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Kathy Walker

It's suggested that we think carefully about the way we hurry children through childhood - to stop and think about he importance of a gentle childhood

 $21.95

New From Kathy Walker! 
Includes Book and CD

A Play & Project based philosophy  which will challenge you to be reflective & innovative in your teaching practice.

$59.95

 
 

Tess Rawley

This book is a tool for parents and carers  to gently start a conversation with children about self protection in a style that is fun and positive    

$18.00

                                                                                        

NEW!       Inclusion Resource Books
Pictures are in delightful photos in these 4 books

 

Friends at School:

Helps people understand that even though some children may look different & have different abilities, they still like do the same things that everyone else. 
$17.95

 

 

Brothers & Sisters:

This book shows that having a sibling with a disability is not so different from having a sibling without a disability. 
$29.95 (hard cover)

 

 

 

 

Be Quiet Marina:

Meet Marina who has cerebral palsy & Moira who has Downs Syndrome. There are games that they play together but Moira thinks Marina is too loud! 
$29.95 (hard cover)

 

We Can Do It:

Meet five special children and see what they can do. 
$17.95
 

 

               

Other New Resource Books added to Our Titles
 

Words are Like Faces

This book teaches us to treat words like children, carefully, & to embrace them by speaking, writing & listening to them. 

$29.95 (hard cover)

 

 


Touching, Humorous & Insightful

This amazing book looks at Aspergers in a way that helps to understand how people with Aspergers see their world.

$27.95 (hardcover)
 


The 'Just & Simply...'  series:

All the authors of this series work or have worked in the early childhood profession for many years.  
Each book has fabulous ideas and coloured photos. 

 

 

Just Investigate

 

Tracy Young & Sue Elliot. Science & Technology Experiences Preschool - Primary.

Encourages the use of recycled household & natural materials.

  • Emphasises hands-on, play based learning opportunities

  • How to set up experiences with scientific principles & developmental appropriateness

$29.95

 

Just Imagine


Sue Crook & Betty Farmer.    

Provides an understanding of how to establish stimulating & enjoyable creative play experiences for children under 6.

Excellent ideas for settings & suggestions for props

$29.95

 

 

Just Improvise
 

Edited by Sue Crook.  

Connecting young children with the natural world. Ideal for preschool & early primary.

  • Encourages the use of recycled household & natural materials
  • Emphasises hands-on, play based learning opportunities

$29.95

Just Discover

Tracy Young & Sue Elliot.   Photography by Gary Medlicott

Connecting young children with nature.  Preschool - Primary

  • Encourages the use of recycled household & natural materials
  • Emphasises hands-on, play based learning opportunities
  • Colour photographs of  set-up ideas
  • Scientific principals & developmental appropriateness

$29.95

 

 

Simply Create


Kerryn Jones.

Providing  opportunities for young children to express themselves with guides to plan children's  environment. Includes painting, drawing, sculpture, acting & storytelling.

  • Fabulous colour photos

  • encourages the use of recycled materials

  • hands-on, play-based learning opportunities

$29.95

Simply Poetry


Ellinor & David Campbell. Illus: Cathy Scott

Exploring the world of young children through poetry.  Simply Poetry provides the perfect opportunity for children & adults to share communications time.  A collection of original poems shows how the rhythms & rhymes can inspire fun and encourage the use of expressions, gestures & movements. 

$29.95

 

 

 

Simply Music

Penny Lazimierczak

Innovative music experiences for children under  5.

Through music, children make discoveries about their body, voice, & their connections to the world around them.  A fabulous guide for educators who wish to offer a quality music program.

$29.95

 

More Resource Books

$16.95

Beginings & Endings with Lifetimes & Inbetween

Bryan Mellonie & Robert Ingpen

Have you ever wondered why a butterfly lives for only a few weeks and why a tree lives for hundreds of years? There is a beginning & and ending  to everything that is alive.  Inbetween is a lifetime.  

This picture books explains the life cycle from birth to death of all living things.

$24.95

First Time Fathers

Tony White & Dr Graeme Russell

A great book to add to your resource library.  With this book, new dads will understand their baby better , & make better decisions for their baby's wellbeing.  It will encourage strong, loving & understanding communication between dad's  & their partners.

                                                   

$24.95

Starting School

Sue Berne

How to help your child be prepared.The first year of school is the most important of all both academically & socially.  This practical book provides a checklist, advice & activities to assist with issues that parents of children aged 3 - 6 inevitably face.

     Another resource for your library                                       

$24.95

Stepfamily Like

Why it is different-& how to make it work

Margaret Newman

This book is insightful, practical, optimistic & approachable.  It covers a huge amount of ground very clearly & offers treasures to every stepfamily member.

$49.50

Taking Early Childhood Education Outdoors

Elizabeth Dau

This book examines the unique opportunities for learning that can happen outdoors.  Useful props to extend existing play spaces & enhance programs in music, gardening, dramatic play, maths, science, & literacy.

     An excellent resource for your library                                         

$25.95

The Secret of Happy Children

Steve Biddulph
 

A worldwide bestseller full of humour & practical help

Discusses tantrums, shyness, TV, single parenting, food,
whingeing, and much more.

 

$25.95

Raising Boys

Steve Biddulph
 

Why boys are different & how to help them become
happy & well-balanced men.
Another world bestseller.