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Natural Play and Learning
1.Introduction to Natural Play & Learning

  • INTRODUCTION & contents
  • Authors Preface
  • Gallery 1
  • 12 Points of Simplification
  • 12 points for Sharing caring and Creative Parenting
  • Media Inspiration
  • Further Resources for your consideration

2.Child Directed Learning

  • Scaffolding Child-directed Learning
  • 12 Points for scaffolding Self-Directed Learning
  • Steiner & Montessori;
    a Power Point presentation
  • ‘The Extra Lesson’ book review

3.High Scope

  • Twelve Points for Good Listening.
  • Twelve Points for Scaffolding Child-directed Learning

4.Outdoor Play Every Day

  • Outdoor Play Every day-Part One
  • Outdoor Play Every day-Part Two
  • Outdoor Play Every day Part Three

5.The Importance of Music

  • A ‘Sound’ Beginning
  • Music & Movement
  • Musical Influence on Early Childhood
  • Primitive Reflexes & their Influence on early development
  • Bibliography for the Importance of Music
  • Media Inspirations

6.Creativity as a foundation to Learning

  • Creativity as a source of happiness and wellbeing
  • Creativity –as an essential part of learning
  • Child Development through Creativity
  • Concluding Consideration
  • Foundations for Creative Development with special consideration of colour and Steiner Philosophy

7.Reggio Emilia

  • Reggio Emilia Part 1 A new perspective on young children’s learning
  • Reggio Emilia Part 2
    A Child Initiated Emergent Curriculum
  • Reggio Emilia Part 3 Alternative Perspectives on Child directed Learning
  • Reggio Emilia
  • Reggio Emilia Bibliography

8.Creative Listening & Special Time

  • Introduction to Creative Listening & Special Time
  • 12 Points for Simplification
  • Creative listening the foundation of Special Time
  • Special Time
  • Using Empowering Questions & positive communication.

Multi-sensory Living & Learning
1:Introduction

  • Authors Preface
  • Multi-sensory Living & Learning
  • Further Resources for your consideration.

2: Media Inspiration

  • Aiden Dances
  • Awesome Dancer
  • Bars & Melody get the golden buzzer
  • Celia Pavey Sings
  • Awesome Dance Double Act
  • Guitarist
  • Liam Sings
  • Organist Graham Blackledge
  • Weeping Eyes; music on the Himalaya Mountains
  • Young Dancers –Gymnastics

3:Sensory Development

  • Sensory Development during the Early Years
  • Learning through Sensory Integration
  • Processing Multi-sensory Information and Intellectual development

4: Scaffolding Learning as a sensory experience

  • Living the Three-Part Lesson.
  • Scaffolding Multisensory Discovery Learning
  • Using Didactic Materials for Multi-sensory Discovery Learning

5:Brain development & Learning

  • Structural Development of the Brain
  • Hemispheric Specialisation in the Brain

6:The Autism Spectrum

  • An Understanding of Autism
  • An Alternative View on Autism
  • Recommended Resources.

Literacy Foundations
1:Introduction to Literacy Foundations

  • Introduction to our Written Language
  • Intro-to multisensory Phonic Foundations
  • A Multisensory Initial Alphabet Experience
  • Introduction to Didactic Materials
  • Media Inspiration ‘Look Up’

2:Interactive Games & Activities for Language and Literacy Enrichment.

  • Auditory Memory Games
  • Alliterative Auditory Recall Games
  • Auditory Discrimination Games
  • Extending conceptual and creative expression
  • Project based initial letter learning
  • ‘Find my word’ game

3:Cursive Handwriting

  • Introduction to Cursive Handwriting
  • Cursive Letter Building Kit.(Print and laminate designs
  • A-Z Capital Letter Puzzles. (Print and laminate designs)
  • Gated Cursive Handwriting Alphabet still in Coral draw will transfer to windows file
  • Capital letters for Handwriting Also still in coral draw format
  • Solid Gated Font Also still in coral draw format

4: Alphabet Activities and Themes

  • A Colour and Shape Alphabet
  • An alphabet of outdoor activities
  • An Animal alphabet of Alliterative prose
  • Games based on alphabetical order

