This series of books provides ready-made ideas for developing all the essential skills within the Early Learning Goals. Each book takes one particular skill and includes double-page spreads of activity ideas. The left-hand page provides a practical group activity using resources typically found in any nursery setting. This is supported with a photocopiable activity on the right-hand page which consolidates the learning and provides an assessment record of each child's individual achievement. The final page contains a photocopiable Skills Development Chart to place in each child's personal portfolio. DANCE AND MOVEMENT provides a range of activities to develop skills using the body to explore. The ideas focus on the Physical Development and Creative Development areas of learniing. Children will learn to move with confidence, imagination and in safety responding to what they see, hear and feel. Each activity concentrates on a new skill such as moving freely in space and responding to commands; playing a cat and mouse game; using brightly coloured streamers in a dance and moving in different directions to respond to a story based on Jack and the Beanstalk. *Nothing like it for this age range *Skills an essential part of early learning *Assessment links *Based on the Early Learning Goals *Photocopiable sheets *Skills development chart