Rebecca Skinner

Mindy and Mo love to play in a wood not far away. Join these two fun-loving adventurers as they whizz past dinosaur herds on the back of Dippy the diplodocus. They spot a traveller whose time machine is stuck in the mud. Can Mindy, Mo and Dippy help him free the time machine’s wheels before it’s time to leave? What will the fallen tree be the next time they visit? And what will they see? This Mindy and Mo story has been written to support children who are working on the ‘d’ sound. Support your child’s practice of their target sound by sharing Mindy and Mo’s adventure in the land of the dinosaurs and encouraging them to join in with the traveller’s ‘dumble and dimble’. Engaging characters and plot, supported by a rhythmic and rhyming structure, ensure this book not only supports speech development, but also entertains and inspires. Creatively and descriptively told, this story introduces new words and provides opportunities for developing literacy skills. Through positive characterisation, it also explores the themes of growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience, allowing children to make connections to their own lives and experiences. A helpful section of suggested activities at the back of the book can be used to support further practice of the target speech sound. It also includes ideas for how this story can be used to help children to connect to nature through imagination. This humorous and triumphant story has been designed to support the individual child but is one which every child can enjoy!

Mindy and Mo love to play in a wood not far away. Join these two fun-loving adventurers as they speed down a mountain on a sledge to a spring festival. Can Mindy and Mo help Sal cheer up Prince Sim and do his favourite dance together before it’s time to leave? What will the fallen tree be the next time they visit? And what will they see? This Mindy and Mo story has been written to support children who are working on the ‘s’ sound. Support your child’s practice of their target sound by sharing Mindy and Mo’s adventure in Sal and Sim’s town and encouraging them to join in with the ‘soop, soop, soop’ of the Spring Fest. Engaging characters and plot, supported by a rhythmic and rhyming structure, ensure this book not only supports speech development, but also entertains and inspires. Creatively and descriptively told, this story introduces new words and provides opportunities for developing literacy skills. Through positive characterisation, it also explores the themes of growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience, allowing children to make connections to their own lives and experiences. A helpful section of suggested activities at the back of the book can be used to support further practice of the target speech sound. It also includes ideas for how this story can be used to help children to connect to nature through imagination. This humorous and triumphant story has been designed to support the individual child but is one which every child can enjoy!

Mindy and Mo love to play in a wood not far away. Join these two fun-loving adventurers as they get a lift from Titan the dragon to the wooded valley of the Tootles. Can Mindy and Mo help the Tootles make friends with Tub the troll before it’s time to leave? What will the fallen tree be the next time they visit? And what will they see? This Mindy and Mo story has been written to support children who are working on the ‘t’ sound. Support your child’s practice of their target sound by sharing Mindy and Mo’s adventure in Tootle Valley encouraging them to join in with the ‘tub troll, tub troll’ chant. Engaging characters and plot, supported by a rhythmic and rhyming structure, ensure this book not only supports speech development, but also entertains and inspires. Creatively and descriptively told, this story introduces new words and provides opportunities for developing literacy skills. Through positive characterisation, it also explores the themes of growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience, allowing children to make connections to their own lives and experiences. A helpful section of suggested activities at the back of the book can be used to support further practice of the target speech sound. It also includes ideas for how this story can be used to help children to connect to nature through imagination. This humorous and triumphant story has been designed to support the individual child but is one which every child can enjoy!

Mindy and Mo love to play in a wood not far away. Join these two fun-loving adventurers as they take flight in a space rocket to the beautiful but misty land of Fab. Can Mindy and Mo help Fub the alien clear Fab’s sky of the glittering mist before it’s time to leave? What will the fallen tree be the next time they visit? And what will they see? This Mindy and Mo story has been written to support children who are working on the ‘f’ sound. Support your child’s practice of their target sound by sharing Mindy and Mo’s adventure on planet Fab and encouraging them to join in with Fub’s ‘fibble, fubble’. Engaging characters and plot, supported by a rhythmic and rhyming structure, ensure this book not only supports speech development, but also entertains and inspires. Creatively and descriptively told, this story introduces new words and provides opportunities for developing literacy skills. Through positive characterisation, it also explores the themes of growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience, allowing children to make connections to their own lives and experiences. A helpful section of suggested activities at the back of the book can be used to support further practice of the target speech sound. It also includes ideas for how this story can be used to help children to connect to nature through imagination. This humorous and triumphant story has been designed to support the individual child but is one which every child can enjoy!

