Pre-school and kindergarten

Learning to closely observe children requires commitment to systematic study and ongoing practice.

Examine the work of five groundbreaking education theoristsJohn Dewey, Maria Montessori, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotskyin relation to early childhood.

More than 75 empowering and healing classroom activitiesChildren living with uncertainty and insecurity often have difficulty focusing on learning.

Explore the unique and expansive learning opportunities offered by gardening with childrenGardens are where childrens imaginations engage nature, and the result is joyful learning.

A strong comprehension of early childhood theory is fundamental to early childhood educators' abilities to make informed decisions about the ways they support children's development and learning.

Learn how to reach children who need special help.

Filled with information to effectively market a family child care program and maximize enrollment and income, Family Child Care Marketing Guide provides dozens of marketing tips and inexpensive ideas.

Rethinking Nutrition provides science- and practice-based information to meet young children's nutritional and developmental needs and establish healthy patterns with food.

Making the transition into kindergarten is a significant and exciting milestone in young children's lives.

Inspires early childhood educators to use innovative practices through stories from real teachers who use emergent curriculum in their classrooms.

Make the complex task of creating a child-centered curriculum easier with the practical guidelines and ideas in this updated and expanded handbook.

Help children participate in purposeful play to promote the development of a number of important skills.

Many curriculum books treat teaching as something teachers do to or for children.

The outdoors is full of rich learning experiences for preschool and pre-kindergarten children.

More than one hundred math activities for young children that incorporate early learning standards.

An inspiring and practical guide to creating a larger vision in early child care, this popular professional development tool has been thoroughly revised and offers a concrete framework for organizing an early childhood center director's ideas and work.

"e;Roots and Wings will open doors to beginners in cultural diversity education, and will enrich the more experienced readers.

Learning to Lead combines theory and practice with important topics such as human development, diversity, anti-bias, and social change.

All childcare professionals were children once, and how their parents responded to their emotional expressions affects how they respond to emotional expressions by children in their own care.

What do you really know about how children learn?

Get prepared to teach in a child-care or preschool setting with The Everything Book for Child Care and Preschool!

Encourage a love of learning in students in grades PK-1 with Early Learning Thematic Lesson Plans!

Learning your ABCs has never been so much fun!

STEM Made Simple introduces early childhood educators to the exciting world of STEM.

Ditch the behavioral charts and start teaching for universal success Disinterested students and behavioral problems are all too common in schools.

Taking a rights-based approach to the interdependence of play and health in childhood, this text argues that the child's right to health and development cannot be satisfied without also the fulfillment of their right to play.

Introduction to Early Childhood Education provides current and future educators with a highly readable, comprehensive overview of the field.

Introduction to Early Childhood Education provides current and future educators with a highly readable, comprehensive overview of the field.

This book wants your kids to learn how to count using their bare body parts - fingers and toes.

When a child first learns to count, he/she would use the resources already available - the hands and toes.

Should counting be learned through books or through actual examples?

In the updated third edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride looks at reading and writing development and impairment across a range of languages, scripts, and contexts.

A majority of states used funding from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) in fiscal year 2017 to entirely or mostly support 7 of 10 major state child care activities.

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Children have a lot in common with flowers: To blossom, they must be properly nurtured; they all have different needs; and their differences make each one more beautiful.

This accessible guide to child development is for students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early Years, Early Childhood Studies and related disciplines and for early years practitioners.

This accessible guide to child development is for students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early Years, Early Childhood Studies and related disciplines and for early years practitioners.

If you work in the early years, you have probably heard of Montessori and Bronfenbrenner - but have you heard of Bavolek or Fisher?

If you work in the early years, you have probably heard of Montessori and Bronfenbrenner - but have you heard of Bavolek or Fisher?

This essential text supports students to develop their understanding of children and young people with special educational, and additional support needs.

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

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

Making a play-based curriculum work in early years settings.

This book is a concise and accessible guide to observation as a tool for supporting learning for children aged 0 - 5.

This book supports students of Early Childhood Studies, Early Years and related disciplines to understand self-regulation in the early years.

The world of education is an amazing and rewarding world to be in, but there is a sense among many that work within it that there is something not quite right, that all is not well.

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

This essential text supports students to develop their understanding of children and young people with special educational, and additional support needs.

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

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