Gold Award Fidget Busters
Publisher: LDA Tel: 0845 120 4776 Web:
www.ldalearning.com Price: £15.99 Age range: 3 to 11 years
Description: Fidget Busters provide a wealth of stimulating activities that connect movement with learning. All the activities involve minimum resources and disruption, and the majority may be used within the confines of the classroom. Sections include “Shake and Wake”, with activities to help children wake up and refocus. “Active Bodies, Active Minds”, features activities that link movement to a selection of curriculum areas.
Score: 98.5%
What the testers said: “This is a great resource to stimulate positive attitudes in children’s behaviour. The book is easy to follow and has a wealth of traditional and excellent new ideas for exciting and stimulating movement, which appeals to a wide age range. All activities have good instructions and clear explanations and the book provides great opportunities for the development of children’s gross and fine motor skills. It has good links to the curriculum and relates well to brain breaks in the classroom. Three clear sections and the planning grid make staff planning very easy, and the activities fitted well with our topics.”
Ready, Steady, Grow
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Web:
www.dk.com Price: £9.99 Age range: 5 years +
Description: Cool gardening projects for kids, with the experts at the Royal Horticultural Society. Get your child in the garden, get solving and harvesting and they will learn to grow all kinds of plants, vegetables and fruits quickly and easily.
Score: 94.5% ISBN: 978-1-40535-238-3
What the testers said: “Ready, Steady, Grow is made to the usual high standard from DK. Although quite seasonal, there are lots of great projects for all sorts of plants, many of which can be done on a smaller or larger scale and at different budgets. A very good educational background for different levels of learning. We would definitely recommend to both parents and other schools.”
Make and Do Series
Publisher: Priddy Books Tel: 01256 302 692 Web:
www.priddybooks.com Price: £9.99 Age range: 5 years +
Description: All of the step by step activities in the Make and Do series list easy to find materials, and have been devised so that children can complete them with minimal adult supervision. Designed with a fold out, stand up base and wipe clean, flip over pages, make and do books are practical and easy for kids to use.
Score: 91.1% 5to7 five to seven educator
ISBN: Make and Do: Cook, 978-1-84332-986-2; Make and Do: Craft, 978-1-84915-151-1
What the testers said: “The books are great, they contain lovely ideas, and the children could easily follow along themselves. The pictures were clear and precise. It is very well-made, and sturdy, with the stand keeping the book upright. It is also easy to wipe off any mess made in the process. The children had great fun deciding what they wanted to make next.”
5to7 five to seven educator 5to7 five to seven educator
5to7 Books and Publications Overall winner
64 Practical Pre-School Awards 2010
and Publications 5to7 Books
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