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To The Message Centre! Tutorial - Part 1
£20.00
Do you find engaging boys in mark making a real challenge?
Do you find yourself having to get children to write?
Does ‘writing’ give you a data headache??
Based around the concept of secret symbols, the Message Centre is the perfect way to add energy and joy to early writing and reading... Once you start messaging, you'll find there's no turning back!!
Writing is always a tricky ‘target’ - often we feel we need to ‘get’ children to do it but the Message Centre can transform all that: writing becomes something they want to do not have to do...
In this exclusive 40 minute tutorial video, Greg Bottrill author of the bestselling Early Years book ‘Can I Go And Play Now?’ introduces the Message Centre as a key part of continuous provision and talks you through the key principles to success...
Your order notification contains an MP4 file which can only be downloaded twice, so please save to your device. The file is quite large and will take around 8 minutes to download. It will not download to an iPhone!
The licence for the video is for one school or setting.
The price also includes membership of a private FB group to support you and hold your hand while implementing it into your setting - look for ‘To The Message Centre!’ answer the questions and join in the discussion :)
The Message Centre is Greg’s brainchild based around his commitment to play and children’s rightful place at the heart of their learning.
To The Message Centre! Tutorial Part 2
£18.00
The adventure continues with The Message Centre Part 2.
The perfect next step for your practice, this tutorial builds on The Message Centre Part 1 tutorial that explored the joy of early mark making and maths that young children can discover through the power of messaging.
Created by Greg, the approach has already been embraced by educators around the world and its impact has been both instant and significant. Now it's time to go one step further. Incorporating the concept of 'magic spells', this 40-minute tutorial will give you both an insight into how to develop the Message Centre, as well the confidence to put it all into practice.
The Message Centre Part 2 is your guide to the next level of messaging and is centred around the principles of 'co-play' set out in Greg's 'Can I Go And Play Now?' and 'School And The Magic Of Children',
The tutorial is suitable for nursery and Reception educators as well as KS1 teachers looking to sprinkle some extra magic over their practice, and it's ideal to share as a team or just to immerse yourself in with a notepad, a pencil and a cup of tea.
Don't forget to join the To The Message Centre Facebook group for ongoing tips and shared experiences. Answer the membership questions and once they've been verified, you'll be welcomed in!!
Happy messaging!!
** As with the Message Centre Part 1 tutorial, by downloading this video, you are agreeing to its licence for use within one setting. Thank you, Greg :)
To The Message Centre! Tutorial - Part 1 and 2 Bumper Pack
£35.00
£28.50
Do you find engaging boys in mark making a real challenge?
Do you find yourself having to get children to write?
Does ‘writing’ give you a data headache??
Based around the concept of secret symbols, the Message Centre is the perfect way to add energy and joy to early writing and reading... Once you start messaging, you'll find there's no turning back!!
In part 1, Greg Bottrill author of the bestselling Early Years book ‘Can I Go And Play Now?’ ans 'School and The Magic of Children' introduces the Message Centre as a key part of continuous provision and talks you through the key principles to success...
Part 2 takes us further on the journey, exploring how to use messaging as magic spells within play - a really exciting way to interact with children and show purpose for mark making!
The Bumper pack also features a further questions sheet for Part 2 as well as a certificate of completion should you wish for one!!
Both videos have been created to give you confidence in messaging and the price also includes membership of a private FB group to support you - search ‘To The Message Centre!’ on Facebook, answer the questions and join in the discussion :)
Your order notification contains MP4 files which you need to save to your device before viewing. The files are quite large and will take around 8 minutes to download. It will not download to an iPhone!
The licence for the downloads is for one school or setting.
Happy messaging!! Greg
Adventure Island - BUNDLE
£25.00
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Adventure Island awaits and there’s no better way of getting there than using the Adventure Island Bundle, a step-by-step immersive guide to all the joy and rich possibilities that it can bring to your setting.
The Adventure Island Bundle includes a 1.5 hour video tutorial, the Adventure Island Guidebook and a Starter Pack, all three combining to give you the confidence and understanding to undertake those first exciting steps with your team, your children and their parents.
The video tutorial has been designed for you to pause and reflect on as you watch, making it ideal for team training and in it Greg shares the pedagogy behind the concept as well as ways in which to bring Adventure Island to life in your setting. The companion 25-page Guidebook summarises the video and expands on its themes giving you a clear map of how to make the magic happen.
