Kathy Walker

In this highly successful resource, Kathy Walker demonstrates the key principles of the Walker Learning Approach that she has developed over 15 years of observation, participation and presentation in schools and child care centres across Australia. Play Matters provides practical guidance and innovative strategies for teachers working with young children from preschool to Grade 2, through a unique balance of explicit instruction in literacy and numeracy skills and personalised, explorative learning. The book promotes the active engagement of all young children, with an enhanced focus on children from diverse backgrounds as well as children with specific needs. Play Matters is packed with pedagogical features to support implementation in any educational setting. It contains a full colour section of photographs. Organisational ideas and resources are provided, along with a comprehensive bibliography for further reference and advice.

Following the success of Play Matters 2nd ed., Engagement Matters is the next stage of the Walker Learning Approach for implementation with primary students in Grades 3-6. Engagement Matters provides a step-by-step, practical guide for teachers, emphasising student engagement, empowerment and achievement, and importantly, personalised learning. The transition from Grade 2 into the middle and upper primary years is made seamless through the provision of tips, activities and explanatory theory. Engagement Matters will equip schools with the capacity to actively engage students in their learning across all subject areas and diverse contexts. In doing so, Engagement Maters effectively lays the foundations for ongoing engagement and successful learning throughout the school life. The book contains a full colour section of photographs to highlight key themes.

Play-based learning has long been a means of facilitating teaching and learning in the early childhood years. The Walker Learning Approach, an Australian-designed, evidence-based play pedagogy, provides a solid base and foundation for intentional and responsive teaching in the early years. The program's systems and practices support teams of early childhood educators in a consistent approach that ensures continuity and predictability for children, educators and families. Early Childhood Play Matters provides guidance and many practical ideas on implementing the Walker Learning Approach within early childhood learning practices. Topics include: Intentional teaching How to minimise time spent on planning and documentation while producing clinical and professional records How to set up open-ended play learning experiences to promote skills How to scaffold with intention and purpose for learning How to communicate effectively as an educator How to honour and build relationships with children and families. It also includes organisational ideas and resources, a full-colour section of photographs, templates for planning, assessment and reporting activities, and a bibliography for further reference. Early Childhood Play Matters concentrates on the most formative years of education (birth to six years of age), with intentional, rich and rigorous play-based opportunities for young children. It builds upon the successful work that Shona Bass and Kathy Walker have achieved in play-based curriculum in the early and primary years nationally and internationally.

Play-based learning has long been a means of facilitating teaching and learning in the early childhood years. The Walker Learning Approach, an Australian-designed, evidence-based play pedagogy, provides a solid base and foundation for intentional and responsive teaching in the early years. The program’s systems and practices support teams of early childhood educators in a consistent approach that ensures continuity and predictability for children, educators and families.Early Childhood Play Matters provides guidance and many practical ideas on implementing the Walker Learning Approach within early childhood learning practices. Topics include intentional teaching, how to minimise time spent on planning and documentation while producing clinical and professional records, how to set up open-ended play learning experiences to promote skills, how to scaffold with intention and purpose for learning, how to communicate effectively as an educator and how to honour and build relationships with children and families.It also includes organisational ideas and resources, a full-colour section of photographs, templates for planning, assessment and reporting activities, and a bibliography for further reference.

In this highly successful resource, Kathy Walker demonstrates the key principles of the Walker Learning Approach that she has developed over 15 years of observation, participation and presentation in schools and child care centres across Australia. Play Matters provides practical guidance and innovative strategies for teachers working with young children from preschool to grade 2, through a unique balance of explicit instruction in literacy and numeracy skills and personalised, explorative learning. The book promotes the active engagement of all young children, with an enhanced focus on children from diverse backgrounds as well as children with specific needs. Play Matters is replete with pedagogical features to support implementation in any educational setting. It contains a full colour section of photographs and an updated insert with downloadable links to template documents for planning, assessment and reporting activities. Organisational ideas and resources are provided, along with a comprehensive bibliography for further reference and advice.

Following the success of Play Matters - with its action-based focus on Australia's Preschool to Grade 2 - authors Kathy Walker and Shona Bass have developed the next stage of the 'Walker Learning Approach'/Australian Developmental Curriculum, for implementation with primary school students from Grades 3 to Grade 6. Engagement Matters provides a step-by-step, practical guide for teachers that emphasizes student engagement, empowerment, and achievement, and importantly, personalized learning. The transition from Grade 2 into the middle and upper primary years is made seamless through the provision of tips, activities, and explanatory theory. The processes and tools outlined in this informative and inspiring resource will equip schools with the capacity to actively engage students in their learning across all subject areas and in diverse learning contexts. In so doing, Engagement Matters effectively lays the foundations for ongoing engagement and successful learning throughout school life and beyond.

The Journey Walking with the Walkers is the story of a unique traveling evangelistic family. It started with David healed of blindness at age five, called to preach after a five-hour vision of heaven, and raised from death at age sixteen. A teen-age preacher who filled the Royal Albert Hall in London at age 14. You will read first hand experiences from Red Square to Times Square, from the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House, and from the North Pole in Alaska to the tip of Southern Chile. In over seventy countries they tell of the faithfulness of God to protect and provide. In prisons, orphanages, slums of Haiti or Governor Mansions the message is the same. It will make you laugh, cry and keep you interested until the final page as they share their love story and raising three children while living in a motorhome.

The Journey Walking with the Walkers is the story of a unique traveling evangelistic family. It started with David healed of blindness at age five, called to preach after a five-hour vision of heaven, and raised from death at age sixteen. A teen-age preacher who filled the Royal Albert Hall in London at age 14. You will read first hand experiences from Red Square to Times Square, from the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House, and from the North Pole in Alaska to the tip of Southern Chile. In over seventy countries they tell of the faithfulness of God to protect and provide. In prisons, orphanages, slums of Haiti or Governor Mansions the message is the same. It will make you laugh, cry and keep you interested until the final page as they share their love story and raising three children while living in a motorhome.