5:Phonic foundations

  • Phonic Discrimination Games
  • Alliterative Phonics- Picture Gallery
  • An Alliterative W story

6:The EASTWOOD Colour Coded Phonic Alphabet

  • A master copy of correctly coloured alphabet letters used in the Eastwood Phonic Alphabet
  • Letters to Colour A-L
  • Letters to colour M-Z
  • [A-E] Comprehensive colour coded word spelling pattern kit for phonic word building activities and games

7. Poetry and Prose

  • Introduction-Poetry for Children
  • Repetition, Rhythm & Rhyme caught in the Bubbles of Time
  • Blessings from Mother Nature –Natural nurturing
  • Puzzle Rhymes and Riddles
  • Number Stories & Rhymes in Poetry and Prose

8.Establishing Correct spelling

  • A Body Movement &Mime Spelling Alphabet
  • The Eastwood Kinaesthetic hand-Spelling Alphabet
  • Syllable based activities
  • ‘Picture Phonics’ for regular spelling patterns
  • Spelling Patterns in Specialised Prose
  • Spelling Activities/Games
Numeracy Foundations
1:Introduction to Numeracy

  • Introduction to Numeracy
  • Discovery Learning for Numeracy Foundations
  • Number Poems & Prose.
  • Music & Maths Media Inspiration

2:Number Values 0-10

  • Numbers for printing
  • The Number Value-0
  • The Number Value-1
  • The Number Value-2
  • The Number Value-3
  • The Number Value-4
  • The Number Value-5
  • The Number Value-6
  • The Number Value-7
  • The Number Value 8&9
  • The Number Value-10,11,12.

3:Place Value – our base ten system.

  • Number Stories
  • Our Base Ten System-Place Value
  • The Eastwood Number Bond Addition Rods
  • The Eastwood Number Bond Addition Rods to colour
  • Introduction to Symbol Maths Cards See Folder 5 Teaching Resources
  • Symbol Maths Cards –Part One
  • Symbol Maths Cards –Part Two

4:Learning the Multiplication Tables with understandings

  • Introduction to Multisensory Activities for Learning the Multiplication Tables
  • Literacy based Learning of Tables
  • Learning the 2x Table-using multisensory activities
  • Learning the 3x Table-using multisensory activities
  • Learning the 4,5,6x tables
  • Learning the 7&8x tables
  • Learning the 9x table
  • Learning the 10,11,12x tables

Creative Writing
1:Introduction

  • Helena Eastwood Presenting her own Poems
  • Preface and Introduction
  • Creative Writing-an Interactive Presentation

2:Caught in the Bubbles of Time

  • Repetition, Rhythm & Rhyme.
  • Exploring Contrast
  • Words of Wisdom

3:Mother Nature’s Blessings

  • Inspiration from Natural nurturing
  • The Seasons
  • Our Animal Friends
  • Imagery

4:Puzzle Rhymes & Riddles

  • Embracing Creative Thinking Skills
  • Puzzle Rhymes and Riddles
  • Number Stories & Rhymes in Poetry and Prose

5:The Joy of the Journey From a birth arrival to an ending of departure

  • Part One-Childhood: Joys and adventures
  • Part Two-Learning to Love
  • Part Three-Partners & Parenting: Loving me Loving You
  • Part Four-Older & Wiser..

6:Living the Intimate Moments

  • Part One-Come Share With Me
  • Part Two-Exploring Personal Perspectives
  • Part Three-Aloneness and Separation
  • Part Four-Short Stories

Art & Design Foundations
1.Introduction

  • Introduction
  • Initiating foundations – working with clay
  • Gallery of 3D clay work.
  • Exploring the continuous line
  • ABC Colour and Shape

2.Exploring Curved Lines

  • Exploring Curved lines
  • Exploring Circles

3.Exploring Straight Lines

  • Exploring Straight Lines
  • Straight Line Yantra

4:Exploring shape and colour
5:Exploring 3D art & Design shape and colour
6:Media Inspiration

  • Guitarist
  • Crop Circle Documentary
Personal Empowerment: Sharing, Caring &Creative Parenting
1. Introduction- Sharing, Caring &Creative Parenting

