Pre-school and kindergarten

Award-winning author MaryAnn Kohl offers children ages 5-8 over 100 art experiences that value the process of art more than the final product.

This book explores the science inherent in good early years practice and provides a rich range of ideas to inspire you to have a go in your setting.

The book not only provides empirical evidence of challenges faced by educators and learners during COVID-19 but also gives fresh insights on how educators and education administrators may act proactively to prepare for an emergency situation.

This textbook develops early childhood teachers' capacity to effectively instruct democratic principles to our youngest citizens.

Making a success of your teaching placement is a vital part of achieving qualified teacher status (QTS).

The early years are an important period for learning, but the questions surrounding participatory learning amongst toddlers remain under-examined.

Using Developmentally Appropriate Practices to Teach the Common Core: Grades PreK-3 provides current and prospective primary grade teachers with an understanding of the CCSS-ELA and CCSS-M that highlights their compatibility with developmentally appropriate practices (DAP), the instructional approach generally preferred by teachers of young children.

When making games for kids, it's tempting to simply wing-it on the design.

Teaching grammar can be overwhelming and is often an overlooked part of effective instruction, especially for young learners.

This book uniquely describes the work of two Early Years Professionals, drawing on their narrative accounts as they robustly describe and analyse their work with young children.

Mit der Verbindung von Inklusion und Partizipation setzen die Herausgeberinnen einen neuen Akzent in der Inklusionsdebatte.

This new edition of a classic text is the go-to reference for anyone concerned with the developmental progress of pre-school children.

Preschoolers are constantly using their bodies to play and learn, whether you encourage activity or not.

Aimed at non-specialist primary teachers, this book offers support for the two attainment targets of the national cuuriculum in art: investigating and making, and knowledge and understanding.

Eine entwicklungsförderliche Gestaltung von Fachkraft-Kind-Interaktionen in der Kita trägt maßgeblich dazu bei, dass Kinder Bildungschancen nutzen und zu kompetenten Lernenden heranwachsen können.

A young child's brain is uniquely sensitive to the effects of stress and trauma, which can have detrimental, long-term developmental impact.

Educating Entrepreneurial Citizens examines the multiple and contradictory purposes and effects of entrepreneurship education aimed at addressing youth unemployment and alleviating poverty in Tanzania.

It is commonly assumed that young children only begin to think about God as a result of some educational or cultural influence, perhaps provided by their parents.

This accessible book provides a step-by-step guide to carrying out educational research within the context of early years practice.

Between the 1920s and the 1950s, the child welfare movement that had originated as a moral reform effort in the Progressive era evolved into the science of child development.

Rethinking the concepts of citizenship and community in relation to young children, this groundbreaking text examines the ways in which indigenous understandings and practices applied in early childhood settings in Australia and New Zealand encourage young children to demonstrate their care and concern for others and so, in turn, perceive themselves as part of a larger community.

The Sesame Effect details the wide-ranging work of Sesame Workshop and its productions across the world.

Play and the Artist's Creative Process explores a continuity between childhood play and adult creativity.

This book explores learning in the early years and emphasises the importance of learning in social contexts, through the senses and within close relationships.

Stimulating Emerging Story Writing!

This volume examines the emotional world of the early childhood classroom as it affects young children (whose emotional wellbeing is crucial to successful learning), educators (for whom teaching is never a solely cognitive act), parents, and administrators.

This book explores the pivotal role of vocabulary in childhood development and early years curricula.

The early years are an important period for learning, but the questions surrounding participatory learning amongst toddlers remain under-examined.

This book increases understanding of, and provides inspiration for, the conduct of research in primary/elementary education.

Supporting Children's Learning in the Early Years is aimed at early years practitioners who are developing their knowledge and understanding of professional practice through studying at undergraduate level.

Emphasizing essential interpersonal skills that should be developed in early childhood, this guide offers a holistic approach to developing classroom communities in which each child feels recognized, appreciated, and able to contribute.

This book is the ultimate guide to differentiation and adaptive teaching in early years, schools and further education settings by Sue Cowley, bestselling author of Getting the Buggers to Behave.

The Posthuman Child combats institutionalised ageist practices in primary, early childhood and teacher education.

This accessible book offers essential guidance and practical ideas for Early Years staff to support children with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs.

Sometimes misbehavior isn't what it seems.

Based on extensive research, and grounded in everyday classroom practice, the authors of this book explore important issues surrounding play in the early years curriculum.

'I recommend this book to anyone wishing to help children learn.

This accessible text will show students and class teachers how they can enable their pupils to become critical thinkers through the medium of picturebooks.

In contemporary educational contexts young children and learning are tamed, predicted, supervised, controlled and evaluated according to predetermined standards.

Child protection is one of the most high profile and challenging areas of social work, as well as one where children's lives and family life are seen to be at stake.

The activities in this book reflect childrens real world math experiences--counting candles on a birthday cake, sorting and classifying toys, making sure there is a one-to-one correspondence between children and cookies.

In den Schulen steigt die Zahl der Schüler, die trotz ausreichender Intelligenz Lese- und Rechtschreibschwierigkeiten sowie Rechenschwäche zeigen.

With quick and simple ideas, 101 Easy, Wacky, Crazy Activities is guaranteed to enliven any day.

Offering practical guidance on encouraging creativity in early childhood settings, this much-needed book highlights the importance of the arts and creativity for children's learning, critical thinking, social interaction and self-regulation.

This book is packed with fun and exciting activities that enable the child to make sense of the world that they live in and relate it to their own experiences in order to enhance their personal and social development.

In the United States, the number of children who come from homes where they speak languages other than English is rising.