101 Activities to Help Children Get On Together

101 Activities to Help Children Get on Together is full of motivating and engaging activities that will teach children the essential skills of cooperation. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience, the activities are enjoyable, appealing and purposeful. The book employs both physical and creative activities to encourage and develop teamwork. Each activity is just a starting point, inspiring readers to adapt it to their own classes and topics taught, with variations also suggested. The activities will enable you to assess a child's ability to cooperate, target specific ways to develop their skills and promote positive experiences through working with others. Designed for busy practitioners and educators, this revised edition with resources available to download, will help you to encourage stronger cooperation in your classes, contributing to better relationships and more effective learning.

Jenny Mosley is founder of Jenny Mosley Training Consultancies and originator of the highly acclaimed 'Quality Circle Time Model' that is used in thousands of early years settings, primary and secondary schools, nationally and internationally. Her unique approach has featured on BBC Television's Teaching Today, Channel 4 and Open University programmes, in addition to the national press and numerous education journals. Helen Sonnet is a teacher and author with over 30 years of experience working with children with special needs.

Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction 1 Working in a Pair Sort and share Behind the door Facing the facts Where's the bear? What's in the box? Change your partner, please Capturing counters Cooperation under pressure Bag the blocks Measuring up Further activities 2 Playing Detectives Crimestoppers Eagle eyes Superspy Who is the mystery person? Secret signs Pick up the pieces Building up a picture Bearnapped! Finders keepers Sneezy subjects Further activities 3 Expending Energy Together Treasure trove Get weaving Heads or tails? Group tug of war Steppingstones Pass the ball, please Catch a snake Chariot racing The hungry bear Beanbags and blindfolds Further activities 4 Investigations Float or sink? The balancing man Balloon blowing Taste trials Strong strips Metamorphosis A warm bed Working on eggshells Telephone trials Building bridges Further activities 5 Letters and Words Word race Paper chains Song sorting Word circle Initial success Print sprint Picture perfect Question collection What's your favourite ...? Car capers Further activities 6 Art Projects Hands-on printing Quick-sketch artist Garden designs Collective collage Artistic recollections Landscape gardening The running man Guess who? Shaping up Striking squares Further activities 7 Drama Projects Stop motion Four characters Rescue team Masterful mimes Around the campfire Where did that come from? Well-versed tableaux Idiom antics Perfectly formed Elf wishes Further activities 8 Activities for Outdoors Box the balls Add or subtract? Armchair hockey Colourful steps Crossing countries A spoonful of water Passing palette Cuckoo Charitable actions Animal magic Playground projects Further activities 9 Rhythm and Dance Clap happy Taking steps Stepping out We're the best Standing ovation Symbolic sequences Talking drums Back and forth It's all in the name Fruit juice Further activities 10 Construction Brilliant board games Inspired instruments Are you receiving me? Architectural adventures Stage setting Spy wear Create a castle Sculpture gardens Water works Hideaway Further activities Printable Materials Training and Resources