Mindy and Mo love to play in a wood not far away. Join these two fun-loving adventurers as they loop the loop on a magic carpet over the desert and meet Carter who has a magic lamp. Can Mindy and Mo help Carter find the missing Carney Stone and free the genie Cabu before it’s time to leave? What will the fallen tree be the next time they visit? And what will they see? This Mindy and Mo story has been written to support children who are working on the ‘c’ and ‘k’ sounds. Support your child’s practice of their target sound by sharing Mindy and Mo’s adventure in the twinkling city of Cabok and encouraging them to join in with Mindy and Mo’s ‘carney, cackarney’ call. Engaging characters and plot, supported by a rhythmic and rhyming structure, ensure this book not only supports speech development, but also entertains and inspires. Creatively and descriptively told, this story introduces new words and provides opportunities for developing literacy skills. Through positive characterisation, it also explores the themes of growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience, allowing children to make connections to their own lives and experiences. A helpful section of suggested activities at the back of the book can be used to support further practice of the target speech sound. It also includes ideas for how this story can be used to help children to connect to nature through imagination. This humorous and triumphant story has been designed to support the individual child but is one which every child can enjoy!

Mindy and Mo love to play in a wood not far away. Join these two fun-loving adventurers as they hop on board the Golden Dart steam train and meet Gog, the boogie woogie frog. Can Mindy and Mo help Gog get to The Frogodome for his big show before it’s time to leave? What will the fallen tree be the next time they visit? And what will they see? This Mindy and Mo story has been written to support children who are working on the ‘g’ sound. Support your child’s practice of their target sound by sharing Mindy and Mo’s adventure on the Frogham railway and encouraging them to join in with Gog’s ‘gimme gimme’. Engaging characters and plot, supported by a rhythmic and rhyming structure, ensure this book not only supports speech development, but also entertains and inspires. Creatively and descriptively told, this story introduces new words and provides opportunities for developing literacy skills. Through positive characterisation, it also explores the themes of growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience, allowing children to make connections to their own lives and experiences. A helpful section of suggested activities at the back of the book can be used to support further practice of the target speech sound. It also includes ideas for how this story can be used to help children to connect to nature through imagination. This humorous and triumphant story has been designed to support the individual child but is one which every child can enjoy!

Mindy and Mo love to play in a wood not far away. Join these two fun-loving adventurers as they sail to a treasure island on a pirate ship. Can Mindy and Mo help the parrots rescue Captain Poi before it’s time to leave? What will the fallen tree be the next time they visit? And what will they see? This Mindy and Mo story has been written to support children who are working on the ‘p’ sound. Support your child’s practice of their target sound by sharing Mindy and Mo’s adventure through the sea and encouraging them to join in with the pirate pals’ ‘pomp-a-lay’. Engaging characters and plot, supported by a rhythmic and rhyming structure, ensure this book not only supports speech development, but also entertains and inspires. Creatively and descriptively told, this story introduces new words and provides opportunities for developing literacy skills. Through positive characterisation, it also explores the themes of growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience, allowing children to make connections to their own lives and experiences. A helpful section of suggested activities at the back of the book can be used to support further practice of the target speech sound. It also includes ideas for how this story can be used to help children to connect to nature through imagination. This humorous and triumphant story has been designed to support the individual child but is one which every child can enjoy!

Mindy and Mo love to play in a wood not far away. Join these two fun-loving adventurers as they canoe on a shining river through the forest. Can Mindy and Mo help the bear cub find its family and free his brother bear’s paw before it’s time to leave? What will the fallen tree be the next time they visit? And what will they see? This Mindy and Mo story has been written to support children who are working on the ‘b’ sound. Support your child’s practice of their target sound by sharing Mindy and Mo’s adventure in the bears’ forest and encouraging them to join in with their ‘booyah, booyeh’ exclamation. Engaging characters and plot, supported by a rhythmic and rhyming structure, ensure this book not only supports speech development, but also entertains and inspires. Creatively and descriptively told, this story introduces new words and provides opportunities for developing literacy skills. Through positive characterisation, it also explores the themes of growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience, allowing children to make connections to their own lives and experiences. A helpful section of suggested activities at the back of the book can be used to support further practice of the target speech sound. It also includes ideas for how this story can be used to help children to connect to nature through imagination. This humorous and triumphant story has been designed to support the individual child but is one which every child can enjoy!

