Pre-school and kindergarten

This book is packed with bright ideas and practical projects for children aged 4-11 to raise environmental awareness and prompt discussion about climate change.

The assessment of young childrens development and learning has recently taken on new importance.

Is there an 'ideal' primary school curriculum?

`This book is useful for students and lecturers of early childhood.

This book brings together a unique collection of chapters to facilitate a broad discussion on food education that will stimulate readers to think about key policies, recent research, curriculum positions and how to engage with key stakeholders about the future of food.

Children's and young people's right to participate has been increasingly acknowledged and taken up internationally, as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Gender and sexuality are often problematically considered to be irrelevant to very young children.

In this innovative book, Amanda Norman looks at D.

Parents are eager to help their children learn, but teaching young children complicated scientific and mathematical concepts can be intimidating.

The kindergarten--as institution, as educational philosophy, and as social reform movement--is one of Germany's most important contributions to the world.

With this book, any teacher can start teaching philosophy to children today!

Every child belongs.

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care explores early childhood education and care in Australia from a variety of perspectives, highlighting the complexity of working within the field and the need for a truly interdisciplinary approach.

It is widely known that babies and infants will flourish in an environment that supports and promotes their learning and development.

This book is packed with practical ideas and techniques to enable early years educators to support the communication development of the children in their setting and to understand the relationship between communication and emotional wellbeing.

The provisions of the 1988 Education Reform Act have given many schools the turnover and responsibilities of a medium-sized business.

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.

This extremely practical and child-focused book gives you the tools you need to make sure all the children in your care are included and involved in the play opportunities of your setting.

A recent report has found that young children are not receiving the play-based education they are supposed to because of pressure on practitioners to prepare for more formal learning in later years.

Sandra Smidt sets out to explain what play is and why it is so important as one of the key ways of learning, particularly - but not solely - for young children.

Capturing Children's Meanings in Early Childhood Research and Practice draws together contemporary research and established theories to produce a unique take on the meanings children express through a range of creative tools.

Early childhood education across the world has been influenced by the pioneering work of Maria Montessori, and this book provides a complete overview of Montessori pedagogy and practice.

Children's everyday drawing and writing are paradoxical: charmingly engaging, yet seemingly unremarkable in their ordinariness.

First published in 1979, this book looks at the subject of childminding in Britain at the time it was written.

For experts in the field of early care and education, defining and providing technical assistance can be as difficult as nailing jelly to the wall.

Jem's friend, Lottie, has come to play, but Jem is taking all the toys for herself.

In the first book to concentrate on teacher education for English for young learners (EYL) teachers in Asia, Zein and Butler offer a comprehensive coverage of teacher education by addressing various issues and recent developments such as programme evaluation, knowledge base, practicum, classroom discourse, needs analysis, and policy on teacher education.

How can you make gymnastics challenging, lively and inclusive?

Packed full of exciting activities that display how song and music can enhance a young child's learning, Music and Singing conveys how you can: have confidence in sharing music with young children explore a range of musical instruments have fun with sound.

This interdisciplinary book explores posthuman and psychological approaches to childhood education and well-being by examining 'animal-assisted' education, using qualitative approaches to understand the nuanced mechanisms which unfold in child-dog interactions.

Prepare students with complete coverage of the revised Cambridge IGCSETM Physics syllabus (0625/0972) for examination from 2023.

Cultural Heritage Conservation for Early Learners explores how to introduce young audiences to art conservation.

A clear and practical presentation of the workings of an experimental nursery school.

Nursery World Professional Book of the Year 2022 Children are naturally mathematical in their play.

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

Unleash the Power of Play!

How do you make mathematics relevant and exciting to young children?

Child development laboratory schools are found on college and university campuses throughout the U.

The benefits of play for children's learning are well-documented and well-researched.

Nurturing Self-Regulation in Early Childhood explores how young children develop self-regulation and offers practical guidance on helping them to manage their feelings and behaviour.

Classroom-tested and teacher approved, these activities help children ages three to six learn all about numbers.

Disasters happen without warning.

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

This innovative book helps K6 teachers infuse the entire school day with research-based literacy best practices.

Key components of practitioner inquiry provide an effective approach to lasting educational change.

This guidebook is an essential companion to the Pilgrim's Bumpy Flight story and is designed to be read by professionals to ensure the effective and safe use of the storybook.

Use loose parts to spark children's creativity and innovationLoose parts are natural or synthetic found, bought, or upcycled materials that children can move, manipulate, control, and change within their play.

Jean Piaget was one of the most significant contributors to our current understanding of how children think and learn, from birth through to adolescence.

This book provides a vital and original investigation into, and critique of, the situation facing the realisation of the child's right to play.