Teddy Bears' Picnic and Other Stories

<p>This series responds to the increasing awareness of role play as an exciting and effective approach to enhance children's learning. Each book provides a selection of themed drama activities that develop a range of skills while drawing on children's natural ability to play. Through their imaginative engagement with fictional worlds, children acquire new knowledge and understanding.</p><p><em>The Teddy Bear's Picnic and Other Stories</em> includes activities on:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li><em>The Teddy Bears’ Picnic</em></li> <p> </p> <li><em>Goldilocks</em></li> <p> </p> <li>The not-so jolly postman.</li> </ul><p>User-friendly, visual and easy to read, this series is a must for classroom teachers, nursery nurses, playgroup leaders and learning support assistants within pre- school and Key Stage 1 settings who are unfamiliar or wary of role play but want to incorporate it into their teaching.</p> Introduction; Chapter 1 How to use this book; Chapter 2 Stories from the classroom; Chapter 3 The Park: Transcript of a lesson; Chapter 4 The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Chapter 5 The Not-So-Jolly Postman; Chapter 6 The Lost Hat; Chapter 7 The Dirty River; Chapter 8 Goldilocks; Chapter 9 Baz the Vandal; Chapter 10 The Health Centre; Chapter 11 The Park; Chapter 12 References to National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals; Glossary; Suggestions for further reading;