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Learning Opportunities: Ourselves and Our Bodies

Planning to engage and interest children

When babies lie in cots or sit in highchairs they begin to take an interest in their bodies. They explore their surroundings with their hands and feet. They learn to track movements and sounds with their eyes and their ears. Favourite adults are recognised by their scents, their voices, their appearance and their smiles. Milk and early foods are investigated with mouths. Tongues are used to lick. For many children these early experiences will be the start of a fascination for 'ourselves and our bodies'.

This book provides a store of practical ideas enabling educators to plan ahead with confidence.

Ages: 0-5 | Pages: 36 | Code: TS0276 | ISBN: 9781921613821

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Rachel Linfield

Rachel Sparks Linfield has worked in education for over 25 years. She has written a wide range of articles and books for early years educators and non-fiction texts for children..

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Bridie Raban

Bridie Raban was the Foundation Mooroolbeek Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is currently an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and in 2021, she was awarded an Honorary University Fellowship by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). Her past research has focused on language and literacy development, teacher change and development, curriculum and assessment for the early childhood years and quality provision. She was the first Professor of Early Childhood Education in Victoria and the second in Australia, and before this she was Professor of Primary Education (Early Years) at the University of Warwick and President of the UK Reading Association.

 

 

Contents

Planning to make a difference for children4
Learning about: Myself: All about me12
What we look like14
What my body can do16
Facial expressions18
Hand and footprints20
My ears for hearing22
My hands for feeling24
Health centres26
What I like to eat28
Being safe in the sun30
Hair lengths and colours32
What I like to wear34
Reflections and finding out more36