* Covers all learning outcomes for the QCF Home-based childcare unit. * Written in consultation with -- & approved by -- the National Childminding Association (NCMA) so you can be sure of relevant reliable content. * Full-colour easy to use & packed with practical advice to help you get registered & started.*

Includes:: full explanation on standards & frameworks & support systems so you can feel confident you are fully supported. *

Includes:: guidance on assessment.* Also suitable for experienced home-based childcarers who want to update their knowledge.



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These are four stunning books in one classic collection providing all you need to know about baking the cutest treats. From ...

The book opens with an insightful overview of the history of sweets & chocolates from their earliest inception to modern confectionery around the world. A directory of key ingredients & equipment comes next. Step-by-step techniques reveal how to do some of the more specialist techniques such as tempering chocolate or using a sugar thermometer enabling you to produce perfect results every time. More than 90 easy-to-follow recipes follow & include well-known classics such as Peppermint Humbugs & Honeycomb as well as modern twists on traditional ideas like Rosewater Edinburgh Rock & Fresh Coconut & Cardamom Caramels. Each method is clearly set out & illustrated & there is a stunning picture of each finished confection to help you achieve a professional result. ...

If you long to give your rooms a vintage air & country-cottage appeal you will love the retro floral prints & timeless designs of Home-made Vintage" your perfect guide to creating a h&-made easy elegance in your home. The book offers 40 simple-sew projects to transform every room into the romantic retreat youve always wanted. In this step-by-step guide Christina Strutt shows readers how to make a wealth of projects for the kitchen & bathroom conservatory & bedroom
- & for giving as gifts as well. A skilled stylist & designer Christina reveals how to create a look that is personal & unique but not at all labour-intensive. Reusing old fabrics & accessories in new ways allows the vintage & modern to mingle beautifully
- & also saves money & time. The charming projects highlighted in this delightful book include crisp linen chair covers a chic fabric headboard pretty flower aprons dreamy voile bed curtains & soothing scented pillows."

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40 easy-to-sew projects from the creative talent of Cabbages & Roses the vintage-style fabric company that will transform your home into a pure & pretty tableau of handcrafted detail. If you long to give your rooms a vintage air & country-cottage appeal you will love the retro floral prints & timeless designs of Home-made Vintage your perfect guide to creating handmade easy elegance in your home. The book offers simple-sew projects to transform every room into the romantic retreat you've always wanted. In this step-by-step guide Christina Strutt shows readers how to make a wealth of projects for the kitchen & bathroom conservatory & bedroom
- & for giving as gifts as well. A skilled stylist & designer Christina reveals how to create a look that is personal & unique but not at all labourintensive. Reusing old fabrics & accessories in new ways allows the vintage & modern to mingle beautifully
- & also saves money & time. The charming projects highlighted in this delightful illustrated book include crisp linen chair covers a chic fabric headboard pretty flower aprons dreamy voile bed curtains & soothing scented herbal pillows.

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Want to become your own brewmeister? Homebrewing For Dummies 2 nd Edition gives you easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions for everything from making your first kit" beer to brewing an entire batch from scratch. Before you know it you'll be boiling bottling storing pouring & kegging your own frothy delicious suds. This friendly hands-on guide walks you through each step in the brewing process at the beginning intermediate & advanced levels. It fills you in on all the homebrewing basics with a comprehensive equipment list; instructions on keeping your hardware clean & sanitized; & loving descriptions of the essential beer ingredients their roles in the brewing process & how to select the best ingredients for you beer. You'll also find out about additional ingredients & additives you can use to give your homebrew distinctive flavors textures & aromas. Discover how to: Set up your home brewery Select the best ingredients & flavorings Create your own lager ale & specialty beers Try your hand at cider & even meade Brew gluten-free beer Package your beer in bottles & kegs Evaluate your beer & troubleshoot problems Take part in homebrewing competitions Become an eco-friendly brewer Homebrewing For Dummies 2 nd Edition is fully updated with the latest brewing techniques & technologies & features more than 100 winning recipes that will have your friends & neighbors singing your praises & coming back for more." ...

When Teddy a professor in an American university brings his wife Ruth to visit London & his family he finds himself prey to old conflicts. But now it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy. The playwright's other works include The Birthday Party" & " Old Times"." ...

This is a tender lyrical tale inspired by the authors childhood in an idyllic English village with environmental & conservational themes. In this involving tale master storyteller Michael Morpurgo tells of a boyhood in an idyllic Suffolk village fifty years ago. The village is a stones throw from the sea with a gull on every chimney stack & is peopled by quirky characters such as the three Stebbing sisters the white moustachioed Colonel Burton & Bennie the village thug. But the heroine of this story is the serene Mrs. Pettigrew who lives in a railway carriage down in the marshes with her dogs donkey bees & hens
- & who befriends the young Michael & lets him ride over the marshes on her donkey. But industrial reality intrudes when plans are made to build a nuclear power station on the site of the marshes endangering Mrs. Pettigrews home & the gulls owls kestrels & thousands of insects & plants which also belong there. There ensues a village battle for & against the environmental hazard of the power station & the young Michael finds himself caught up in the sad fate of Mrs. Pettigrew & the landscape of his boyhood. This is a jacketed hardback gift edition of Michael Morpugos tale of his childhood landscape evocatively illustrated by Peter Bailey.
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Up on the North Yorkshire moors the Hartle family is about to have a life-changing year. Ann & Joe with more than thirty years of marriage & two sons between them are torn between giving up & pressing on with their struggling farm. Max their older son is set to inherit the farm & his wife Primrose has news to share but is he ready for these new responsibilities? Their younger son Bartholomew escaped to the south as soon as he could building a new life for himself with his girlfriend Ruby. But when tragedy strikes he is forced to return home
- & must come to terms with his past in order to create a future. Filled with both the joys & losses of ordinary life Homecoming is a big-hearted drama about how a family falls apart & comes back together again from a hugely talented new writer.
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The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller...because it's where the heart is Four women. Four lives. One place they call home. Eleanor Levine left Ireland years ago with just a suitcase & her mother's recipe book. & now a lifetime later she returns from New York for Dublin's beautiful Golden Square full of hard-won wisdom. As she watches life unfold from her window she is drawn into the lives of the women who live in the square... Beautful actress Megan Bouchier had fame & success in her grasp
- then she made the wrong kind of headlines. Now she needs a place to hide. Big-hearted teacher Connie O' Callaghan is approaching forty & has given up on love. Why does no man match the heroes in her romantic novels? Rae is a loyal friend & wife dispensing tea & sympathy from Titania's Tea Room
- until a secret threatens everything she holds dear.. .

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