1st Edition
Concept Cat: Teaching Concepts in the Early Years
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Implementing Concept Cat
2.1 Teaching Concepts Using the STAR Approach
2.2 Engaging Families
2.3 Focus Children
2.4 Planning
2.5 Involving Everyone in Concept Cat
2.6 Making Concept Cat Work For You
2.7 Extensions and Applications
2.8 Frequently Asked Questions
2.9 Measuring Impact
Section 3: Teaching Sequences
Section 4: Appendices
List of 150 Concepts
Resources Required
Concept Cat
Concept Cat: Teaching a Concept across the Week (Five-Day Planner)
Concept Cat: Teaching a Concept across the Week (Three-Day Planner)
Concept Cat Weekly Checklist
Family Poster
Front cover of the Concept Book
Memes
Song sheets
Talk and play, everyone, everywhere poster
Biography
Anna Branagan is a Speech and Language Therapist, trainer and author of practical language development resources for teachers and Speech and Language Therapists. Anna also works in Gloucestershire within a Youth Support Team supporting vulnerable young people. Anna has 30 years’ experience working for the NHS; most of this time has been working within schools and nurseries.
Stephen Parsons is a Speech and Language Therapist, trainer and author of practical language development resources for teachers and Speech and Language Therapists. From 1996 to 2017, Stephen worked as a Speech and Language Therapy Service Manager in Hackney and the City of London. He is Chair of the Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (RADLD) international committee and was Chair of NAPLIC, the UK association for professionals working with children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder, from 2016 to 2024.
