Early Years practitioners are still buying the original Themes for Early Years which has been a best-selling series for Scholastic from its launch in 1995 to date. Research has told us that whil the series is still popular by updating it to support the earl years curriculum, providing assessment, more emphasis on play areas and adding a CD-Rom with a bank of resoucres to support the learning we can revive and even extend the popularity of this series. Books will comprise 96 pages based on the early years curriculum with new sections for play areas, assessment and differentiation. CD-Roms will comprise specially commissioned songs and rhymes, full-colour photographs, flim clips and activities for children to do The book and CD-ROM provide a complete topic pack for early years professionals on a favourite theme. A total of 48 new and revisd activity ideas in the book are supported by a range of songs and rhymes as well as photocopiable activity sheets. A wide range of further resources on the accompanying CD-ROM include audio versions of the songs (with and without words), spoken versions of the rhymes and printable versions of the photocopiable activity sheets. Additional resources provide 10 full-colour photographs, three exciting film clips and five interactive activities for the the children to complete. Minibeasts includes chapters on: Minibeast families, Minibeast homes, Minibeast colours and patterns, Minibeast shapes, Minibeast numbers and Minibeast behaviour.