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DIGITAL COPY School And The Magic Of Children - Digital Download PRE-ORDER
£15.00
Wanting to read 'School And The Magic Of Children?' and prefer to have it in electronic format?
Living outside the UK and eager to get your hands on an e-copy, or maybe you'd like to gift some reading over lockdown to someone you know who can access reading via their laptop or mobile device?
Well now you can thanks to Vital Source codes for a discounted £15 :)
Here's how:
STEP 1: Take a look at this Youtube link below to see how Vital Source works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLA1sdT2qqw
STEP 2: Create a Vital Source account to register as described in the Youtube link
STEP 3: Purchase your e-book pre-order right here
STEP 4: On Friday, you'll receive an email from me which will contain your Vital Source book code for you to redeem
STEP 5: Log into your Vital Source account and redeem the book code and TA-DA!! you're ready for a weekend of happy reading!!
It's that simple!
'School And The Magic Of Children' by Greg Bottrill and is the second of two books exploring the magic of children, the importance of play and ways to embrace childhood so that children learn with joy and a sense of adventure. Why not purchase an e-copy of the first book 'Can I Go And Play Now?' too - it's right here in the shop and the two books are perfect companions to one another :)
*Your purchase is for a E Book pre-order. I will be taking weeklypre-orders Saturday-Thursday and emailing Vital Source links each Friday to the email you submitted in your order. If you order on a Monday, for example, you will receive your link on the Friday of that week*
DIGITAL COPY Can I Go And Play Now - Digital Download PRE-ORDER
£15.00
Wanting to read 'Can I Go And Play Now?' and prefer to have it in electronic format?
Living outside the UK and eager to get your hands on an e-copy, or maybe you'd like to gift some reading over lockdown to someone you know who can access reading via their laptop or mobile device?
Well now you can thanks to Vital Source codes for a discounted £15 :)
Here's how:
STEP 1: Take a look at this Youtube link below to see how Vital Source works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLA1sdT2qqw
STEP 2: Create a Vital Source account to register as described in the Youtube link
STEP 3: Purchase your e-book pre-order right here
STEP 4: On Friday, you'll receive an email from me which will contain your Vital Source book code for you to redeem
STEP 5: Log into your Vital Source account and redeem the book code and TA-DA!! you're ready for a weekend of happy reading!!
It's that simple!
'Can I Go And Play Now?' is the bestselling early education book from Greg Bottrill and is the first of two books exploring the magic of children, the importance of play and ways to embrace childhood so that children learn with joy and a sense of adventure. Why not purchase an e-copy of the second book 'School And The Magic Of Children' too - it's right here in the shop and the two books are perfect companions to one another :)
*Your purchase is for a E Book pre-order. I will be taking weeklypre-orders Saturday-Thursday and emailing Vital Source links each Friday to the email you submitted in your order. If you order on a Monday, for example, you will receive your link on the Friday of that week*
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 an MP4 file which can only be downloaded twice, so please save to your device. 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
*If you would like 15% off your Adventure Island bundle, take a look at becoming at Patron here*
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 3 x downloadable files -
- Video Tutorial
- Guidebook
- Starter Pack
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 Adventure Island Guidebook
£17.50
*If you would like 15% off Adventure Island, take a look at becoming at Patron here*
Want to bring creativity back to life in your teaching? Looking for ways to inject some extra magic into your practice and immerse children in a world of wonder where anything can happen and often does?
Adventure Island is an innovative approach to outdoor play, with huge potential for language development, social skills, creativity, storytelling - in fact its potential is unlimited. Based around the concept of co-playing, Adventure Island can go in any direction and the guidebook will be with you every step of the way...
Created by Greg Bottrill, author of the bestselling education book 'Can I Go And Play Now?', Adventure Island is your ticket into imagination and beyond...
The Adventure Island guidebook is a PDF download and a licence for use in one setting only.
SIGNED School and the Magic of Children PRE-ORDER
£19.00
£18.00
'School and the Magic of Children' is a follow up to Greg's hugely successful debut book 'Can I Go and Play Now' and this is your chance to pre-order a limited signed copy direct from Greg for that little extra magic as well as a discount code to spend on resources in the Can I Go And Play Now Shop.
There may be a slight delay in the book arriving with you, but hopefully it's worth the wait :)
Discover just what it is that children need from education and why it’s so important for Early Years practice to echo upwards throughout their school journey.
