Nursery Education: Nursery Education PLUS January 2010 by Louise Carruthers (author), Barton Debra (author), Jean Evans (author), Sally Gray (author), Gemma Grierson (author), Dr Hilary Jones (author), Rose Joyce (author), Beverley Michael (author), and Jenni Tavener (author)

Louise Carruthers is the author of 50 Literacy Lessons for Less Able Learners. She has also contributed to ‘Activities for including children with behavioural difficulties’. She is an experienced primary teacher currently teaching in a school for children with moderate learning difficulties.

Jean Evans is an early years consultant and nursery inspector. For many years she ran her own nursery school and she has also been head of an LEA nursery unit/Early Years co-ordinator. She is the author of Themes on Display: All About Me, Themes on Display Festivals, Skills for Early Years Constructing and Making, Skills for Early Years Social Skills and Early Years Around the Year Personal, Social and Emotional Development. She is a regular contributor to Early Years Activity Bank and Nursery Education magazine.

Sally Gray is a former primary teacher, an experienced editor, a writer specialising in early years and literacy and the mother of two young children. She has written for Child Education, Nursery Education, Infant Projects magazines and Maths and Story Time. She is the author of Skills for Early Years Letter Sounds; Skills for Early Years Starting to Write; Themes for Early Years Photocopiables Ourselves; Themes for Early Years Photocopiables The World Around Us, Storybox Brave Lion, Scared Lion and Around the Year Knowledge and Understanding of the World for Scholastic.

Beverley Michael is a former infant and nursery teacher. During her teaching career she has been teacher-in-charge of an 80-place nursery and has been involved with the training of NNEB students. She has also lectured on the BTEC Early Childhood Studies course. Beverley is also a regular contributor to Nursery World magazine.

Jenni Tavener is a reception teacher, writer and mother of two young children. She has written for Child Education, Infant Projects and Nursery Education magazines and is the author of a wide range of Scholastic early years books. She is a regular contributor to Early Years Activity Bank.