This set comprises 8 entertaining and engaging books which are written with a target sound at their core – 1 key sound per book. The books expose the child to their target sound (a sound which they are having difficulty saying and may be substituting with a different sound) through natural rhythm and good quality rhyme. The books will enable children to join in with repeated phrases which include their target sound and also to hear their target sound repeated and spoken accurately by an adult. A key feature of the books in this series is that they follow the adventures of two children who are transported by their imaginations to exciting settings in which they encounter a challenge which they help to solve. Included in the set are Mindy and Mo’s Groovy Gog, Mindy and Mo’s Dino Duo, Mindy and Mo’s Crazy Carpet, Mindy and Mo’s Pirate Problem, Mindy and Mo’s Super Sledge, Mindy and Mo’s Troll Trouble, Mindy and Mo’s Bear Bother and Mindy and Mo’s Fab Flight. These books, whilst focusing on promoting target speech sounds, will also explore growth mindset, empathy, kindness and resilience. They are the perfect addition to any classroom, SLT toolkit, or bedroom bookcase.

This book is packed with practical ideas and techniques to enable early years educators to support the communication development of the children in their setting and to understand the relationship between communication and emotional wellbeing. By forming an understanding of the science behind emotional regulation and the role of the adult in supporting the development of this, the book explores how emotions can impact learning and communication skills, and why we must understand how adult responses and communication have a direct impact on emotional wellbeing. Each chapter provides:practical ideas which will create a culture of communication and connectionresearch and case studies with plenty of opportunities for the reader to reflect on their own practice and interaction styletop tips and ideas for promoting speech and language skills in the early years environment; andan awareness of how to support the language development and emotional wellbeing of children who are struggling to communicateEmotions impact interactions, and interactions impact communication and connectedness. This book enables and empowers the reader to understand what communication and wellbeing really look like in the early years environment, and how we can use this knowledge to improve long-term outcomes for children’s learning and mental health. It is essential reading for all early years educators.

This book is packed with practical ideas and techniques to enable early years educators to support the communication development of the children in their setting and to understand the relationship between communication and emotional wellbeing. By forming an understanding of the science behind emotional regulation and the role of the adult in supporting the development of this, the book explores how emotions can impact learning and communication skills, and why we must understand how adult responses and communication have a direct impact on emotional wellbeing. Each chapter provides:practical ideas which will create a culture of communication and connectionresearch and case studies with plenty of opportunities for the reader to reflect on their own practice and interaction styletop tips and ideas for promoting speech and language skills in the early years environment; andan awareness of how to support the language development and emotional wellbeing of children who are struggling to communicateEmotions impact interactions, and interactions impact communication and connectedness. This book enables and empowers the reader to understand what communication and wellbeing really look like in the early years environment, and how we can use this knowledge to improve long-term outcomes for children’s learning and mental health. It is essential reading for all early years educators.

Put the power of Haskell to work in your programs, learning from an engineer who uses Haskell daily to get practical work done efficiently. Leverage powerful features like Monad Transformers and Type Families to build useful applications. Realize the benefits of a pure functional language, like protecting your code from side effects. Manage concurrent processes fearlessly. Apply functional techniques to working with databases and building RESTful services. Don't get bogged down in theory, but learn to employ advanced programming concepts to solve real-world problems. Don't just learn the syntax, but dive deeply into Haskell as you build efficient, well-tested programs. Haskell is a pure functional programming language with a rich ecosystem of tools and libraries. Designed to push the boundaries of programming, it offers unparalleled power for building reliable and maintainable systems. But to unleash that power, you need a guide. Effective Haskell is that guide. Written by an engineer who understands how to apply Haskell to the real world and uses it daily to get practical work done, it is your ticket to Haskell mastery. Gain deep understanding of how Haskell deals with IO and the outside world by writing a complete Haskell application that does several different kinds of IO. Reinforce your learnings with practice exercises in every chapter. Write stable and performant code using Haskell's type system, code that is easier to grow and refactor. Leverage the power of pure functional programming to improve collaboration, make concurrency safe and easy, and make large code bases manageable. Implement type-safe web services, write generative tests, design strongly typed embedded domain-specific languages, and build applications that exploit parallelism and concurrency without fear of deadlocks and race conditions. Create and deploy cloud-native Haskell applications. Master the performance characteristics of functional applications to make them run faster and use less memory. Write Haskell programs that solve real-world business problems. What You Need: Intel based Mac, M1 Macs, Linux PC, or Windows with WSL2 ghcup (http://www. Haskell.org/ghcup/) An active internet connection will be required for some projects.

