Books with author Robin Bell Corfield

Amy is going on her own to stay with her grandmother for three nights and takes her three best things. As each night passes, she feels dreadfully homesick but then she remembers her three best things. One by one they magically come to life and transport her back home where she can see everything is well. But on the third night her house is deserted and Amy is distraught and unconsolable. However, she soon learns it is because her mother was missing her so much that she has come to visit - and there she is to reassure and comfort Amy.

An essential guide for teachers, The Peaceful Classroom combines useful life skills with easy, enjoyable activities. It introduces over 160 activities for three to five-year-old children which promote skills such as friendship, compassion, cooperation and kindness. Activities are organized by age and skill, preparing children for the themes that follow. The book contains step-by-step guides for teachers of young children, together with helpful suggestions for parental involvement. Activities emphasize how children's beliefs about themselves and others influence their relationships. Teachers may choose to introduce skills in an appropriate, developmental sequence, or activites may be chosen for a specific quality such as gentleness.