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"This updated edition of ""The Thinking Child"" looks at how children learn before applying the findings, and statutory frameworks, to best practice in the classroom. From the bestselling author of ""The ALPS Approach"", comes this new and updated edition of ""The Thinking Child"". The book relates the most current literature, research and guidance on how children learn best, and offers practical advice on how to reflect these findings in the classroom. This edition includes new material on: inclusion and personalisation - celebrating diversity and difference in schools with reference to SEAL, collaborative working - in the context of children's centres, extended schools and neighbourhood nurseries, and foreign languages - with reference to English as an additional language (EAL) and foreign language learning. It creates a greater emphasis on: outdoor learning, fostering partnerships with parents and carers, and multiple intelligences. This edition is fully-updated with reference to the latest government initiatives, such as the new Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework and the Primary Strategy for Literacy and Numeracy. The authors offer practical advice on implementing statutory requirements, maintaining a balance between child-initiated and adult-led activities and making the most of your school's resources."

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'This is a user-friendly book for all those wishing to implement current research findings into how children learn best in early years settings... useful to anyone interested in early child development.'--Sanford Lakoff Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name: Table Normal ; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-style-parent: ; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman ; mso-ansi-language: #0400; mso-fareast-language: #0400; mso-bidi-language: #0400;} Praise for the First Edition'The book is packed with information about brain-based learning, but is easily accessible with great illustrations - it's a book that is full of life and humour. Like ALPS, there are loads of practical ideas and suggestions, backed up by the theory of why brain-based learning works. I wholeheartedly recommend this book for any early years practitioner or parent of a pre-school child who wants to know more about how children learn.' --Sanford Lakoff '...the authors provide the latest research into the developing brain and how this can be nurtured in the Early Years Foundation Stage... The book is a treasure trove which will help practitioners to adopt the best principles of accelerated learning as relevant to young children. They provide advice for managing behaviour positively and for fostering relationships with parents and carers... Practitioners are encouraged to be reflective throughout and the tone of the book is light and practical whilst at the same time covering a wide range of subject matter in a visually attractive format.' Mary Mounstephen, SEN Magazine. 'The book is a useful combination of theory and practice, using the technique of relating the behaviour of six fictitious children with very different characters to the range of learning opportunities found in a typical early years setting.' Early Years Update, July 2010 'This handy book is bursting with tried and tested practical ideas. If you need to know more about how children learn in general, or want some top tips for how to cope with stressed, tired and over-scheduled children, then this book is definitely for you.' Early Years Educator Full of life and humour [..] I wholeheartedly recommend this book for any early years practitioner or parent of a pre-school child who wants to know more about how children learn.--Amazon reviewer Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4/* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name: Table Normal ;mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow: yes;mso-style-parent: ;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-pagination: widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Times New Roman ;mso-ansi-language: #0400;mso-fareast-language: #0400;mso-bidi-language: #0400;}Praise for the First Edition'Thebook is packed with information about brain-based learning, but is easilyaccessible with great illustrations - it's a book that is full of life andhumour. Like ALPS, there are loads of practical ideas and suggestions, backedup by the theory of why brain-based learning works. I wholeheartedly recommendthis book for any early years practitioner or parent of a pre-school child whowants to know more about how children learn.' --, Review in Nursery World, 1st July 2010

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Nicola Call started her teaching career in Inner London, rising rapidly to become Deputy Head of three primary schools. Nicola now lives in California where she combines writing with research into Accelerated Learning work in schools. Sally Featherstone is co-founder of a publishing company, Featherstone Education, with her husband. Sally won 'Education Publisher of the Year' at the Independent Publishing Awards 2007.

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