Bøker av Molly Potter

Let's Talk About the Birds and the Bees, a fascinating book penned by the talented Molly Potter, takes us on a journey to explore the wonders of nature. Published in 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, this book has managed to capture the hearts of many readers. The genre of the book is hard to pin down, as it effortlessly blends elements of education, fun, and exploration. Molly Potter's unique narrative style brings to life the intricate relationships between the birds and the bees, making it a must-read for anybody interested in understanding the magic of nature. The book is a testament to Bloomsbury Publishing PLC's commitment to bringing high-quality and engaging content to readers. If you're looking for a book that is as enlightening as it is enjoyable, Let's Talk About the Birds and the Bees is a perfect choice.

Let's Talk About When Someone Dies is a thought-provoking and insightful book penned by the talented Molly Potter. This book, published in 2018, delves into a topic that is often difficult to discuss, especially with children. The author, with her gentle and understanding approach, makes this sensitive subject approachable and manageable. The book belongs to the genre of self-help and psychology, and it is designed to help readers, young and old, understand and cope with the concept of death. Published by the renowned Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, the book has been lauded for its compassionate handling of a challenging subject. The book is written in English, making it accessible to a wide audience. If you're looking for a resource to help navigate conversations about death, Molly Potter's 'Let's Talk About When Someone Dies' is an excellent choice.

From the bestselling author of How Are You Feeling Today?, this sensitive and important picture book helps children explore positive mental health.

From PSHE expert and bestselling author of How Are You Feeling Today? comes an important and reassuring picture book, perfect for starting conversations with young children about consent. This book is all about asking for, giving and not giving permission, which is usually called consent. Using child-friendly explanations and colourful illustrations by Sarah Jennings, this book helps you to teach children that it's OK to say 'no' when they feel uncomfortable, and that they should respect when others say 'no' to them too. The topics that feel difficult to discuss with your children are probably the ones you most need to talk to them about. From personal space to sharing, and from privacy to asking for help, It's OK to Say No explains why learning to respect yourself and others is so important. Featuring extra notes for grown-ups on tackling these sensitive topics with little ones, this reassuring picture book is the perfect resource to read with children aged 4+ and start important conversations about respect and consent. Let's Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

We've all been told emotional intelligence is a good thing, but are we really clear about what it is and how we can all get more of it? We know it helps children self-regulate, be more motivated, maintain relationships and be more resilient but how do we go about accessing these benefits?The Power of Emotional Intelligence will help primary school teachers and leaders to increase their awareness and use of emotional intelligence to improve the wellbeing of the whole school community. It includes everything you need to embed emotional intelligence at the core of your school's ethos. This practical book: Explores key issues relating to emotional intelligence to help develop adults' understanding. Contains a wealth of activities that can be used with children to help develop their emotional intelligence, with extra focus given to anger, anxiety as well as the impact emotions can have on learning and relationships. Covers the beneficial impact of emotional intelligence when supporting challenging behaviour. Outlines a straightforward emotional intelligence curriculum that ties in to the PSHE schemes of work. Provides ideas for developing a whole school approach for putting emotional intelligence firmly on the agenda. This comprehensive resource has been written with teachers and school leaders in mind, particularly PSHE leads, SENCOs and those who work in pupil referral units and alternative provisions, but it is a useful tool for all adults working with children who are looking to improve children's self-awareness and wellbeing.

From the bestselling author of How Are You Feeling Today?, this thoughtful picture book teaches children how to find new ways of expressing themselves.'Why am I losing my temper?'. 'Why am I acting grumpy?'. This important book prompts children to question certain behaviours and why they happen. Addressing common situations sympathetically and humorously, What Makes You Do That? answers key behavioural concerns and encourages children to self-reflect, consider how their actions affect others and manage their emotions. This book is ideal for sharing with young children, or to give to older children to read independently.Written in child-friendly language, this great dip-in book explores 12 typical behaviours that children engage in, such as temper tantrums, telling lies or cheating, and offers 12 constructive behaviours to consider instead, like how to stay calm, be honest or play fairly. There are fun, colourful illustrations by Sarah Jennings throughout and helpful notes for parents and carers at the back of the book, with tips for supporting positive behaviour early on.Let's Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

We all know that mental health is very important, but how do we ensure that we look after our mental health from a very early age? This book for children looks at practical ways to keep our minds and bodies healthy.

How Are You Feeling Now? is packed with fun, imaginative ways to help children understand and express a range of emotions and is a brilliant addition to How Are You Feeling Today?Feelings visit us all the time. They are a normal part of being human! This is the perfect picture book to help children understand and manage their feelings early on. Offering child-friendly strategies for dealing with feelings, this book looks at 12 big emotions and makes them simple for children. From feeling proud, brave and grateful to frustrated, anxious and lonely, it shows children just what to do when they're faced with these everyday emotions. It's full of beautiful illustrations by Sarah Jennings and child-friendly, humorous language to delight little readers.Notes at the back of the book explain emotional intelligence to parents, carers and practitioners and provide more ideas and strategies to use with children.Let's Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.

From the best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today?, this thoughtful picture book teaches children how to find new ways of expressing themselves.'Why am I losing my temper?' 'Why am I being grumpy?' This important book prompts children to question certain behaviours and why they happen. Addressing common situations in a sympathetic and humorous way, What Makes Me Do The Things I Do? answers key behavioural concerns and encourages children to self-reflect, consider how their actions affect others and manage their emotions. This book is ideal for sharing with young children, or to give to older children to read independently.Written in child-friendly language, this picture book explores 12 typical behaviours that children engage in - such as temper tantrums, telling lies or cheating - and offers 12 constructive behaviours to consider instead, like staying calm, being honest or playing fairly. There are fun, colourful illustrations by Sarah Jennings throughout and helpful notes for parents and carers at the back of the book, with tips for encouraging positive behaviour early on.

