This book helps teachers incorporate problem-solving and thinking skills into the National Curriculum at the Foundation Phase and Key Stage 1, in line with QCA and DfES recommendations. It presents a range of activities for children aged 4-7 years, all of which have been tried and tested in classrooms. The ideas are cross-referenced with the Learning Objectives of the National Curriculum, and are enhanced with samples of children's work.
It provides sections on the core subjects of literacy, numeracy and science, and ideas for project work across the curriculum.
This book is aimed at teachers at the Foundation Phase and Key Stage 1. Teacher trainers, student teachers, teaching assistants, parents and all those working in early years settings will find it equally useful.
This book helps teachers incorporate problem-solving and thinking skills into the National Curriculum at the Foundation Phase and Key Stage 1.
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'The authors have succeeded in compiling an excellent guide, relevant not only to teachers, teacher trainers, teaching assistants, student teachers and parents of Key Stage 1 children, but one which offers principles which can (and should) be applied across all education phases and subjects.' - Gifted Education International
Chapter 1 Teaching Problem-solving and Thinking Skills in the Early
Years: Working across the Curriculum, Belle Wallace;
Chapter 2
Introductionducing the use of the TASC Problem-solving Wheel in Reception and
Key Stage 1 Literacy: Developing Childrens Writing Skills, Mike Carter,
Dorothy Rickarby;
Chapter 3 Using the TASC Wheel to Develop Problem-solving
and Thinking Skills in Mathematics in the Early Years, Lynne Mcclure;
Chapter
4 Using the TASC Wheel to Maximise Childrens Thinking and Problem-solving in
Early Years Science, Nicola Beverley;
Belle Wallace, Nicola Beverley, Mike Carter, Lynne McClure, Dorothy Rickarby
