Siren Films. Observing Child Development - Inspiring DVDs for early years & education
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Reviews
Here is a selection of published reviews about some of Siren's productions.
Reviews
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Wendy Thompson (Early Years Professional Programme Leader) - The University of Hull (March 2010)
TODDLERS OUTDOORS is to be highly recommended to those delivering programmes and courses which have a focus on the early years. It provides an excellent resource for demonstrating children’s learning in action through outdoor play.
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Child Care
THE WONDER YEAR is a good tool for all childminders and parents of newborn babies, helping to educate and enlighten them about the input their baby needs. It covers aspects of the personal, social and emotional development stepping stone in the EYFS.
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Child Care June 2009
FIRM FOUNDATIONS FOR EARLY LITERACY & SUPPORTING EARLY LITERACY aim to show the important events in early development that secure foundations for early litearcy....
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Community Care
THE WONDER YEAR provides an interesting visual study of a baby's early development in a caring and emotionally warm family environment. It illustrates the importance of such a nurturing climate to support and promote a baby's general well-being.
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Community Practitioner (July 2009, Volume 82, Number7)
ATTACHMENT AND HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT follows the first year of baby Orson and his family, but this time 20 clips show a wide range of development from Orsons’ first eye contact after birth through to his understanding of object permanence....
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Community Practitioner 07/09 Volume 82 Number 7
THE WONDER YEAR: FIRST YEAR DEVELOPMENT AND SHAPING THE BRAIN follows a newborn baby called Orson and his family through his first year of life in his home environment..it conveys how important his experiences are to brain development...
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Dorothy Selleck - Early Years Consultant
LIFE AT TWO is a delightful study of Ava with her family and in her nursery taken over time.
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Early Childhood Practice: The Journal for Multi-Professional Partnerships
THE TWO YEAR OLD AT HOME AND NURSERY is an invaluable resource, as the filming is skilled in showing Ava, her family and the staff in the group setting in natural ways, and apparently not overwhelmed by the camera upon their every movement and interaction
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Early Childhood Practice: The journal for Multi-Professional Partnerships
I have now viewed ATTACHMENT IN PRACTICE, LEARNING THROUGH PLAY AND CHILD OBSERVATON NO.8 developed by Siren Films, and have found them to be an invaluable addition to my library.
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Early Talk 2007 3 Star Rating
LEARNING THROUGH PLAY (THE 3 TO 4 YEAR OLD) & CHILD OBSERVATION 8 - LEARNING THROUGH PLAY (THE 3 TO 4 YEAR OLD) follow a three-year old boy for one year and capture and describe the development of his play skills during this time.
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Early Years Update (Issue 58 May 2008)
THE WONDER YEAR follows the first 12 months in the life of a young baby, Orson, focusing on his physical, emotional, social and cognitive development.
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Early Years Update (Issue 64 December 2008 / January 2009)
ATTACHMENT AND HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT is the latest DVD to be released by Siren Films as part of their observation series. It follows the first year of baby Orson's life. starting with a sequence filmed just after birth.
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Early Years Update (Issue 69 June 2009)
FIRM FOUNDATIONS FOR EARLY LITERACY & SUPPORTING EARLY LITERACY 0-5 continue [Siren Films] well-established tradition of producing high-quality training materials exemplifiying young children's development for use with students, practitioners and parents
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Early Years Update (Issue 77, April 2010)
TODDLERS OUTDOORS DVD and notes can be used for personal study, as part of a staff developmental programme or to share with parents to build their understanding of how very young children think and learn..
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Early Years Update Resource Review
LIFE AT TWO emphasises the role of the key person in helping Ava to make a successful transition from her home to her early years setting, and is supported by an interview with Peter Elfer....
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Early Years, Vol.29, No3., October 2009.
THE WONDER YEAR: FIRST YEAR DEVELOPMENT AND SHAPING THE BRAIN & ATTACHMENT AND HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT: This material is a set of two videos, accompanied by two manuals, focused on the amazing first year in children’s life and their parents...
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Helen Edwards - The Foundation Stage Forum
ATTACHMENT IN PRACTICE. I have just watched this film with my nursery colleagues and it provoked much discussion about our current children, some of whom are finding it very difficult to settle in a new environment.
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Jean McAleer, Teacher, Seaton Burn Community College
LIFE AT TWO. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the film and I am looking forward to using it as a teaching aid with my GCSE Health and Social Care group next term.
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Marian Whitehead, Language & Early Years Consultant
LEARNING THROUGH PLAY (THE 3 TO 4 YEAR OLD) is cutting-edge stuff...The observations are beautifully integrated and the lengthy section on ‘personal, social and emotional development’ sets the right priority.
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Marion Dowling, Author and Vice President of Early Education
THE WONDER YEAR. This film is of extremely high quality and matches the very good standard of other Siren productions.
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Marion Dowling, Author and Vice President of Early Education
ATTACHMENT IN PRACTICE is of extremely high quality - some beautiful shots of expressions of babies and young children.
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Marion Dowling, Author and Vice President of Early Education
THE TWO YEAR OLD AT HOME AND NURSERY is of extremely high quality and matches the very good standard of other Siren productions.
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Marjorie Ouvry March 2010
I really am delighted with the 'Toddlers Outdoors' DVD and used extracts in a presentation at a conference yesterday. What really powerful images!
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Megan Eccleson Primary Mental Health Under 5's Specialist - Bristol
LIFE AT TWO:ATTACHMENTS, KEY PEOPLE AND DEVELOPMENT follows on beautifully from the ‘Attachment in Practice’ film by the same company, reviewed in the last issues of this newsletter.
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Nursery News May/June 2010
Jo Baranek, Childcare Quality Manager at NDNA reviews a DVD and resource booklet form Siren Films designed to help practitioners understand the importance of the outdoors
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Phil Stringer, Principal Educational Psychologist, Hampshire County Council
ATTACHMENT IN PRACTICE. The importance and potential value of this film cannot be sufficiently emphasised. Sensitively observed and well-produced films about child development are few and far between
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Professional Association of Nursery Nurses Review
LEARNING THROUGH PLAY is a very useful tool to use with students and staff training. It strikes the right balance of being easy to understand and informative without overloading.
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Professor Tina Bruce (Early Childhood Practice:Volume 11, nos.1&2-2010)
Siren films are second to none in their quality. I use these in training courses more than anything else.
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Sara Rance, Consultant Child Adolescent Psychotherapist
ATTACHMENT IN PRACTICE is a wonderful and much needed resource for clinicians, teachers and trainers, which was made in conjunction with Dr P.O. Svanberg, from the Sunderland Infant Program.
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The Foundation Stage Forum
LEARNING THROUGH PLAY is a valuable resource, both for colleges offering early years courses, and for local authorities providing continuous professional development for their early years workforce.