Moving On to Key Stage 1 has been highly influential in developing innovative, developmentally appropriate KS1 practice in schools across the country. This new edition offers teachers further powerful and persuasive arguments for continuing play-based learning into Year 1 and 2.
This new edition contains:
-Brand new research identifying the current concerns of teachers in KS1 and setting these in the context of the current -school readiness- agenda
-An updated chapter on how children learn most naturally age 5-7 years and how to capitalise on this
-A revised chapter on play, which draws on teacher views about its benefits for KS1 children and the barriers they face in incorporating it into their practice
-A new chapter offering messages from headteachers advocating a play-based approach, and providing examples of how it has raised standards
-A fresh consideration