The Starter Pack is the final piece of the puzzle, enabling you to sketch out your own ideas for your own children, consider the skills that you will be sprinkling over Adventure Island as you explore, as well as giving you a template letter to share with parents who you will absolutely want to bring on the journey with you. Within the starter pack I've also given an example of 'breathing life' into an Adventure Island character, to show you exactly how it can be done for your setting.
Suitable for Nurseries, Reception, KS1 and dare I say it KS2!
- Breathe new life into outdoor play and children’s imaginations
- Co-play with confidence and create a new and exciting world to explore
- Engage parents in play and learning with real authenticity and participation
- Flexible and adaptable to your timetable
- Live a story, be a story – the possibilities are endless!
When you buy the bundle you will receive 4 x downloadable files -
- Video Tutorial
- Guidebook
- Starter Pack
- Issue One of the Adventure Island monthly subscription magazine
Purchasing this bundle entitles you to use Adventure Island solely in your setting, and cannot be shared or sold. Copyright for Adventure Island belongs to Can I Go and Play Now.
The Co-Play Planning Pack
£15.00
Embedded in the pedagogy of co-play found in both of Greg's books 'Can I Go And Play Now?' and 'School and the Magic of Children' comes the Co-Play Planning Pack. Within this download you'll discover the documents that will support you and your team as you head onwards into your adventure into play. The whole pack is based around the principle that when we create a 'playkultur', we plan for what we as adults are going to do and not necessarily what the children are going to do, because when children play we don't know exactly what will unfold - that's the beauty of play and also arguably it's potential Achilles Heel since the Adult World looks for immediate understanding and evidence.
The Co-Play Planning Pack is designed to give you confidence in play, enabling you to work at the cusp of the children's confidence and yours, as well as enabling you to show understanding and evidence to the Adult World.
It includes:
- The Doughnut Planning tool - a really simple way to get dialogue started about children and usable in multiple ways to think about the minutiae of skills as well as the bigger picture stuff like imagination, social skills, independence - you name it, Doughnut Planning can help you hugely.
- The Next Steps Planning tool for Reading, Writing and Mathematics as well as for holistic skills so that when you are co-playing as well as Not-Playing, you are working at the cusp of confidence and beyond. This can have a significant impact on progress, as not a moment is wasted with children when you are with them. You confidently co-play because you know the children as learners as well as people.
- The Magic Mirror from 'School and the Magic of Children' - a telling way to see whether you have added to or eroded childhood. It can be a fantastic way to show that childhood is being honoured and valued across your day.
- The Journal of Joy for 3-4 Year Olds - a great way to move away from tickboxing and more towards co-researching play and looking for the joy in children. It looks at the big picture stuff in the same way as the Doughnut Planning, but brings it all together and is a really effective pre-cursor to the Next Steps Planning tool since it's a way to discover the joy in young children and what sparks them
- The Dinner Party Provision approach is a way of deciding on what should be in your continuous provision and why - you can apply it to inside and outside environments. Nothing escapes Dinner Party Provision and it is a great way to immerse your team into the purpose of what they are making available and how co-play can work so brilliantly if the environment has brought the right 'gifts' to the party!
- A 25 minute video training tutorial on the Magic Mirror - the perfect length tutorial for whole staff training as well as self-reflection with a cup of tea. How are you adding to childhood or are you culpable in eroding it? The Magic Mirror can make you sit up straight when you begin to see that the building blocks of identity are integral to our practice - play isn't just 'fun'. It is a vital part of who we are...
The Co-Play Planning Pack has been pieced together to put the magic of children and the art of co-play at the very heart of your day. Co-play is the key to adventuring with children into play, where you are as much as part of it as they are and the environment around you...
This download features a PDF of the Co-Play Planning Pack and a separate Word document that has the link to the Magic Mirror video tutorial. It also includes the Dinky Book of Early Years giving you plenty to think about when it comes to continuous provision! Please remember that in purchasing, you are agreeing to a licence to use the downloads for your school or setting only :)
Let the adventures begin, and begin with confidence... Greg
Adventure Island E-Magazine May 2020 Issue 1
£4.50
Created to be shared with the families that you support, Adventure Island e-magazine is the perfect way to send the magic home. Its pages are packed with story, songs, maths, reading, question prompts, vocabulary and new characters to meet, and the e-magazine is designed around the concept of the 'Infinite Curriculum' in which the joy of learning is what is explored not 'age and stage', or 'do-this-do-that'. The content is like a shared space between adult and child to immerse into the magic of Adventure Island and the wonders that await...
Happy adventures!!
