Early learning goals for children with special needs : learning through play / Collette Drifte.

Includes bibliographical references (page 96) and index.

In this text practitioners will find clear and workable suggestions for opening up early learning goals to children with special educational needs.

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Further reading; 1. Including children with special educational needs in the early years setting; Observation and recording; Continuous Observation; Focused Observation; Planning and record keeping; Working with parents; Categories of special educational needs; Including SEN children in the working areas of the setting; The home corner; Sand and water play; The music corner; The maths area; The book and story corner; The art and craft area; Table-top activities.

Small equipment activitiesLarge equipment activities; Further reading; Useful addresses; Photocopiable Sheet 1; Photocopiable Sheet 2; 2. Personal, social and emotional development; Personal, social and emotional development and the special needs child; Behaviour management; Some appropriate strategies; Draw up a behaviour management policy; Set some house rules; Agree a behaviour modification programme; Adopt positive principles; Concentration; Personal, social and emotional development early learning goals and the special needs child.

Personal, social and emotional development in the working areas of the settingThe home corner; Sand and water play; The music corner; The maths area; The book and story corner; The art and craft area; Table-top activities; Small equipment activities; Large equipment activities; Further reading; 3. Communication, language and literacy; Communication, language and literacy and the special needs child; Communication, language and literacy early learning goals and the special needs child; Communication; Language; Literacy; Communication, language and literacy in the working areas of the setting.

The home cornerSand and water play; The music corner; The maths area; The book and story corner; The art and craft area; Table-top activities; Small equipment activities; Large equipment activities; Further reading; Useful addresses; Photocopiable Sheet 3; Photocopiable Sheet 4; 4. Mathematical development; Maths and the special needs child; The maths early learning goals and the special needs child; Number; Shape; Space; Measures; Mathematical development in the working areas of the setting; The home corner; Sand and water play; The music corner; The maths area; The book and story corner.

The art and craft areaTable-top activities; Small equipment activities; Large equipment activities; Photocopiable activity sheets; Further reading; Useful addresses; Photocopiable Sheet 5; Photocopiable Sheet 6; Photocopiable Sheet 7; Photocopiable Sheet 8; Photocopiable Sheet 9; Photocopiable Sheet 10; Photocopiable Sheet 11; 5. Knowledge and understanding of the world; Knowledge and understanding of the world and the special needs child; Knowledge and understanding of the world early learning goals and the special needs child; Exploring and observing; Problem-solving and predicting.

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