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Free PDF on the creative arts in the transition programme

Find out how dance, drama and music can build key competencies

Explore how the creative arts enable young children to develop key language skills. Discover how activities such as music, drama, dance and visual arts encourage self expression in children. This free downloadable PDF explains how the creative arts build up key competencies and offers advice on how to design an engaging and robust transition programme. Prepare children for primary school and foster a lifelong sense of creativity with this free resource.

For more about designing a robust programme that transitions students to primary school, see The Bridge to Transition. Available in hard copy book and digital ebook formats.

Ages: 4-6 | Pages: 6 | Code: E51105F

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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.