Adventure Island E-Magazine June 2020 Issue 2
£4.50
Created to be shared with the families that you support, Adventure Island e-magazine is the perfect way to send the magic home. Its pages are packed with story, songs, maths, reading, question prompts, vocabulary and new characters to meet, and the e-magazine is designed around the concept of the 'Infinite Curriculum' in which the joy of learning is what is explored not 'age and stage', or 'do-this-do-that'. The content is like a shared space between adult and child to immerse into the magic of Adventure Island and the wonders that await...
Happy adventures!!
Adventure Island E-Magazine July 2020 Issue 3
£4.50
Created to be shared with the families that you support, Adventure Island e-magazine is the perfect way to send the magic home. Its pages are packed with story, songs, maths, reading, question prompts, vocabulary and new characters to meet, and the e-magazine is designed around the concept of the 'Infinite Curriculum' in which the joy of learning is what is explored not 'age and stage', or 'do-this-do-that'. The content is like a shared space between adult and child to immerse into the magic of Adventure Island and the wonders that await...
Happy adventures!!
Adventure Island E-Magazine August 2020 Issue 4
£4.50
Created to be shared with the families that you support, Adventure Island e-magazine is the perfect way to send the magic home. Its pages are packed with story, songs, maths, reading, question prompts, vocabulary and new characters to meet, and the e-magazine is designed around the concept of the 'Infinite Curriculum' in which the joy of learning is what is explored not 'age and stage', or 'do-this-do-that'. The content is like a shared space between adult and child to immerse into the magic of Adventure Island and the wonders that await...
Happy adventures!!
Play Projects Video Tutorial
£25.00
Play Projects - the inspirational way to bring play and playful practice to life!
Created by Greg, and taken from his second book 'School and the Magic of Children', Play Projects are the perfect way for you and your team to unearth how to bring play and learning together, and shape a culture of co-play that is immersed in the magic of children.
Simple to do, Play Projects are not only amazing in the classroom - they are a brilliant way of opening up home to the power of creativity, choice and collaboration too. They can be instrumental in blended learning too and can be accessed by children of all ages. They really do have endless scope.
Play Projects were created to be incorporated from Nursery all the way to Year 6, taking continuous provision with them, because like you, Greg believes that children deserve a 'play-full' childhood - Play Projects can give them one that buzzes and hums with play.
The video, at just under an hour, is your step-by-step guide to the joy of Play Projects that you can watch at your convenience. Full of examples, how-to, theory and suggestions, the Play Project Tutorial can be your door into the magic of children.
The tutorial is just the first step of Play Projects training. Why not head to the 'Play Projects' Facebook page and get involved in the ongoing low-cost mentoring programme too!! Greg will be hosting monthly training sessions in which you'll be able to ask questions and get tips on developing Play Projects even further.
The download is a link that contains the secret passcode to access the video tutorial. Purchase of the tutorial acts as a licence for your setting only. A donation to educational charities is made from the sale of this video, so please don't share the link outside of your organisation - it impacts on me and the children I am trying to support - thank you!! Greg :)
Adventure Island E-Magazine August 2020 Issue 4
£4.50
Created to be shared with the families that you support, Adventure Island e-magazine is the perfect way to send the magic home. Its pages are packed with story, songs, maths, reading, question prompts, vocabulary and new characters to meet, and the e-magazine is designed around the concept of the 'Infinite Curriculum' in which the joy of learning is what is explored not 'age and stage', or 'do-this-do-that'. The content is like a shared space between adult and child to immerse into the magic of Adventure Island and the wonders that await...
Happy adventures!!
Zoomer the Number Dog and the Witch's Hat
£2.95
An exclusive Halloween 'Zoomer the Number Dog' story straight from Adventure Island.
When Zoomer discovers a witch's hat, there's only one thing to do - try it on. What happens next means Zoomer and her friends need Bob the Brick to come and help them. Will he be able to and more importantly, do you dare put the witch's hat on your head???!
This is the first video story to be shared from the Story Cupboard and in the coming months you'll be able to join Zoomer and her friends on their adventures as part of the 'Zoomer the Number Dog' Story Pack. Keep your eyes peeled!!
This Halloween 'Zoomer the Number Dog' story is raising funds for children's charities that will be selected by my son, Eli, who created the illustrations and is passionate about wanting to support others wherever they are in need. I hope that this sprinkles extra magic over Zoomer and her friends...
The attached download contains the URL to type into your search engine and it'll take you straight to the video to enjoy.
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Sometimes the unexpected can come along which means that you might need to cancel your place on training or at a conference.
Within one month of the training date a full refund less booking fees is available
2 weeks before the training date a 50% refund less booking fees is available
Less than 10 days to the training date a refund is not available