The Nursery world/Routledge essential guides for early years practitioners
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- 1. Emotional Intelligence -- What are Social, Emotional and Behavioral skills? -- Self-awareness -- Empathy -- Managing Emotions -- Social Skills -- Motivation -- Self-Esteem -- 2. Moral Values -- the Golden Rules -- Do be gentle, don't hurt anybody -- Do be kind and helpful; don't hurt people's feelings -- Do be honest; don't cover up the truth -- Do work hard, don't waste time -- Do look after property, don't waste or damage things -- Do listen to people; don't interrupt -- 3. Learning Skills -- Looking, Listening, Speaking, Thinking, Concentrating -- 4. How to deliver Quality Circle Time Meetings -- Setting up, Timetabling, Circle size, Use of adult helpers, Ground rules, Maintaining the quality of Circle Time meetings, troubleshooting tips -- 5. The Five Stage Model for circle Meetings -- Meeting up -- games; Warming up -- rounds; Opening up -- forum; Cheering up -- celebrating success; Calming down -- closing rituals.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The UK's leading expert on circle time offers guidance through tick-sheets and lesson plans to explain effective ways of using this early years teaching method. This fun guide was developed to closely mirror a major module in the GNVQ in Childcare.