Speech and Language in the Early Years is an accessible resource, packed full of practical ideas and techniques to support speech and language development in young children. Learning to communicate is a dynamic process. A child needs a reason to communicate, the motivation to communicate, and, significantly, a responsive communication partner. This book will help you to develop language-rich interactions to facilitate language development in your everyday work and will encourage reflective practice in your setting. Key features include: Activities and strategies designed for busy educators to dip in and out of as part of everyday practice, promoting speech and language development as well as supporting those with speech, language, and communication needs Templates and techniques for reflective practice, supporting the creation of language-rich environments and encouraging mindful communication Chapters spanning from birth to the transition to school, each exploring different areas of the learning environment Offering readers the opportunity to extend their skills and confidence in their practice, this book is an essential resource for early years practitioners looking to facilitate quality interactions with the children in their care.

Speech and Language in the Early Years is an accessible resource, packed full of practical ideas and techniques to support speech and language development in young children. Learning to communicate is a dynamic process. A child needs a reason to communicate, the motivation to communicate, and, significantly, a responsive communication partner. This book will help you to develop language-rich interactions to facilitate language development in your everyday work and will encourage reflective practice in your setting. Key features include: Activities and strategies designed for busy educators to dip in and out of as part of everyday practice, promoting speech and language development as well as supporting those with speech, language, and communication needs Templates and techniques for reflective practice, supporting the creation of language-rich environments and encouraging mindful communication Chapters spanning from birth to the transition to school, each exploring different areas of the learning environment Offering readers the opportunity to extend their skills and confidence in their practice, this book is an essential resource for early years practitioners looking to facilitate quality interactions with the children in their care.

Rebecca Skinner is a modern-day urban explorer seeking unique, neglected structures and desolate places. Often the only things left in an abandoned building are the bathroom fixtures. Rebecca comes across a lot of antique sinks and claw foot tubs. Where once the water ran freely over glistening porcelain, now these basins are clogged with dust and fallen plaster. The peeling paint on the bathroom walls offers abundant color and texture. Windows, mirrors and toilet stalls create dramatic effects. And, as always, the medicine cabinet beckons. She resists the urge to peek inside.

DESCRIPTION Ruby on Rails is an open source web framework. It's famously simple to build a basic Rails application. Once you've started down the track, however, you discover that Rails is a powerful, deep, and rich full-stack platform capable of tackling virtually any development challenge. Rails 4 in Action is a fully-revised second edition of Rails 3 in Action. This hands-on, comprehensive introduction to Rails gives readers everything they need to become competent and confident Rails developers. It shows how to develop a ticket tracking application that includes RESTful routing, authentication and authorization, file uploads, email, and more. It explores powerful features like designing APIs and building a Rails engine. The book also provides Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development in action throughout the book—just like in a top Rails shop. RETAIL SELLING POINTS Fully updated for Rails 4 New and improved testing examples More options for creating APIs Written by Rails community leaders AUDIENCE It is helpful for readers to have a background in Ruby, but no prior Rails experience is needed. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Ruby on Rails, often called Rails, is an open source web framework for the Ruby programming language. It’s a full-stack platform capable of tackling virtually any development challenge.

Inspired by the exploits of the German Fallschirmjäger in the blitzkrieg campaigns, Winston Churchill called for the formation of a 5,000-strong Airborne Force in June 1940. From these beginnings The Parachute Regiment became one of the foremost units of the British Army both in World War II and up to the present day. This new history of the British Paratrooper, from 1940 to 1945, details the unique training, weapons and equipment used by these elite troops. A wealth of first-hand and until now unpublished materials brings the history of the ordinary paratrooper to life, drawing on the author’s position as a former curator of the Regimental Museum. Illustrations and photographs illuminate the equipment and combat performance of the elite ‘Paras’ in the context of some of the most significant campaigns of World War II, including D-Day and Operation Market-Garden.