Nick Baker's Bug Book

Nick Baker's Bug Book
Author: Nick Baker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2015-02-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1472922093

We are all fascinated by, and often wary of, the tiny animals that creep and crawl in our gardens or lurk in the dark corners of our homes, but how much do we really know about insects and their relatives? Nick Baker's Bug Book encourages our understanding of all types of bugs by providing practical information and fun activities. Learn how to determine the sex of a spider, how to look after ants in a home-made formicarium and even how to rear your own dragonflies. Packed with details on essential equipment for bug watching and collecting, informative illustrations and close-up photography, this book is essential reading for budding entomologists of all ages.

Planning for Learning through the Seasons

Planning for Learning through the Seasons
Author: Rachel Sparks Linfield
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1909101982

Plan for six weeks of learning for each season with this bumper edition, covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS. This bumper edition contains all the material contained in Planning for Learning Through Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter in one value book. Ideal for helping young children to explore the seasons, whatever the time of year, with this step-by-step guide to planning fun activities that cover a wide range of Early Learning Goals. This title comes with advice on observing and assessing children's learning, as well as how to record evidence of learning. It also includes photocopiable sheets for parents to take and extend the learning at home. A must-have for any early years setting wanting easy to dip into planning all year round.

Small World Play

Small World Play
Author: Debbie Chalmers
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1912611317

Small World Play is a practical and informative book for practitioners and home-based professionals to use in their daily work with young children at all ability levels. It is designed to show how small world play contributes to the EYFS curriculum and to other important areas of children's lives. Explaining exactly what small world play is and why it is so important to all areas of children's development, it describes the different types of small world play, with toys, models, puzzles, construction kits and recycled materials, how to introduce children to small world play and how to encourage children to apply thinking skills more confidently. The themes included in the book cover: people and situations; animals and other living creatures; vehicles and machines; buildings, models and constructions; and recycled and found materials. Chapters are packed with ideas for resources, scenarios and narratives, to enable practitioners and children to share constructive and absorbing play, making this book a valuable guide to developing essential life skills, along with creativity and imagination.

Planning for Learning through Minibeasts

Planning for Learning through Minibeasts
Author: Rachel Sparks Linfield
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1909101591

Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of minibeasts. 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 insects. 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. This book also includes a photocopiable page to give to parents with ideas for them to get involved with their children's topic, as well as ideas for bringing the six weeks of learning together.The weekly themes in this book cover activities such as a minibeast walk, make fridge magnet spiders, play the bee game and then bring it all together in a special 'minibeast world' event for friends and family!

Planning for Learning through Summer

Planning for Learning through Summer
Author: Rachel Sparks Linfield
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2012-11-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 190910180X

Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of summer. 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 summer. 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. This book also includes a photocopiable page to give to parents with ideas for them to get involved with their children's topic, as well as ideas for bringing the six weeks of learning together. The weekly themes in this book include: detecting summer, summer fruits, summer flowers, sunny week, summer holidays and sports day.

Meet the Minibeasts

Meet the Minibeasts
Author: Sarah Ridley
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2020-11-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1526318377

A brilliant and easy-to-understand guide to help young children discover the world of minibeasts. Become a minibeast expert with this easy-to-understand guide to the wonderful and important creatures that live beside us. Have you ever wondered what the difference between a moth and a butterfly is? Or have you ever thought about how bees live together? This fascinating and comprehensive book for children aged 6+ is full of interesting facts and brilliant photographs. It also features guides to spotting your favourite minibeast in their natural habitats. Minibeasts covered: ants, aphids, bees, beetles, bugs, butterflies, centipedes, cicadas, crickets, damselflies, dragonflies, earwigs, flies, grasshoppers, harvestmen, millipedes, mites, moths, pond skaters, slugs, snails, spiders, termites, ticks, wasps, woodlice, worms.

The Book of Brilliant Bugs

The Book of Brilliant Bugs
Author: Jess French
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2020-03-24
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0744022614

Enter the kingdom of bugs and their close relatives for a magical journey through the forest floor, down into the deepest caves, and even across the open ocean... Insects, arachnids, worms, and mollusks are crawling across the pages of this colorful bug book, which combines gorgeous illustrations and photos to help young animal enthusiasts spot and learn all the main bug groups. From dancing bees to cartwheeling spiders, from butterfly athletes to the beetles that eat poo, they'll learn all about the incredible secret world of creepy-crawlies. And they'll find out how bugs help to look after our planet too. The Book of Brilliant Bugs, written by insect expert Jess French and illustrated by Claire McElfatrick, takes children on a fascinating journey of exploration, showing them just how amazing creepy-crawlies are, what they do for our planet, and how we can help them. It includes bug relatives such as slimy slugs, web-spinning spiders, and scuttling centipedes, plus amazing facts on how bugs pass on messages, compete for food, seek true love, and fill the air with buzzing wings.

The Really Practical Guide to Primary Science

The Really Practical Guide to Primary Science
Author: Carol Holland
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780748726165

A guide to teaching science in primary schools. Its topics include understanding the National Curriculum and developing an effective scheme of work, and this second edition has been revised to take account of National Curriculum developments

Mad About Minibeasts!

Mad About Minibeasts!
Author: Giles Andreae
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012-11-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408328763

A colourful rhyming picture book all about minibeasts. Come into the garden for lots of creepy-crawly fun ... Little ones will love joining in with all the noisy sound words and looking at the colourful pictures, as they discover all sorts of minibeasts - including ladybirds, beetles, wriggly worms, snails and munching caterpillars! 'Simple, cheerful and humorous rhymes ... great fun to read together, and also makes a good introduction to learning about the world around us' - Booktrust From the creators of the bestselling Rumble in the Jungle and Commotion in the Ocean.