Planning for Learning through Toys

Penny Coltman · Rachel Sparks Linfield · Lesley Hendy

Nov 2012 · Andrews UK Limited

About this ebook

Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of toys. The Planning for Learning series is a series of topic books written around the Early Years Foundation Stage designed to make planning easy. This book takes you through six weeks of activities on the theme of toys. Each activity is linked to a specific Early Learning Goal, and the book contains a skills overview so that practitioners can keep track of which areas of learning and development they are promoting. The weekly themes in this book include: favourite toys, construction toys, moving toys, puppets and special toys.

About the author

Penny accumulated wide experience throughout the range of early years education as a teacher and freelance consultant before engaging in initial teacher training. She has written widely for a number of educational publishers notably BBC worldwide, including a range of science and mathematics DVD resources for use on Interactive Whiteboards, and worked with a major company to produce two award winning practical resources which support the teaching of early mathematics. Penny’s current particular focus explores the extent to which encouraging classroom talk can support self regulated learning. Penny is the co-ordinator of the East Anglian regional Cambridge Primary Review Network which aims to to support and disseminate the work of teachers, researchers, teacher educators and others who wish to explore and build upon the ideas, findings and proposals of the Cambridge Primary Review, the most comprehensive enquiry into English primary education since the 1960s.