A story is never one-sided. There will always be other perspectives,other points of view, that someone can take—and why shouldn’t we?Using these different perspectives helps us observe, understand andlearn from our experiences—they help us grow. Putting forth theeffort to take on these points of view sparked Existere’s Volume 37Issue 2.From trying on your mother’s clothes to embracing some neongreen runners to talking loudly about important ...

Physical activity in young children is both important and enjoyable. It encourages good life habits and helps avoid health problems such as obesity and heart disease in later life. Encouraging Early Sports Skills is the perfect support for early years practitioners looking to introduce a variety of sports and physical activities to the children they work with.

Part of the Ready, Steady, Play! series, Books, Stories and Puppets promotes visual storytelling and provides ideas for extending learning through a range of stories and characters that are well-known and much loved by children and adults alike. This book:provides ideas and templates for visual resources that will enhance storytimeoutlines fun ideas across all curriculum areas, linked to favourite storiesenco...

Twelve year old Elias loses his home and loving family in a fire and is betrayed by those who vowed to take care of him. Mistreated and forced into what could be considered slavery, he runs away to Hamburg. With the help of a dog, he adjusts to life on his own. Elias' life is difficult as he strives to find work, build himself a home, and over time improve his situation and reputation. When Elias' best friend dies, he leaves Hamburg. Sailor, explorer of the untamed lands of western Virgini...

Exploring how play in this area can develop children's understanding of world cultures and healthy eating. Use Food and Cooking to help children understand how and where everyday foods come from, obtain valuable information on a variety of diets, and demonstrates how preparing and exploring food contrbutes to learning.

What are schemas and why should you know about them? How can schemas be identified in young children? What does schematic learning look like and how does it meet the needs of individual children?All children are different, they look different, sound different, behave in different ways and crucially they learn differently. It is a constant challenge in Early Years settings and Reception classes to provide opportunities that are relevant and valuable for all the children. Being able ...

As Early Years care and education comes under closer outside scrutiny the number of practitioners moving into managerial roles is constantly increasing, this book focuses on how to make policy work in practice:clarifying the manager’s responsibilities and his or her duty to leadexploring the use of policy and procedures, why we have procedure, how to create procedures and how to put it into practiceoffering advice on effective planning, how to monitor prog...

Part of the Managing in the Early Years series, this book provides practical advice about management theory and practice. Tracking the career development of a nursery nurse into a managerial role, this book:Clearly identifies and explains the managerial roles of team leader, senior supervisor, deputy and managerFocuses on the sudden change that takes place as you transcend from colleague to bossOffers advice on what is expected from you as you mov...

Making management ideas easy to grasp and providing practical advice on management theory and practice, this book focuses on how to make policy work in practice:providing comprehensive advice on managing resourcesincluding advice on Health & Safety and promoting a healthy environmentclear explanations of how to measure cost, incomes, ratios and effective efficiencySuggestions on how to bring about change and improvement.

Following the progress of Jasmine Maya, the book examines every part of baby care and development, including: bathing, changing, clothing; health and safety, immunisation; the role of the midwife and health visitor; feeding and weaning; play, stimulation, toys and books; and theories and theorists.

Growing up has always been hard work, but our 37.1 Fall/Winter 2017/2018 edition perfectly documents life’s strenuous journey. Though we may have had different upbringings, we have all faced adversity and milestones. Whether it was overcoming personal, academic, professional or social hurdles, life has seen us through them all. Our 37.1 edition is structured to explore and highlight key points of the life that our authors and artists have created through their submissions.There com...

Flowers are probably the most popular choice of all cake decorations. The simplest representation of a flower is a cut-out shape. Other more interesting ways of representing flowers are to create fabric-effect flowers out of paste or to try your hand at creating lifelike flowers. There are many books written on the art of sugar flower making; LindySmith touches on this subject here, showing you how to make lifelike poppies and peonies, as well as fabric roses, blossoms and dahlias, and sim...