Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Understanding the child's brain -- Step 1: Let's meet a brain -- Step 2: Meeting the children in their settings -- Part One: Preparing the climate and context for learning -- Step 1: Addressing children's physical needs -- Step 2: Inclusion -- Step 3: Developing emotional intelligence -- Step 4: Providing children with the tools for learning -- Step 5: Managing behaviour positively -- Step 6: Fostering partnerships with parents and carers -- Part Two: Supporting independent learning -- Step 1: Making maximum use of the environment -- Step 2: Helping children to develop good attention skills -- Step 3: Helping children to stay on task -- Step 4: Talking the language of learning -- Part Three: Developing brain-based techniques -- Step 1: Teaching children to mind map -- Step 2: Adventures in play -- Step 3: Maximizing learning through music -- Step 4: Teaching and learning through movement -- Step 5: The place for technology -- Part Four: Teaching for intelligence -- Step 1: Creative teaching for better learning -- Step 2: Fostering the beginnings of group-work -- Step 3: Teaching through VAK -- Step 4: Engaging the multiple intelligences -- Step 5: Taking the time for learning -- Endnotes -- Appendices -- Some principles for planning -- Key vocabulary -- Recommended reading -- Bibliography -- Some useful websites -- Photocopiable material -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.