Nursery World - Very young citizens

'For a young child, being a "good citizen" means developing self-awareness and self-confidence, learning how to play and work well with others and recognising one's place in the wider community.' Nursery World, May 2004 Although citizenship is not a subject which has to be officially taught at the Foundation Stage so much of what has always been considered good practice at nursery and reception level relates to a child's personal and social development, and underpins the requirements of the National Curriculum at a later stage.

Although citizenship is not a subject which has to be officially taught at the Foundation Stage so much of what has always been considered good practice at nursery and reception level relates to a child's personal and social development, and underpins the requirements of the National Curriculum at a later stage.

ColorCards from Speechmark consists of packs of high-quality photographs designed to develop both language and social skills and featuring real objects, people, situations and activities. How's Teddy?, in the Pocket ColorCard series, introduces the topic of feelings in a very simple way.

There are illustrations of 18 different feelings - including happy, frightened, loving, cold, tired and strong. Each is represented by two cards; on one card the teddy demonstrates the feeling, on the other it is a child, although the teddy also appears in the picture. The set contains 36 picture cards and four instruction cards, each measuring 115 x 75mm. Priced 5.95.

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