Moving On To Key Stage 1: Improving Transition from the Early Years Foundation Stage

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK), Apr 1, 2010 - Education - 232 pages
This practical book offers a series of strategies for promoting learning that meets the needs and interests of Key Stage 1 pupils, ensuring that the move from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1 is a positive one.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
why is there an issue?
4
2 How do 57yearolds learn?
19
3 Preparing children for the move to Key Stage 1
42
4 Finding a balance between adultinitiated and childinitiated learning
62
5 The place of play in Key Stage 1 classrooms
90
6 Environments that support different ways of learning
114
7 Using observations as evidence of childrens learning
137
8 Planning for adultinitiated and childinitiated learning
155
9 The many different roles of the teacher
179
Conclusions and reflections
198
References
201
Index
204
Back cover
215
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About the author (2010)

Julie Fisher is an independent Early Years Adviser and visiting Professor of Early Childhood Education at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

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