years setting. This toolkit offers: A time-saving approach to interventions, with additional guidance on planning, providing, and recording appropriate interventions Advice and activities to share with parents for them to try at home A framework to enable early years practitioners to identify specific difficulties in key areas of development Downloadable resources to support activities and interventions The Early Years Intervention Toolkit is an inclusive programme and all children in the early years will benefit from taking part in the activities. It will be an essential resource for early years practitioners to effectively identify and support learning needs in child development and will boost the confidence of young children as they prepare for Key Stage One.

The Early Years Intervention Toolkit provides a range of ready-made activities to enable early years practitioners and health visitors to address observed difficulties in a child's development prior to starting school. It includes a checklist of observed behaviours which links to a range of effective and engaging activities to support children's development across the three prime foundational areas of learning: Communication and Language; Physical Development; and Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Activities focus on a variety of crucial skills such as speaking and listening, moving and handling, and forming relationships, making use of materials that are readily available in every early years setting. This toolkit offers: A time-saving approach to interventions, with additional guidance on planning, providing, and recording appropriate interventions Advice and activities to share with parents for them to try at home A framework to enable early years practitioners to identify specific difficulties in key areas of development Downloadable resources to support activities and interventions The Early Years Intervention Toolkit is an inclusive programme and all children in the early years will benefit from taking part in the activities. It will be an essential resource for early years practitioners to effectively identify and support learning needs in child development and will boost the confidence of young children as they prepare for Key Stage One.

Written by early years' expert Linda Tallent, this Teaching Handbook supports Project X Alien Adventures at Reception/Primary 1. Inside you will find: - an easy-to-follow six-step approach to the series - advice for encouraging a love of independent reading in your classroom - best practice and top tips for developing independent readers - phonics progression charts - observation, planning and assessment charts - support for working with parents - a selection of photocopy masters to support follow-up work for every book in the year group.

Written by early years' expert Linda Tallent, this Teaching Handbook supports Project X Alien Adventures at Year 2/Primary 3. Inside you will find: - an easy-to-follow six-step approach to the series - advice for encouraging a love of independent reading in your classroom - best practice and top tips for developing independent readers - observation, planning and assessment charts - support for working with parents - a selection of photocopy masters to support follow-up work for every book in the year group.

The problem of boys' underachievement is an issue across the entire developed world and has presented teachers and early years practitioners with challenges as well as opportunities. Only in Scandinavia do boys achieve at roughly the same rate as girls and there they don't start school formally until they are seven. The underachievement of boys continues to be high on the government agenda. For many boys in this country and elsewhere, the demands made upon them in the Early Years to read and write, before they are emotionally and physically ready to do so, can give many an early taste of failure from which many of them never fully recover. This book will address the issues that impact on achievement.

Written by early years' expert Linda Tallent, this Teaching Handbook supports Project X Alien Adventures at Year 1/Primary 2. Inside you will find: - an easy-to-follow six-step approach to the series - advice for encouraging a love of independent reading in your classroom - best practice and top tips for developing independent readers - phonics progression charts - observation, planning and assessment charts - support for working with parents - a selection of photocopy masters to support follow-up work for every book in the year group.

This practical easy-to-use guide identifies the barriers that children with a wide range of different additional needs experience in school. It provides case studies of each of the major conditions, describes the behaviour of the child involved and the process of diagnosis, concluding with practical strategies on how to help these children become successful learners.