Pre-school and kindergarten

Block Parties examines young children's spatial development through the lens of emergent STEAM thinking.

Block Parties examines young children's spatial development through the lens of emergent STEAM thinking.

Unique in its intergenerational approach to understanding motherhood in China, this book sets out to study Chinese mothers' experiences of childrearing, emphasising that gender is not immutable and that motherhood is not isolated from other social domains.

Unique in its intergenerational approach to understanding motherhood in China, this book sets out to study Chinese mothers' experiences of childrearing, emphasising that gender is not immutable and that motherhood is not isolated from other social domains.

This book brings together voices from the Global South and Global North to think through what it means, in practice, to decolonise contemporary higher education.

This book brings together voices from the Global South and Global North to think through what it means, in practice, to decolonise contemporary higher education.

Specifically designed for administrators and leaders working in early childhood education, this practical guide offers comprehensive resources for creating trauma-responsive organizations and systems.

Specifically designed for administrators and leaders working in early childhood education, this practical guide offers comprehensive resources for creating trauma-responsive organizations and systems.

This essential text unpacks major transformations in the study of learning and human development and provides evidence for how science can inform innovation in the design of settings, policies, practice, and research to enhance the life path, opportunity and prosperity of every child.

This essential text unpacks major transformations in the study of learning and human development and provides evidence for how science can inform innovation in the design of settings, policies, practice, and research to enhance the life path, opportunity and prosperity of every child.

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

Applied Theatre with Youth is a collection of essays that highlight the value and efficacy of applied theatre with young people in a broad range of settings, addressing challenges and offering concrete solutions.

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

Applied Theatre with Youth is a collection of essays that highlight the value and efficacy of applied theatre with young people in a broad range of settings, addressing challenges and offering concrete solutions.

At time children are unable or unwilling to access or engage with emotional and mental health support services.

This book presents a detailed ethnographic study conducted in an urban slum in India.

This book presents a detailed ethnographic study conducted in an urban slum in India.

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

In this highly practical book, Rona Tutt and Paul Williams explore how schools and other educational settings can provide students with the right environment to support their emotional wellbeing and hence to maximise their learning potential.

In this highly practical book, Rona Tutt and Paul Williams explore how schools and other educational settings can provide students with the right environment to support their emotional wellbeing and hence to maximise their learning potential.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Steiner or Waldorf pedagogy and practice in schools.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Steiner or Waldorf pedagogy and practice in schools.

Care and caring are key to early childhood education and yet love can be viewed as a taboo word within early childhood settings.

Care and caring are key to early childhood education and yet love can be viewed as a taboo word within early childhood settings.

The Teacher and the Teenage Brain is essential reading for all teachers and students of education.

The Teacher and the Teenage Brain is essential reading for all teachers and students of education.

This book places family at the centre of discussions about migration and migrant life, seeing migrants not as isolated individuals, but as relational beings whose familial connections influence their migration decisions and trajectories.

This book places family at the centre of discussions about migration and migrant life, seeing migrants not as isolated individuals, but as relational beings whose familial connections influence their migration decisions and trajectories.

This landmark text integrates diverse perspectives on how humans understand others' minds (or 'theory of mind') beyond early childhood into middle childhood and adolescence.

This landmark text integrates diverse perspectives on how humans understand others' minds (or 'theory of mind') beyond early childhood into middle childhood and adolescence.

Play for Health Across the Lifespan uses case studies to explore the impact of play and creativity on health and wellbeing throughout the lifecycle.

Play for Health Across the Lifespan uses case studies to explore the impact of play and creativity on health and wellbeing throughout the lifecycle.

First published in 1942, Testing Results in the Infant School describes an attempt to measure objectively the results of education in Infant schools where children are free to move and speak and play, as compared with schools of a more formal and traditional type.

First published in 1942, Testing Results in the Infant School describes an attempt to measure objectively the results of education in Infant schools where children are free to move and speak and play, as compared with schools of a more formal and traditional type.

First published in 1950, Long Term Results of Infant School Methods was written to explain and summarise the results of Gardner's experiment to test the extent to which the effect of different styles of Infant school education, "e;experimental"e; or "e;control"e;, would also be apparent at a later stage.

First published in 1950, Long Term Results of Infant School Methods was written to explain and summarise the results of Gardner's experiment to test the extent to which the effect of different styles of Infant school education, "e;experimental"e; or "e;control"e;, would also be apparent at a later stage.

This book, first published in 1969, is a detailed consideration of Rousseau's ideas on education, and an examination of how they grew out of his own experiences in childhood.

This book, first published in 1969, is a detailed consideration of Rousseau's ideas on education, and an examination of how they grew out of his own experiences in childhood.

Discover new and exciting ways to teach STEM content through the arts in your early childhood program with this innovative and comprehensive guidebook.

Discover new and exciting ways to teach STEM content through the arts in your early childhood program with this innovative and comprehensive guidebook.

First published in 1956, The Education of Young Children is focused on presenting the psychological needs of children within education, following several talks given by the author at conferences for teachers of young children.

First published in 1956, The Education of Young Children is focused on presenting the psychological needs of children within education, following several talks given by the author at conferences for teachers of young children.

First published in 1937, The Children's Play Centre is an account of Gardner's Play Centre and her work in assessing its value in the education of children and the training of teachers.

First published in 1937, The Children's Play Centre is an account of Gardner's Play Centre and her work in assessing its value in the education of children and the training of teachers.

First published in 1966, Experiment and Tradition in Primary Schools was written to provide an account of the author's pioneering study of the attainment of young children in schools where the curriculum was shaped by their spontaneous interests.

First published in 1966, Experiment and Tradition in Primary Schools was written to provide an account of the author's pioneering study of the attainment of young children in schools where the curriculum was shaped by their spontaneous interests.

This critical volume combines theoretical and empirical work across disciplines to explore what threatens scalability-and what enables it-in the early childhood field.

This critical volume combines theoretical and empirical work across disciplines to explore what threatens scalability-and what enables it-in the early childhood field.

Evaluating Early Learning in Museums presents developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant practices for engaging early learners and their families in informal arts settings.

Evaluating Early Learning in Museums presents developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant practices for engaging early learners and their families in informal arts settings.