Guest Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Just had my copy of this book delivered today and have just finished reading it, truly inspirational and I will be looking very differently at my provision when I venture in over the half term holidays. Having a large group of rowdy, confident and very active boys this term some of the ideas in this book will hopefully help me survive until the summer, Alistair Bryce-Clegg could just have saved my life. Well recommended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 where did you get your copy? I ordered it months ago from Amazon and they kept putting the delivery date further and further back, so i gave up and cancelled it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gezabel Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I have been trying to! Amazon say it is due for release on June 7th??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekker Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Had mine yesterday too - ordered in october from amazon! Definitely worth the wait though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 where did you get your copy? I ordered it months ago from Amazon and they kept putting the delivery date further and further back, so i gave up and cancelled it I ordered it on amazon last oct, truthfully I'd forgotten all about it, but was a lovely surprise to receive it yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Mines on its way from Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjayne Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Mine is too - looking forward to it arriving ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsue Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I have been trying to! Amazon say it is due for release on June 7th??!! I am still waiting on this too glad its worth the wait!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clairew28 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Mine arrived today....hmmm to I stop to read it or carry on writing reports?! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sn0wdr0p Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 What a super book. It takes you back to the basics of what play is really about. A couple of my less experienced staff do not seem to have developed the imagination to facilitate great play and learning opportunities. I have told all my staff that they MUST read it. I did think about putting out some cardboard boxes etc. out in my next staff training session and see what they all did with them when left to 'play' but instead told them what I had thought of doing and in the main they said they would have made cars or houses! This was exactly the answer I expected. (Our qualified playworkers were more clued up than childcare qualified staff though) I wonder what they will all come up with after reading this book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 got fed up of waiting for mine from Amazon so cancelled maybe I should have been a little more patient !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamgirl Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Got mine in a couple of days from book depository. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I got mine from the book depository within a few days of ordering it. Thanks to the person who recommended it. I am halfway through and have made lots of notes for us as a setting to look at. Really makes you think and I thought we were very reflective about the way we work and operate anyway. Would really recommend it to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 A few mins after reading this post i have ordered a copy for myself, can't wait for it come now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjayne Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Mine arrived on Tuesday - have read through it twice and already plan to implement some of the ideas in it ! Well done ABC - am awaiting the outdoor play one now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Very interesting! Alastair is speaking at a conference I'm off to today so I'm really looking forward to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmum Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Same conference as me then!! Excellent day and a superb speaker! Alistair was inspiring and had me crying with laughter!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I guess so! We might even have been sat at the same table! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tess Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 So glad you are all loving 'Vacant to Engaged' - I :1b every time it is mentioned on here. My setting is featured in the book and still can't believe it. Alistair is fab to work with and never fails to inspire me everytime we meet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrison Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 This book is fantastic and I urge everyone to buy it - I wish I had the money to buy it for all my staff team as they are struggling ton get behind the 'process not result' theory. It has given me loads of ideas for things to do in Spetember with my new cohort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 yes got mine today as reordered via book despository - great book - feeling inspired and looking forward to September , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Does anyone know if Alistair Bryce-Clegg is married........?? : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmum Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 He is! With sons, so knows what he's talking about with engaging boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) He is! With sons, so knows what he's talking about with engaging boys! Mmmmm thats a shame, can't remember when I was last so interested in what a man had to say....? : ) Edited July 9, 2012 by Rafa 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Mmmmm thats a shame, can't remember when I was last so interested in what a man had to say....? : ) That did make me laugh Rafa......can't believe you don't sit up straight and listen every time Mr Gove starts talking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperrabbit Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Is this book suited to all types of settings, not just School settings? Albeit very interesting and I admit I've not looked for awhile on his website I found most of the items I looked at to be very much geared towards school nursery/reception classes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I am a private preschool and have made changes in line with some of his ideas and they sit very well in my environment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekker Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 most of the items I looked at to be very much geared towards school nursery/reception classes I am preschool too and Id definitely say its suited to all....We are after all suppoded to be following the same curriculum. I think Alistairs work is actually brings more of the preschool learning through play ethos into the schools while showing preschools how to ensure (and explain) how play, and especially continuous provison planning, does have an impact on childrens learning while still being able to keep it very much discovery- led and child centred. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyPancakes Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 And I'm childminder and have surely made changes for the better after reading. Honey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Well I may just get a copy then! I had an email from amazon today asking if I'd like one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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