Music Express Early Years Foundation Stage is a fantastic new edition of a long-established resource for Early Years practitioners. The new edition incorporates the whole Early Years age range from birth to five and includes old favourites alongside exciting new songs rhymes and activities. Authors Sue Nicholls Sally Hickman and Patricia Scott have fully revised this edition to support the 2012 Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.Music Express Early Years Foundation Stage comprises a book and three audio CDs and is supported by videos graphics and lesson plans on the Early Years section ofthe Music Express website. Forty-two starting points and holistic activities guide the practitioner through the revised curriculum for Early Years from birth to Early Learning Goals. Arranged in popular themes within the areas of learning and development the content ranges holistically from songs stories and rhymes to dances and games for indoor and outdoor learning. The fresh new design incorporates photographic images of children in real play situations and includes new features such as ideas for child-initiated learning and parent participation plus even more activities for exploring the outdoor environment. Music Express Early Years Foundation Stage was a 4-star winner in the Teach Early Years Awards 2018. ?This resource offers simple enough songs that even the youngest children can actually sing and participate in making the music.? ?It features a good range of musical activities including creative opportunities for dance instruments and singing all clearly set out in age-specific sections.? Judges? comments Teach Early Years Awards 2018

Dragons and Dinosaurs are the fantastical beasts of myth legend and history: exciting monsters for young minds as they read learn and play. With their big teeth loud roars and fire-breathing jaws they are thought of asfearsome scary and mean creatures - even by other Dragons and Dinosaurs! Starting with the story A Roaring success! this musical activity book and CD tells the tale of two feuding Dragon and Dinosaur families who soonfind out that they're not so different after all.Ideal for specialist and generalist Early Years teachers Start With A Story - Dragons

Music activities made simple - 5-7 year-olds-Pick up and play! Whether you want to spend 10 minutes or two hours on music Kickstart Music 1 is a complete activity pack for 5-7 year-olds. Bursting with inspiring music ideas it has practical instructions for engaging lessons covering the entire subject.Whatever your resources or previous music teaching knowledge Kickstart Music 1 is a step-by-step no nonsense guide to confident effective music teaching. The book includes guidance and activities covering all musical elements such as rhythm composition listening playing and singing.Kickstart Music 1 can be used in a variety of ways andsuits holistic flexible teaching. It is a fantastic 'dip-in' resource that practitioners can open at any page and try but it is also a comprehensive scheme of work which can be covered from beginning to end over the course of time.