Early Publications

In this book, Greg Bottrill explores how he ensures that, in his Early Years setting, continuous provision enables children. He shares his Early Years pedagogy through the "3Ms" and explains how to apply these in the classroom. Greg also explores the definition of play - what it is and what it isn’t - and the challenging role of the Early Years teacher.

Every generation has an uncanny tendency to view themselves as more enlightened than those that have gone before. The Church certainly has made mistakes all through history - and yet, no insights which we possess would be possible without the efforts, and even some of the mistakes, of our ancestors. The first volume of 2,000 Years of Christ's Power covers the period from the 1st Century AD to the start of the Middle Ages.

Early and social interaction skills are essential for every child to get the best start in life. Skills like language, eye contact, and self-regulation are just some of the things your child needs in order to excel - personally and academically! Since the pandemic, both parents and teachers are becoming more concerned about children’s abilities to interact. On top of that, there are delays in referrals to specialists. As early interaction is so important, you are probably thinking that you don’t have the qualifications to make a difference. This is not true!

You are invited to witness the enormous power of the early church when it connected to the ultimate power. Then you are invited to request and experience it for yourself. You will again witness the enormous power of the early church as you listen to The Acts of the Apostles, a remarkable commentary on the book of Acts. Then you are invited to request it and experience it for yourself and your church.

The Dīghanikāya or Long Discourses of the Buddha is one of the four major collections of teachings from the early period of Buddhism. Its 34 suttas (in Sanskrit, sutras) demonstrate remarkable breadth in both content and style, forming a comprehensive collection. The Art of Listening gives an introduction to the Dīghanikāya and demonstrates the historical, cultural, and spiritual insights that emerge when we view the Buddhist suttas as oral literature.

According to Mencap, there are approximately 351,000 children in the UK with a learning disability. In the US, 17 percent of children have delays in physical, learning, language, or behavior development. It doesn’t stop there. Worldwide, there are around 18.5 million people with speech, voice, or language disorders! If you yourself don’t have or never have had a speech and language delay or disorder, it’s nearly impossible to understand what your little one is going through.

Athanasius rightly knew that upon one’s view of Christ hung one’s eternal destiny. As he wrote to the bishops of Egypt in 356: “as therefore the struggle that is now set before us concerns all that we are, either to reject or to keep the faith, let us be zealous and resolve to guard what we have received, bearing in mind the confession that was written down at Nicaea.” And, by God’s grace, his victory in that struggle has been of enormous blessing to the church ever since.

Written by a leading authority and artist of the historical transverse flute, The Notation Is Not the Music offers invaluable insight into the issues of historically informed performance and the parameters - and limitations - of notation-dependent performance. As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance.

Can Eve and her friends watch a Fright Night movie in the dark? This book focuses on the long i spelled ie, igh, and y.

Val has a Vet Van! He got it from his dad. This book focuses on the phonemes qu and v.

Sue and Tom are on the case when a painting is stolen. This book reviews level 3 skills including vowel teams, inflected endings, r-controlled vowels, long oo, short oo, silent letters, diphthongs, and suffixes.

Blake's friends ask him to cook a new dish. Can he make the special meal? This book focuses on the short vowel digraph oo.

Fred investigates a strange honk while working on his ranch. This book focuses on the inflectional endings ing and ed.

Fran is hungry, but Dad has to make dinner. What will she do as she waits? This book focuses on the long vowel digraph oo.

Fern the fawn meets a new friend in the forest who needs some help. This book focuses on the diphthongs au, aw, and al.

Bert the bird loves his bird bath. But one day he finds someone else sitting there! This book focuses on r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur.

Hank and Kent are going on a camping and hiking adventure with their dad. This book focuses on consonant digraphs.

Kit and Ben spend the day by the shore. What will they do on the beach? This book focuses on r-controlled vowels.

Ray has big plans for recess. Will he have time for everything he wants to do? This book focuses on the inflectional ending -es.

Meet the animal friends Skunk, Snake, Crab, and Twig and learn about their lives. This book focuses on s and t blends, such as sc, sp, tr, and tw.