Pre-school and kindergarten

Media and the Make-Believe Worlds of Children offers new insights into children's descriptions of their invented or "e;make-believe"e; worlds, and the role that the children's experience with media plays in creating these worlds.

How do you become an effective primary school teacher?

At a time when literacy has become more of a political issue than a research or pedagogical one, this volume refocuses attention on work with young children that places them at the center of their literacy worlds.

This volume explores concepts of mentoring, leadership and issues faced by early childhood teachers.

Activities to help children learn ways to feel good about themselves and their bodies and develop important lifelong healthy habits.

This book highlights the potential of school farms to fight hunger and malnutrition by providing access to locally produced, fresh, and healthy food as well as providing young students with educational opportunities to learn, interact with nature, and develop their skills.

Lollipop Logic employs visual and pictorial clues to introduce and reinforce high-powered thinking for pre-readers.

June O'Sullivan explores the concept of leadership, particularly with regards to leading Early Years centres.

This book challenges traditional beliefs and practices of teaching 'written' mathematics in early childhood.

This essential resource is designed to help busy early years practitioners to support the mental health of young children through outdoor play.

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If children are to succeed and progress at school, schools and teachers need to understand how children experience the classroom.

Babies are naturally active, and their movements help them explore their environment.

Young children are intuitive, emergent scientists - they observe, raise hypotheses, experiment and notice patterns.

This exciting topic-based series offers early years practitioners collections of activities based on familiar themes.

The classroom environment is vital for children to get the most out of learning experiences.

In an accessible and meaningful way, Early Childhood Education examines foundational topics that encourage early childhood education students to think, reflect, and develop opinions, theories, and philosophies about their field.

Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development.

An essential part of children's development in the early years involves creative engagement through language, gestures, body movements, drawing, music, and creating shared meanings in playful contexts.

This book showcases rights based participatory approaches to policy-making, practice and research with children and youth.

Lucas the Monkey loves to play soccer by the river, but he has a problem - Mr.

The conceptualisation and practice of play is considered core to early childhood pedagogy.

Early childhood education and care is a major policy issue for national governments and international organisations.

Written by two leading experts in the field, this welcome third edition of Children in Difficulty: A guide to understanding and helping discusses some of the most common, yet incapacitating, difficulties that are frequently encountered by young children and adolescents.

What characteristics do children need to become motivated to learn?

Fully updated to reflect the current status and understandings regarding outdoor provision within early childhood education frameworks across the UK, this new edition shows early years practitioners how to get the very best from outdoor play and learning for the enjoyment, health and education of young children up to age seven.

The educational provision for early years is growing and changing across many parts of the world, not least in the UK.

In this book, Mu crafts a sociology of resilience through his multi-year research with Australian students.

Much of current educational theory and research at the time was concerned with the effect that pre-school education should have in accelerating development throughout the years of compulsory schooling.

The concept of 'readiness for school' is attractive to policy-makers, but many academics, researchers and practitioners argue that an early start to formal learning may be misguided.

This second edition of Trauma-Informed Practices for Early Childhood Educators continues to guide childcare providers and early educators working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and early elementary-aged children to understand trauma as well as its impact on young children's brains, behavior, learning and development.

The Children's Music Studio provides music teachers, parents and early childhood educators a wealth of materials and a clear roadmap for applying Reggio Emilia principles and practices to preschool and early childhood music education.

Over the past 15 years, there has been a pronounced trend toward a particular type of picturebook that many would label "e;postmodern.

Every state has developed some form of early learning standards.

What do we mean by wellbeing, and what does it look like as it takes shape in early childhood?

Children's play throughout history has been free, spontaneous, and intertwined with work, set in the playgrounds of the fields, streams, and barnyards.

Making Music in the Primary School is an essential guide for all student and practising primary school teachers, instrumental teachers and community musicians involved in music with children.

One of the five books in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Teacher Toolkit for teachers and other professionals working with children, this practical resource focuses on the topic of 'Emotional Literacy' and how to support children and young people on a journey of self-discovery where they learn to recognise, understand, share and manage a range of emotions.

Language and communication skills are a key foundation of child development.

Fly is sneaky and very cheeky.

Epistemic cognition, the philosophical core of metacognition, concerns people's knowledge about the justification and truth of beliefs.

Although Montessori's name is almost universally known in education circles today, and there are countless nursery schools throughout the world using the "e;Montessori Method,"e; the real core of her thinking has remained largely misunderstood.

Music in Early Childhood is an accessible and practical handbook, which introduces theories and pedagogical approaches for early childhood music education from birth to 8 years and explains their practical application.

This comprehensive, research-based textbook equips teachers with the tools they need to comprehend and document the learning progression and academic growth of young learners.

This important book introduces the basics of prenatal psychology and works through the current scientific findings in the psychology and psychosomatics of pregnancy and birth.

Place, Pedagogy and Play connects landscape architecture with education, psychology, public health and planning.

The Early Years Handbook for Students and Practitioners is a comprehensive and accessible course text for all degree level students undertaking programmes related to early years and childhood studies.

Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years), situated in different geographic, cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic sites on six continents, this book examines the interplay of childhoods, schooling, and, literacies.