Pre-school and kindergarten

Heuristic Play is a tightly described, but freely accessed activity, using a specific range of 'found' or everyday objects, and, in its pure sense, is only really applicable to a specific age range (from 12 months to about two and a half).

This innovative text offers a unique approach to making mathematics education research on addition, subtraction, and number concepts readily accessible and understandable to pre-service and in-service teachers of grades K-3.

What do early childhood practitioners need to know about reflection and reflective practice?

Young children are better able to cope with their ever-changing world, overcome obstacles, and grow into emotionally healthy adults if they are provided opportunities to build their self-awareness and confidence.

Reading to your children has been recommended to parents of young children for decades by literacy experts.

Building on the successful 'spirals' programme this series of books addresses language development in the three core areas of the curriculum.

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

When given soil, clay or mud to play with, most children are instinctively motivated to explore and experiment.

The effects of trauma and abuse on children can be long-lasting, acute and damaging.

Did you know that emotions boost our memory?

Written for teachers of hearing children from birth to age six, Simple Signing with Young Children is the perfect introduction to American Sign Language.

From the founders of #Kinderchat, this book provides a comprehensive, friendly guide to teaching in the early childhood classroom.

This fully revised edition of Understanding the Danish Forest School Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Danish Forest School Approach.

Incorporating Montessori Principles into Your Early Years Environments will allow readers to understand the developing child in their early years setting and how to adapt a Montessori approach to meet their pupils' needs.

Child-care environments play an important role in how babies, toddlers, and two-year olds experience learning.

Finalist in the Professional Books category of the 2018 Nursery World Awards.

This book is the individual guidebook used to support the six 'Pip and Bunny' storybooks.

This comprehensive textbook prepares early childhood educators to effectively work with and support young children (ages 0-8) with diverse languages, cultures, and learning needs.

As top-down educational reform policies at local and national levels increasingly isolate teachers from their own professional and instructional agency, and stultify children's passion for learning, new techniques are needed for understanding and transforming educational practices.

For effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the accompanying adult guide, Nurturing Children's Resilience following Adverse Childhood Experiences: An Adult Guide [9781032368184].

Grounded in theory and research, The All-Day Kindergarten and Pre-K Curriculum provides an activity-based and classroom-proven curriculum for educators to consider as they plan and interact with pre-k and kindergarten children.

Currently enrolling approximately 900,000 poor children each year, Head Start has served 25 million children and their families since it was established 44 years ago.

Positive psychology focuses on building strengths and developing creative and positive thinking in order to boost happiness, well-being and achievement.

Drawing from an array of international scholars' practical experiences, Collaborative Cross-Cultural Research Methodologies in Early Care and Education Contexts demonstrates how to conduct collaborative cross-cultural research and investigates the field's nuances and dilemmas.

This timely Handbook takes stock of the range of debates that characterise the field of international education and development, and suggests key aspects of a research agenda for the next period.

Originally published in 1989, this book differed from others on the topic of microcomputers and education at the time, in that it focuses on the influence that microcomputer technology has on children in their early years, specially pre-school and elementary ages.

Drawing on work from within the developing field of childhood studies, this text examines theoretical and policy driven understandings of the current position of children in society.

In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals set out targets aimed at creating a safer, more prosperous, and more equitable world.

Visual media offer powerful communication opportunities.

An international bestseller, How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way adapts Montessori teachings for easy use at home.

An early childhood classroom should reinforce and enhance young children'ssense of belonging and connection to their environment, each other, theirfamilies, and their community.

Found in Translation: Connecting Reconceptualist Thinking with Early Childhood Education Practices highlights the relationships between reconceptualist theory and classroom practice.

Inequalities in the Early Years examines poverty's effects on children and provides workable solutions for decreasing childhood inequalities through the formal education process.

How a staff team works together and how effective and cohesive they are impacts significantly on the children that they care for as well as having implications for the general early years practice and the success of the business of the setting.

Scientific Influences on Early Childhood Education offers a new framework for examining the diverse scientific perspectives that shape early childhood education.

This volume is a guide to using the Relational Literacy Curriculum with children in grades 2-5.

This fully updated new edition of Teaching Practice for Early Childhood will help student and recently graduated early childhood teachers make the most of their teaching in a variety of early years' settings.

Classroom management is a popular topic in early childhood settings, but what exactly does it mean?

Now in a fully updated second edition, The Student Practitioner in Early Childhood Studies provides accessible support and guidance for early childhood studies students in higher education who may have little, if any, experience of relating to young children in the early years foundation stage (EYFS) and key stage 1.

The Association for Science Education Book Award 2016, Finalist.

Originally published in 1955, Toys, Play and Discipline in Childhood is an expansion and development of the author's earlier title Play and Toys in Early Years.

When teachers implement the project approach to learning, young children can follow their own real-world interests to gain deeper understanding.

This book centers directly impacted Black children who have lived through parental incarceration.

When the first edition of this seminal work appeared in 1990, the sociology of childhood was only just beginning to emerge as a distinct sub-discipline.

Kinder im Vorschulalter haben in der Regel eine gut verständliche Umgangssprache, verfügen über einen ausreichenden Wortschatz und verwenden eine weitgehend korrekte Grammatik.

Are you ready to take your child-care business to the next level?

The 'Get to Know Me' resources aim to support children, with those around them, who may have additional/special educational needs.

Rhyme, rhythm, and music are essential parts of a quality early childhood program.

This book offers a unique perspective on clinical supervision, foregrounding experiential techniques, and a refreshing, playful approach to professional development.