  • Helena’s ABC for Sharing, Caring &Creative Parenting.
  • Important Points
  • 12 Points for Sharing, Caring &Creative Parenting.
  • The Good Life=
    Health &Happiness

2.Human Development

  • 12 Points for supporting Child-Directed Learning
  • Child Development
  • Creativity as a source of happiness & wellbeing
  • Introduction to Development of Human Consciousness
  • Developmental Stages of Human Consciousness

3.Creative Parenting

  • Introduction to Creative Listening & Special Time
  • 12 Points for Simplification
  • Creative listening the foundation of Special Time
  • Special Time
  • By Example; Questions & Choices
  • Gallery of Outdoor Play

4. Empowering Positive Behaviour

  • Acknowledging our daily experiences
  • Exploring how we feel & conflict resolution
  • Boundaries-Change the environment not the behaviour
  • Identifying Disruptive Behaviour

4 continued. Empowering Positive Behaviour

  • The Topic of Discipline
  • Discernment & Empowerment
  • By Example; Choices; Questions

5.Family Perspectives

  • ‘Holding with Love’
  • Stress Management Charts
  • Siblings
  • Maternal Instinct

6.Creative Parenting-Thought for the day

  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
  • More-Thought For The Day

7.The Autism Spectrum

  • An Understanding of Autism
  • An Alternative View on Autism
  • Recommended Resources

8.Do it with Love: Media Inspiration

  • The First time ever I saw your face- Matt Cardle
  • Simon Cowell stops the show
  • Bars and Melody
  • Celia Pavey sings Scarborough fair
  • Graham playing the organ
  • Immanuel from Iraq
  • Jonathan & Charlotte Part one.
  • Jonathan & Charlotte Part Two
  • Jonathan & Charlotte Part Three
  • John Denver and Placido Domingo

9.Continued Do it with Love: Media Inspiration

  • Darrel sings ‘Well I don’t want to talk about
  • Young Olivia with her animal friend
  • Amy Connelly sings her song of remembrance
  • Anna -The animal communicator
  • Sam Kelly sings ‘To make you feel my love

Health, Healing&Happiness
1. Introduction

  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • Natural Healing-Illness & Injury
  • Progressive Perspective on Health Cures

2 Natural Health and First Aid

  • Everyday Essentials for Health and Natural Healing
  • Dietary Basics for Health & H
  • Healthy Dietary strategies
  • Neutralising Stress & Alkalizing Toxic Acidity

3 Promoting Natural Healing

  • Natural First Aid for Injury & Illness
  • Health & Healing -Advance Science for Self-help
  • Self-Enquiry, Self-Healing
  • Colour Healing
  • The Power of Prayer

4 Natural Pet Care

  • Colour Healing
  • Natural Healing for Pets
  • Natural dog Training
  • About My Dogs

5 Media Inspiration

  • The Unhealthy Grain
  • The Age of Aluminium
  • GMO Natural News
  • GMO ONG
  • Sacred Knowledge of Vibration

Spiritual Wellbeing
1. Introduction

  • Preface-Personal Empowerment
  • The Empowerment of Love & Light
  • The Three healing components
  • Development of God Consciousness
  • One Liners to ponder

2. Family Resources – Foundations in the Christian Faith

  • Foundations of Christian Faith
  • The Power of Prayer
  • Children’s Christmas Play
  • More of Helena’s Diary Notes

3. Introduction

  • Creation Sunday
  • Christmas One
  • Christmas Two
  • Christmas Three 2014
  • Christmas Four 2015
  • Candle Mass
  • Baptism of Jesus
  • Hard-Hearts
  • Jesus-Storm-Peace
  • Lazarus
  • Easter
  • Pentacost

4 Poetry & Prose

  • The Joyous Dance-One Life
  • ‘Sweet Talking’ with God
  • Our Animal Friends
  • The Tall Wall

5 Helena’s New Year Messages to friends

  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2015

6 Media Inspiration

  • The Gods Must Be Crazy
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy
  • Kriyananda Talk
  • The Great Change-over 2013-2027
  • Ram Dass- Fierce Grace
  • Veteran Speech