The Thinking Child Resource Book Brain-based learning for the early years foundation stage

by Call, Nicola

• ISBN13: 9781855397415
• ISBN10: 1855397412
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-19
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This fully-updated edition offers hundreds of practical hints and tips for implementing brain-based learning in early years settings for practitioners, students and parents.

Table of Contents

Preface \ Acknowledgements \ Introduction: Understanding the child's brain \ Step 1: Let's meet a brain \ Step 2: Meeting the children in their settings \ Part One: Preparing the climate and context for learning \ Step 1: Addressing children's physical needs \ Step 2: Inclusion \ Step 3: Developing emotional intelligence \ Step 4: Providing children with the tools for learning \ Step 5: Managing behaviour positively \ Step 6: Fostering partnerships with parents and carers \ Part Two: Supporting independent learning \ Step 1: Making maximum use of the environment \ Step 2: Helping children to develop good attention skills \ Step 3: Helping children to stay on task \ Step 4: Talking the language of learning \ Part Three: Developing brain-based techniques \ Step 1: Teaching children to mind map \ Step 2: Adventures in play \ Step 3: Maximising learning through music \ Step 4: Teaching and learning through movement \ Step 5: The place for technology \ Part Four: Teaching for intelligence \ Step 1: Creative teaching for better learning \ Step 2: Fostering the beginnings of group work \ Step 3: Teaching through VAK \ Step 4: Engaging the multiple intelligences \ Step 5: Taking the time for learning \ Appendices \ Some principles for planning \ Key vocabulary \ Recommended reading \ Bibliography \ Some useful websites \ Endnotes