Pre-school and kindergarten

This book is an accessible companion for all early years practitioners to explore how mindfulness can be integrated into an early years learning environment.

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

Do you need good leaders to achieve good quality or does good quality create good leadership?

It is widely believed that economic development in much of the world is not happening quickly enough.

What can we do to help ELL students understand English?

Just being outside doesn't always guarantee a connection to the natural world.

Grounded in cutting-edge developmental research, this book examines what school readiness entails and how it can be improved.

Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a movement that teaches reasoning and argumentative skills to children of all ages.

Qui n’aimerait pas que son enfant soit avide d’apprendre et persévérant; qu’il soit capable d’introspection, de contemplation, de concentration; qu'il se montre chaque jour reconnaissant, ne tenant rien pour acquis?

`This book examines the literacy development and assessment of children before the age of five years.

Create an inclusive classroom for all with this resource, full of ideas for engaging and accessible English lessons.

This brand new textbook brings you up to date with all the latest developments and keys issues from around the globe, and helps you understand how these changes are impacting on practice in early years and primary classrooms.

Originally published in 1991, this title was begun just before passage of the Education Reform Act of 1988 (ERA 88), which was implemented in the 1990s.

Designed for busy teachers, Drama Lessons: Ages 4-7 provides tried and tested lesson plans which will help you to make your drama lessons fun learning experiences.

In this unique and original book, Jamel Carly Campbell and Sonia Mainstone-Cotton come together to have an open and honest conversation about developing positive and responsive relationships in the early years.

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.

Originally published in 1989, the purpose of this book was to explore the nature and appearance of disaffection and alienation in young children and to seek to understand its significance.

Polyvagal Power in the Playroom shows therapists how to treat children using play therapy to address the hierarchy of autonomic states.

For effective and safe use, this book should be purchased alongside the professional guidebook.

This new edition of Ann Lewis's widely acclaimed text has been substantially revised and updated to take into account the recent revisions to the National Curriculum and the guidance of the Code of Practice.

This book offers pre-service and practicing teachers the tools, materials, teaching strategies, and theoretical understandings to implement an organic reading program for beginning readers.

Create an inclusive classroom for all with this resource.

Mentalization in the Family draws upon the latest research on child development, parenting, and mentalization theory to provide a comprehensive guidebook for parents, teachers, social workers, and any professional working with families today.

Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education rearticulates understandings of materials-blocks of clay, sheets of paper, brushes and paints-to formulate what happens when we think with materials and apply them to early childhood development and classrooms.

How do children learn about the world around them?

This Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development explores how global development agendas and economic development influence children's lives.

Offering an alternative approach to standardization and data-driven mandates, this book puts children at the center of planning your curriculum.

Examines the meaning of curriculum, discusses curriculum integration, describes how to plan, create, and evaluate a curriculum, and examines how modern literacy, mathematics, social studies, science, and expressive arts curricula evolved into their present forms.

Attainment and Executive Functioning in the Early Years combines knowledge and understanding from research with operational skills from practice in the early years.

Following the progress of Jasmine Maya, the book examines every part of baby care and development, including: bathing, changing, clothing; health and safety, immunisation; the role of the midwife and health visitor; feeding and weaning; play, stimulation, toys and books; and theories and theorists.

Whitney La Rocca and Jeff Anderson adapt their vibrant approach to grammar instruction in Patterns of Wonder, Grades Prek-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language.

Early Childhood Matters documents the rapid development of early years education and care from the late 1990s into the new millennium.

The book demonstrates the hopeful stance the young take in response to ordinary suffering and significant trauma when adults talk with them about their losses.

The early childhood services of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy has gained worldwide interest and admiration.

This edited collection challenges the urban-centric nature of much feminist work on gender and education.

Fachkräfte in Kita und Schule werden immer häufiger mit herausforderndem Verhalten von Kindern konfrontiert, die z.

Pip at Home is the sixth book in the invaluable 'Pip and Bunny' collection; a set of six picture books with an accompanying handbook and e-resources carefully written and illustrated to support the development of visual and literary skills.

In this stimulating and provocative book the editors have drawn together a diverse and international range of respected authors, each of whom has taken a critical approach to the contentious question of how you define and achieve quality early childhood services.

Exploring how play in this area can develop children's understanding of world cultures and healthy eating.

To achieve EYPS, candidates must understand the Early Years Foundation stage (EYFS), and how to put it into practice.

This accessible book focuses on the emotional needs, experiences and development of young children, exploring the role of the practitioner in ensuring that each and every child feels loved, supported and safe; able to develop secure attachments and flourish in the first five years and beyond.

A beginners primer to providing child care for infants!

Adolescent Identity and Schooling: Diverse Perspectives examines a range of issues related to student adjustment and achievement through research on student identity.

Answering all of the key questions about the kindergarten experience, this compact guide will give parents the confidence to be the most effective, up-to-speed advocates as their child enters formal education.

When a story comes to The End it does not have to be the end of the story.

Discover the profound impact of family relationships on a child's development in this insightful and comprehensive textbook.

This volume extends the knowledge base supporting research-informed child care for infants and toddlers, while simultaneously highlighting areas of study ripe for future research.

For some, life's introduction to death and grief comes early, and when it does it can take many forms.

Prepare Your Child for School answers the questions every parent asks when their child is about to leave their exclusive care and go out into the world of school:- Is my child ready for this challenge?