100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Outstanding Practice

Lucy Peet is a talented and imaginative early years advanced skills teacher with 19 years' experience working with 0-8 years olds. She is currently deputy head of an outstanding infant school and she has modelled practice across the county and received outstanding judgements from Ofsted for both her teaching and leadership. She believes above all that working in the early years should be fun for both the children and the practitioner and this comes through in her accessible writing style and original ideas.

With its accessible layout and simple format, 100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners - Outstanding Practice provides an invaluable toolkit for practitioners everywhere. Short quotes from adults and children introduce each idea, and the solutions are presented in a simple, no-nonsense style that will appeal to every reader, from the newly qualified to 'old hands' among us. When you buy it, write your name in it - all your colleagues will want to borrow it! Sally Featherstone, early years consultant and author

• 1 Know your place2 Helping Hands3 Line up! Line up!4 Bonjour, Monsieur!5 But I'm hungry now!6 I can put my coat on!7 Tidy up music8 Cloakroom monitors – Four at a time, please!9 Topical groups10 Singing the register11 Quiet please!12 Coloured words13 Personal placemats14 Shy in shared reading15 Show and tell16 This is my culture17 That's my spot!18 Fidgeting about!19 What's mine is my own!20 Who's taken my red pen, AGAIN?21 Pick a pencil case!22 Graffiti table23 Roll up, roll up!24 Chalk maps 25 Tidy silhouettes26 Encouraging independent writing 27 Easy display of writing 28 Easy painty writing29 Colour mixing for the squeamish!30 Invisible graffiti 31 Sign up, sign up!32 It's my turn next!33 What do I need to take home?34 That's my job!35 No room!36 Pass it on! 37 Listen carefully 38 Shadow maps 39 Coordinating coordinates!40 Amateur archaeologists 41 Iceberg ahoy!42 Stained ice windows 43 Marshmallow igloos44 Cereal castles45 Sliding shapes 46 What am I? 47 Washing line pictures 48 Which one am I? 49 It's all in the detail! 50 Hear it, draw it51 Eat the alphabet52 Waiter, waiter!53 Hard hat helpers54 Traffic lights55 Show me, show me!56 Hold it up!57 Hungry Zippy58 Clever Cow59 Clock watching60 Trust me, tell me61 I can read that!62 Noise slider63 Counting sounds64 Response partners65 Stars in their eyes66 Jigsaw experts 67 Remember, remember 68 Medical needs 69 Going home timetable 70 Topical help71 Odd one out72 Dotty about the dot chart73 Standing straight!74 My button family75 Character 'king of the castle'76 Let's go fishing77 Size doesn't matter – shape does!78 Bingo!79 Guess who!80 Make a shape!81 The first one to fetch…82 Outdoor motoring maths 83 Listening, turning, pointing…'Over there!'84 Stand on something… blue!85100 square outdoor bingo 86 Outdoor orienteering 87 Posting postcards88 The moving bus89 The free workforce!90 Personal effects91 Get ready for summer!92 What's on the whiteboard today?93 Observing in order94 Planning for everyone95 Involving parents/carers96 Morning challenges97 Journey sticks98 Sticky colour strips99 My tree 100 People lines