‘School And The Magic of Children’ is an exploration of the very soul of childhood, leading us on an adventure into the world of Story via Drawing Club and then into a new lens to look through at play itself with the concept of Play Projects.
Both are highly impactful and creative ways to bring learning to life based on the view that children are capable, creative and need agency in their education so that they are authentic learners and we can be authentic educators.
If you are desperate and passionate for play to live and breathe in Reception and beyond, and if you truly love children and all that they are, if you believe they deserve A Gold Afternoon Fix of childhood, then ‘School And The Magic of Children’ is the book for you. It’s time for the 'Adult World' to wake from the sleepwalk and give our children something special...
Please give us the address you would like it sent to when you order.
Price includes UK Delivery is Free - we are only available to deliver in the UK.
If you live outside the UK, you can per-order a digital copy instead here in the Shop :)
The Magic Of Children Planning Pack
£5.50
Based on the Next Steps planning approach and the Scale introduced in 'Can I Go And Play Now?', these sheets are the perfect way not only to record your children's progress but also give you and your team a clear pathway for skills progression within inputs, play and interventions.
Created in Word, these sheets can be amended or added to if you feel you want to be even more forensic. Simply record your children's names within the table and move them across as they develop the skills. The maths sheet is less linear so has a row for those who have embedded the skill and a row below for the children's names if they are still developing it. The Social Skills sheet is a condensed version of Development Matters - DM is not a ticklist after all! It enables you to see how is confident and how children are progressing in the Prime Areas without the need to take billions of observations.
It's a document that can do it all. And most importantly, it focuses on children's names rather than numbers or percentages... It's all about children after all :)
Tales from the Story Cupboard - Storytelling Pack
£7.50
This downloadable pack has been designed to give you 12 traditional storytexts that are simple, easy to learn and have an index of possibility within them to explore wherever and however you may wish. All too often teachers are given schemes and pre-planned activity which disconnect them from their own skills growth, their inner passion and their ability to create something magic with children. If you want all the work done for you then this is not the pack for you. However, if you want a bank of traditional tales that contain catchy songs, simple language, have consistent structure from one story to the next and are short and easy to learn then these are definitely the stories for you!
The 12 stories are:
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Jack and the Beanstalk
Little Red Hen
The Magic Porridge Pot
Little Red Riding Hood
Chicken Licken
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Gingerbread Man
The Three Little Pigs
Hansel & Gretel
White Hen and the Fox
The Enormous Turnip
To see a demo of storytelling in action please visit my Story Cupboard page here: http://www.canigoandplaynow.com/story-cupboard.html
The Dinky Book of Early Years
£6.00
Dinky Books are the perfect introduction to continuous provision and Early Years practice. They explore getting the most out of the learning environment and ensuring that your children are making great progress because of it.
This is a collection of 5 Dinky Books; 30 pages of making the most of play and continuous provision.
The 5 books are: Sand Play, Water Play, Getting Along, Fine Motor and Woodwork.
Each book reflects the Early Years approach from my book ‘Can I Go And Play Now?’ which, if you’ve not read it (yet), will take you on a journey to discover your own ‘why’ and how play is the greatest resource that lies before you should you just open your eyes and look.
I didn’t write the Dinky Books to tell you ‘what’ to do. They were written to tell you ‘why’ to do it. Without a clear purpose, your practice risks being empty, and you will resort to doing things across each and every day because you are either told to do it or because you think that is what Early Years practice looks like.
So, let’s enter into the world of Dinky Books and find out what on earth Early Years is, what it isn’t and above all, what it truly can become.
*This product is an instant downloadable document to print and share with your team.
Drawing Club - Manchester
£30.00
From the author of 'Can I Go and Play Now?' comes the inimitable Drawing Club. Developed by Greg during his Early Years practice, Drawing Club is featured in his second book 'School and the Magic of Children'. Join him in Manchester to discover the beauty of Drawing Club for yourself. Its capacity to reveal the magic of story is incredible but it also has huge potential for mathematics and fine motor. It's hard to think of an curriculum area that Drawing Club can't impact on...
Join Greg on Monday 4 May 2020 4-6pm at
Co-op Academy Broadhurst, Williams Road, Moston. Manchester. M40 0BX
Let's adventure into story!!
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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