Practical Guide to Activities for Older Children

This newly updated title in the popular Practical Guide series provides an essential guide to planning, managing and assessing playwork activities for children aged 4-16. A companion to the best-selling A Practical Guide to Activities for Young Children by Hobart and Frankel, it caters for the wider age range now required by many childcare qualifications in line with the new National Occupational Standards.

Additional Information: Written in an accessible and user-friendly style, this updated title in the popular Practical Guide Series is an essential guide to planning, managing and assessing activities in play settings for children aged 4-16. This new full-colour resource has a clear focus on promoting fun, freedom and flexibility and is ideal for those working in play settings such as out-of-school clubs, and students undertaking courses including NVQs in Children's Care, Learning and Development, and Playwork. Activities cover a range of referenced aspects of play and are grouped into 15 exciting, ready-to-use themes for ages 4-12. Extension ideas for the older age range of 13-16 are also drawn out and clearly indicated.