Pre-school and kindergarten

This book provides critical insights and practical approaches to help you support babies and young children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) in the early years.

Grounded in recent research on the challenges of working with two-year-olds, Places for Two-year-olds in the Early Years explores how this often overlooked age group is presented in policy and practice, and discusses why working with two-year-olds can be both exciting and highly rewarding.

Supporting Your Child with Special Needs offers practical activities and strategies to help you prepare your children for school success and best connect with school personnel to meet your child's unique needs.

Drawing on their considerable experiences of the syndrome, as well as current research findings, the authors help teachers and other education professionals to better understand the needs of a dyspraxic child.

With the revision of the EYFS, Communication and Language became one of the three Prime Areas of learning.

Have you ever wondered what High/Scope is, where it came from, and how it can be used with young children in your setting?

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) came into force in September 2008 and established a framework for providing learning, development and care for children from birth to five.

In the original book Continuous Provision, Alistair Bryce-Clegg covered what effective continuous provision should look like and how practitioners could achieve it by linking their provision directly to assessment.

This new edition of the bestselling text, Nurturing Natures, provides an indispensable synthesis of the latest scientific knowledge about children's emotional development.

As fast-evolving technologies transform everyday communication and literacy practices, many young children find themselves immersed in multiple digital media from birth.

Art has always been an important part of the primary school experience.

Los pequeños "hacen"/"crean" arte para conocer, explorar, experimentar y, en definitiva, descubrir su mundo.

This text explores how the dynamics of globalization and privatization have influenced State policy and impacted education reform in Honduras.

The chapters in this book reflect on the major shifts in the views of early childhood thinkers and educators, who have contributed to contemporary theoretical frameworks pertaining to early childhood learning.

Cultural Diversity and Inclusion in Early Years Education reveals how cultural diversity can be celebrated in every early years setting.

'What a super book!

Jouer et voir le monde sous un angle ludique est une compétence nécessaire pour toutes les enseignantes, particulièrement pour les enseignantes du préscolaire pour qui cette compétence constitue l’essence même de leur identité professionnelle.

This edited volume presents cutting-edge research on the professional competence of early childhood mathematics teachers.

'Theresa's book is full of lots of inspiring, practical, 'how to go about it ideas' coupled with thought provoking and sometimes challenging comments and views.

Professionalism and Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care explores the tension between what early years practitioners are expected to achieve, and the level of expertise and understanding required to underpin this.

Das "Bildungshaus 3 – 10" gilt als eines der innovativsten Bildungsprojekte der letzten Jahre: Dabei verzahnen Kindergärten und Grundschulen ihre Arbeit und bieten gemeinsame Bildungsangeboten für Kindergarten- und Grundschulkinder an.

This beautifully illustrated, therapeutic picture book tells the story of Ava the Elephant.

We all have biases and our biases, whether conscious or not, can prevent us from teaching and supporting children equitably.

Die große Bedeutung geschlechterbezogener Faktoren für Bildungsprozesse in der frühen Kindheit ist heute unumstritten.

This book supports those training to work with young children to explore the many factors that impact on child health and wellbeing.

Autoethnography in Early Childhood Education and Care both embraces and explores autoethnography as a methodology in early childhood settings, subsequently broadening discourses within education research through a series of troubling narratives.

Interest in Forest Schools has seen a phenomenal rise in recent years in many countries around the globe with thousands of children now experiencing this new context for learning.

Rethinking Children's Play examines attitudes towards, and experiences of, children's play.

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.

Nearly every early childhood classroom has an exceptionally bright childfrom the child who starts reading independently at age three to the child who would rather take apart his tricycle than ride on it.

This book shows how to establish good practice in early years settings so that all children are supported in developing positive interactions with one another.

'A fantastic addition to every bookshelf' - Kathy Brodie, Host and founder of Early Years TV, @kathybrodieThe Muddy Puddle Teacher gives you everything you need to create an engaging, active and inclusive outdoor curriculum for your Early Years setting.

Grounded in recent research on the challenges of working with two-year-olds, Places for Two-year-olds in the Early Years explores how this often overlooked age group is presented in policy and practice, and discusses why working with two-year-olds can be both exciting and highly rewarding.

This book explores current research on young children's beliefs and knowledge about the biological world - otherwise known as 'folkbiology'.

Most preschool teachers have musical instruments in their classrooms, but may not realize they can use them for science explorations.

Across the globe the work of early childhood educators, who are predominantly women, is misunderstood, underpaid and undervalued.

The documentation of young children's learning plays a vital role in the pre-schools of Reggio Emilia.

This reflection on Paulo Freire's seminal volume, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, examines the lessons learnt from Freire and their place in contemporary pedagogical theory and practice.

A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents.

The Handbook of Moral and Character Education offers a definitive, state-of-the-art synthesis of leading scholarship in moral and character education.

Situated against a backdrop of multiple global pandemics-COVID-19, racial injustice and violence, inequitable resource distribution, political insurrections and unrest-this timely and critical volume argues for a divestment in white privilege and an investment in anti-racist pedagogies and practice across early childhood contexts of research, policy, and teaching and learning.

The volume gives an overview of various aspects of preschool education.

Children learn in contexts, and the spaces, places and people they come into contact with have a deep influence on their development.

The book breaks new ground by placing 'outdoor learning' in a theoretical, historical and social context of changing understandings of children, childhood and the use of the outdoors.

Originally published in 1988, this volume presented a new understanding of how teachers in early childhood education helped children learn.

Debates frequently focus on the role of training as an indicator of quality, but far less attention is given to understanding how to work effectively with young children, and how the knowledge to do this is built.

By regarding children as actors and conducting empirical research on children's agency, Childhood Studies have gained significant influence on a wide range of different academic disciplines.

The documentation of young children's learning plays a vital role in the pre-schools of Reggio Emilia.

David Sobel's follow-up to Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens walks readers through the nitty-gritty facts of running a nature-based program.