The Early Years Intervention Toolkit Av Linda Tallent, Jean Thompson

<I><P>The Early Years Intervention Toolkit </I>provides a range of ready-made activities to enable early years practitioners and health visitors to address observed difficulties in a child¿s development prior to starting school. It includes a checklist of observed behaviours which links to a range of effective and engaging activities to support children¿s development across the three prime foundational areas of learnin Communication and Language; Physical Development; and Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Activities focus on a variety of crucial skills such as speaking and listening, moving and handling, and forming relationships, making use of materials that are readily available in every early years setting.</P><P>This toolkit offers:</P><UL><LI>A time-saving approach to interventions, with additional guidance on planning, providing, and recording appropriate interventions</LI><LI>Advice and activities to share with parents for them to try at home </LI><LI>A framework to