The Bridge to Transition

Name: The Bridge to Transition
SKU: 51105
Price: 49.95 NZD
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Author: Frances Adlam
ISBN: 9781776556076

A framework for designing a robust programme that transitions students to primary school

By
Frances Adlam

The Bridge to Transition systematically describes the key concepts that underpin a successful transition programme, including talk, literacy, numeracy, executive functions, social and physical skills, and wellbeing. Through a series of reflective questions, it guides teachers to connect these areas to their own curriculum documents and the needs of their children.

Yet it's so much more than a guide to how and what to teach children in the transition years. Working like an interactive journal, it challenges and inspires teachers to constantly question the why of everything they are doing. Its outcome will see innovative teams of teachers creating the best possible transition programme for their unique students and community.

Ages: 4-6 | Pages: 56 | Code: 51105 | ISBN: 9781776556076

Series: The Bridge to Transition Series

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Frances Adlam

Frances Adlam, a highly experienced and creative educator and therapist, has 20 years of teaching experience, is considered a “gifted teacher” by many, and for over 15 years has been involved in teaching the arts, creativity, multiple intelligences and working with creatively gifted children. She has lectured in New Zealand and been an adviser for teachers in the aforementioned areas. She is also a published children’s author, a dancer and a playwright. She currently works as an educator and therapist for children in her private practice, Out of the Box, where she specialises in working with children who are on the spectra of dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome and autism. Frances has written many resources for Essential Resources, some of which are under her former name, Frances Reed. You can find out more about Frances at www.outofthebox.net.nz.

Contents
Introduction	4
The framework for the Bridge to Transition	4
Creating your own transition programme	4
Why a successful transition programme is so important	6
What you will (and won’t) find in this book	7
Future learning research from the OECD	8
Some background to the OECD’s project	8
Change as the only constant in the future	9
Being future ready	9
Features of a successful transition programme	10
Why pedagogy and pedagogical differences matter	11
Understanding and exploring pedagogy	11
Authentic pedagogy	12
The pedagogical divide over playful learning	13
The unique learning environment	20
Relationships – belonging	22
A metaphor for learning	23
A tree in a forest	23
The value of asking why	24
Emotional regulation in the transition programme	25
How young children experience emotion	25
Activities to support emotional regulation	26
Literacy in the transition programme	28
Language and culture	29
Language and the arts	30
Talking and listening	30
The language continuum	31
Scribbling, mark-making and writing	32
Reading the written word	35
The catch-up myth	36
Literacy in the transition programme: In a nutshell	37
The arts in the transition programme	38
The arts and competencies	38
Dance	38
Drama	40
Music	41
Visual art	43
Reflecting on the arts	45
Numeracy in the transition programme	46
Spatial understanding	46
Number understanding	47
Number concepts	48
Problem-solving	49
Reflecting on numeracy	50
Health literacy in the transition programme	51
Gross and fine motor skills	51
Balance, coordination and proprioception	52
Age-appropriate knowledge of healthy eating	52
Emotional and social intelligence, working collaboratively and making friends	52
Age-appropriate independence in personal hygiene habits	52
References	53
Further reading	53
Notes	54