This no-nonsense guide provides comprehensive advice and support for any primary school looking to develop an effective SRE programme and policy and to feel confident delivering it.Sex and relationship education (SRE) is an extremely valuable part of the curriculum but there still remains a degree of uncertainty about what, how and when to cover different topics. This no-nonsense guide provides comprehensive advice and support for any primary school looking to develop an effective SRE programme and policy and to feel confident delivering it. In line with the updated Rose Review, which emphasizes the importance of learning about physical development, health and wellbeing, this book provides:· Clear and up-to-date guidance on what is deemed good practice and what is statutory· A simple to use, 'cut and paste' framework for SRE policy development· INSET activities that can be used with staff, governors and/or parents· Lesson plans and photocopiable activity sheets· A variety of useful documents such as information sheets for parents/carers to help them understand the benefits of effective SRE, consultation forms, an example of a pre-programme letter for parents/carersTopics covered include: the physical and emotional changes that take place in the human body as puberty is reached, human reproduction, developing a good self-image, dealing with negative pressures and challenging sexual stereotypes.

This delightful activity book, based on Molly Potter's bestselling title How Are You Feeling Today?, is filled with lively illustrations and engaging activities about dealing with a whole range of emotions, from excitement and happiness to shyness and jealousy.We all have feelings; sometimes they feel comfortable and sometimes they feel uncomfortable. Can you sort them out and work out which emotion is which? And can you fill in a dot-to-dot boredom buster and draw a fluffy, smiling, happy monster? Use this book to explore how you are feeling and complete the activities with the colourful stickers!With useful tips for parents and carers about delivering emotional literacy at the front of the book, this activity and sticker book will help children get to grips with their emotions on a daily basis.

This book contains photocopiable lesson plans and activities as well assupport materials for teachers. The support materials provide guidanceon developing a school SRE policy as well as suggesting ways ofsupporting and involving parents.

We all know that healthy minds are really important but how do we make sure we look after our mental health from a very young age? What's Going On Inside My Head? is a book for children that explores practical ways we can keep our minds in good shape as well as our bodies. By talking about positive self-image, emotional intelligence, relationships and mindfulness, this book will help children develop healthy habits and good coping strategies from the start. Presented in a warm, child-friendly but no-nonsense way it will help establish solid foundations for every child's current and future wellbeing. Perfect for starting conversations with children about their mental and emotional health, What's Going On Inside My Head? is a must for every parent who understands the importance of keeping a healthy mind.

No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners._______________Essential for busy secondary form tutors, this book will inspire form time ideas that are constructive, exciting, yet take little preparation!Activities include community builders, PSHE related topics, creative thinking activities and a variety of active learning techniques to engage your students in discussions.While this book mostly focuses upon interesting, worthwhile and fun activities to do with a registration group it also includes some tips and advice on how to fulfill pastoral care responsibilities of pupils in a form group.

100 IDEAS: Quick - Easy - Inspired - Outstanding'An excellent toolkit for managing and building an environment for positivity to shine in the primary classroom. In this book are effective, proven examples of skills and techniques which leap off the page as being both original and powerful. Trying any one of these ideas is going to have a longlasting impact in your classroom, leading to change in the learning too.' Stephen Lockyer, a primary school deputy headteacherManaging behaviour in the primary classroom can be a challenge, but in this brand new book, Molly Potter offers 100 practical ideas and strategies for managing the range of difficult behaviours that you might face as a primary teacher.Whether you are new to the profession or an experienced teacher, there will be ideas in this book for you, including strategies for solving individual pupil behaviour problems as well as whole- class approaches. The ideas are creative, tried-and-tested and easy to implement.The book includes tips on how to create a positive learning environment and advice on ensuring your attitude and teaching approaches encourage good behaviour. It introduces a variety of procedures to put in place in your classroom, strategies for dealing with disruptive behaviour and also touches on the causes of extreme behaviour. Molly Potter's ideas are full of examples and subtle changes you can make to your practice straight away to help your successfully manage all types of behaviour in the primary classroom.

Following on from the huge success of the first books, Molly has come up with lots more exciting and whacky ideas for this second series. As before all the activities are innovative and unusual but at the same time they promote creative thinking and problem solving skills.

This photocopiable book is full of innovative, user friendly, exciting and unusual activities that promote creative thinking and problem solving skills for 5-7 year olds.

Molly Potter has come up with some wonderfully entertaining activities, which are ideal for after school clubs, holiday clubs, indoor playtimes or at any other 'off timetable' slots during the school day. The activities are designed to entertain and amuse children - a task many after school club staff are faced with every day.

This photocopiable book is full of innovative, user friendly, exciting and unusual activities that promote creative thinking and problem solving skills for 7-9 year olds.

This photocopiable book is full of innovative, user friendly, exciting and unusual activities that promote creative thinking and problem solving skills in upper KS2.

This book contains thought provoking and fun ideas to liven up PSHE lessons that will inspire teachers and pupils. The activities aim to help pupils explore their own and other's attitudes, values and beliefs, develop skills (communication/emotional literacy) and consider other PSHE/Citizenship issues outlined in the non-statutory curriculum.

This book contains thought provoking, fun and unusual ideas to liven up PSHE lessons that will inspire teachers and pupils. Molly's ideas could be used to supplement any existing programme or scheme and they also complement SEAL (the DfES document on Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning).