This book explores the idea of a childlike education and offers critical tools to question traditional forms of education, and alternative ways to understand and practice the relationship between education and childhood.
With the increased focus on children's language in Early Years education, poetry can be a valuable tool in enhancing speaking, listening and communication.
Affirming the Rights of Emergent Bilingual and Multilingual Children and Families explores how the philosophy, principles, and practices of the internationally acclaimed Municipal Preschools and Infant Toddler Centers of Reggio Emilia, Italy, advance the social justice and linguistic human rights of emergent bilingual and multilingual children and their families, particularly immigrants and refugees.
Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11 is a guide for primary teachers to the many kinds of texts children encounter, use and enjoy in their nursery and primary school years, providing an invaluable insight into the literature available.
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.
Growing Mathematical Minds is the documentation of an innovative, bi-directional process of connecting research and practice in early childhood mathematics.
Now more than ever, there is a need for early childhood professionals to comprehensively integrate trauma-sensitive practices into their work with children and families.
One of the five books in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Toolkit, this practical resource is designed to help young children understand how the brain affects ways we see and interpret the world.
In the era of globalization debate has turned to the vital need for a thorough understanding of its impact on the spirituality and health of the youth of today.
This book explores creative development in babies and shows how practitioners can support even the youngest child's natural curiosity and help them to develop their ideas, thoughts and feelings.
The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education provides an understandable and manageable exploration of the history of early childhood education in the United States.
This book considers the origins of Froebelian early childhood education providing context to the development of his theories and ideas, critically examines the key themes of this philosophy of education and explores the relevance of Froebelian practice today.
This engaging book is a comprehensive exploration of children's happiness and success covering a wide range of factors influencing positive functioning.
This essential guidebook offers creative, exciting ways for teachers to implement and support deep, authentic and transformative learning in early childhood.
This book explores boys' underachievement in literacy in early years education in Malta, using the dual lens of children's rights and postcolonial theory.
Readings for Reflective Teaching in Early Education is a unique portable library of exceptional readings drawing together seminal extracts and contemporary literature from international sources from books and journals to support both initial study and extended career-long professionalism for early years practitioners.
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.
Parents and Professionals in Early Childhood Settings addresses the complex and sometimes controversial issues that emerge from the care and education of young children.
Working with Children in Art Therapy is a collection of papers by ten art therapists working in the major child care agencies as part of a professional team.
Through personal testimonies, this book offers insights into the boarding school experiences of women and third culture kids (TCKs), examining the particular challenges for those who are sent away from their families and all that is familiar to board in a country that feels worlds away from home.
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Elementary Schools is the leadership handbook and practitioner's field guide to implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in elementary schools, leading to improved student outcomes and school safety.
The Routledge Companion to Gender and Childhood brings together scholars, practitioners, and activists to explore the diversity of children's gender identities, expressions, and embodiments across historical, geographical, and cultural contexts.
This astute book initiates a broad discussion from a variety of different disciplines about how we place children nationally, globally and within development discourses.
The importance of the early years in young children's lives and the rigid inequality in literacy achievement are a stimulating backdrop to current research in young children's language and literacy development.
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 fully revised edition of Understanding the Danish Forest School Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Danish Forest School Approach.
