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1. Building Positive Relationships with Parents of Young Children

   A guide to effective communication

   By Anita Hughes, Veronica Read

   Positive relationships between practitioners and parents are essential for young children’s wellbeing, but achieving this can be difficult if there is not enough understanding about how relationships work when one person (the practitioner or teacher) has to play the professional role. Strong...

   Published March 27th 2012 by Routledge
2. Developing Play for the Under 3s

   The Treasure Basket and Heuristic Play, 2nd Edition

   By Anita M. Hughes

   The treasure basket and heuristic play approach is astoundingly simple; by offering natural and household objects to babies and toddlers you can make a profound impact on their learning capabilities, encouraging concentration, exploration and intellectual development. Based on a wealth of research...

   Published February 25th 2010 by Routledge
3. Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy in the Early Years Foundation Stage

   By Anita M Hughes

   Series: Practical Guidance in the EYFS

   The Practical Guidance in the Early Years Foundation Stage series will assist practitioners in the smooth and successful implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage. Each book gives clear and detailed explanations of each aspect of Learning and Development and encourages readers to consider...

   Published December 3rd 2008 by Routledge
4. Practical Guidance in the Early Years Foundation Stage Set

   By Angela D Nurse, Pamela May, Stella Louis, Sue Sheppy, Anita M Hughes, Helen Bradford, Sandra Smidt

   Series: Practical Guidance in the EYFS

   This highly practical series links fully and comfortably to the Early Years Foundation Stage making the implementation of the practice guidance within your setting easy. Each book provides a theoretical background on which good practice is based, helping practitioners provide children with a...

   Published November 29th 2008 by David Fulton Publishers
5. Developing Play for the Under 3s

   The Treasure Basket and Heuristic Play

   By Anita M. Hughes

   The Treasure Basket and Heuristic Play promote extraordinary capacities of concentration, intellectual brilliance and manipulative mastery for babies and young children. The approach appears deceptively simple as it suggests offering natural and household objects to babies and toddlers, which can...

   Published April 30th 2006 by Routledge