CONTENTS FOREWORD LEV VYGOTSKY -- A THINKER WHO CHANGED TEACHING VIVA VYGOTSKY! DEVELOPING LEARNING ABILITIES, UNLOCKING POSSIBILITIES UNDERSTANDING ABILITIES THE MECHANISM OF ABILITIES THE CLASSIFICATION OF ABILITIES A DEVELOPMENTAL CURRICULUM TWELVE PROGRAMMES, ONE PRACTICE THE PEDAGOGICAL PROCESS GROUP WORK SUBSTITUTION AND VISUAL MODELLING EXTERNAL MEDIATORS: VISIBLE PROPS AND PROMPTS FOR LEARNING COGNITIVE TASKS VISUAL MODELLING AND PRODUCTIVE IMAGINATION IN CONCLUSION FROM SENSORY STANDARDS TO VERBAL REASONING -- A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE SENSORY STANDARDS AND PERCEPTUAL MODELLING CREATIVE MODELLING MATHEMATICS LOGIC CONSTRUCTION FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE -- THE KEY TO LEARNING DEVELOPMENTAL CURRICULUM SENSORY MATHEMATICS LOGIC MATHEMATICS STORY GRAMMAR DEVELOPMENTAL GAMES ARTOGRAPHICS VISUAL-SPATIAL CREATIVE MODELLING CONSTRUCTION EXPLORATION EXPRESSIVE MOVEMENT YOU-ME-WORLD PARENT POWER -- STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING A POSITIVE PARTNERSHIP ALL WORK AND NO PLAY IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN, IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO TEACH "HOMEWORK" FOR PARENTS WHAT PEOPLE SAY... PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS WHAT PARENTS SAY REFERENCES.
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Publisher's Summary:
Offers a programme of cognitive development activities for the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 based on the concepts of Lev Vygotsky, one of the 20th century's most influential theorists in the field of early years education. (source: Nielsen Book Data)