Pre-school and kindergarten

Stop, Think, Act: Integrating Self-regulation in the Early Childhood Classroom offers early childhood teachers the latest research and a wide variety of hands-on activities to help children learn and practice self-regulation techniques.

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.

Many pre-service and beginning early childhood teachers question if critical literacy is do-able with young children, particularly in the current top-down educational climate.

This book answers readers' most pressing questions about exercise and physical activity and will serve as a valuable resource to anyone interested in starting and maintaining healthy habits in this important area of health.

Play, Philosophy and Performance is a cutting-edge collection of essays exploring the philosophy of play.

Currently enrolling approximately 900,000 poor children each year, Head Start has served 25 million children and their families since it was established 44 years ago.

This volume demonstrates how the social and instructional worlds that children inhabit influence their poetry writing and performances.

Aufgrund der hohen Verbreitung und ihrer zentralen Bedeutung im gesamten Lebenslauf ist die Prävention von Übergewicht bereits im Kindes- und Jugendalter von vordringlicher Public Health-Relevanz.

Pass the QTS Skills Test with Confidence is the must-have guide for all prospective trainee teachers.

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

How do you become an effective primary school teacher?

Embracing Challenges in Early Childhood Education is a key resource for early childhood educators, especially those inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach or other inquiry-based, social-constructivist models.

The Making of the Soviet Citizen (1987) examines the distinctive feature of Soviet education - the crucial importance it gives to the formation of a new type of person, the model socialist citizen.

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

Fly is sneaky and very cheeky.

Music and singing are an inherent part of children's lives and offer a wonderful opportunity to promote young children's learning and development.

First Published in 2006.

Early childhood education and care is a major policy issue for national governments and international organisations.

Bunny Visits London is the third 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.

This book has been replaced by Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Seventh Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5223-8.

Peer Relationships in Early Childhood Education and Care brings together fresh perspectives and research about young children's relationships.

This new edition of this bestselling textbook examines the key themes involved in the study of young children and childhood from a variety of disciplines and international perspectives, making essential links between theory and practice to help you apply your learning in real-life settings.

Negotiating Adult-Child Relationships in Early Childhood Research presents a substantive critique of technicist and neoliberal approaches to ethics through an exploration of the complicated and often 'messy' situations faced in negotiating relationships in research with children.

In a convenient large-size format, this book presents the first research-based, comprehensive program designed to support high school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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

This book is the first of its kind to showcase a range of fresh and expert perspectives on decolonising history education in Australia.

`As someone with an interest in emotional literacy and in developing emotional literacy work in schools, I found this book an impressive resource.

An estimated 3,500 people die every day in the UK.

Early Childhood is a complex and diverse field.

Understanding child development is crucial for all early years practitioners and a sound knowledge of children and their development underpins effective practice.

Disability and Inclusion in Early Years Education supports practitioners in understanding and implementing inclusive practice relating to disability in early years education.

Play Therapy Treatment Planning with Children and Families is a comprehensive guide that provides an integrative and prescriptive approach to creating customized treatment plans.

Parallel Learning of Reading and Writing in Early Childhood explores why it's important to provide a balanced language learning environment for young children and offers approaches for children to practice and explore language.

Narrative in the Early Years Curriculum offers a timely new perspective on the place of narrative in the early years curriculum.

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment, and the Early Years Learning Environment explores the concept of learning by presenting research and illustrations from practice on three major topics: adverse childhood experiences, attachment, and environment.

Do you want to create exciting outdoor experiences for children?

Enhance your classroom with over 200 movement-inspiring activities for children ages 4 to 8.

Winner of the ERA award for Early Years_______________On average, children from low income backgrounds enter reception with lower scores in literacy and mathematics than their peers.

This completely revised and updated second edition of Geography in the Early Years presents a lively and comprehensive overview of teaching and learning in geography.

Success at school depends on being ready for school.

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

With over 100 archival photographs and nine original, wide-ranging essays, Freud/Tiffany brings to life the fascinating intersection of psychoanalysis and education.

Used as a measure of quality in the ground-breaking Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) project, Sustained Shared Thinking is fundamental to good early years practice.

Mental health and well-being are becoming increasingly important areas of focus in education, yet schools often find themselves lacking the tools, time and resources to tackle the issues.

This book provides a reconstruction of Aristotelian character education, shedding new light on what moral character really is, and how it can be highlighted, measured, nurtured and taught in current schooling.

Why are development discourses of the 'poor child' in need of radical revision?

This book briefly outlines psychological perspectives of the values, attitudes and behaviour of parents in influencing a child's personality.

'Chris Athey has made a major contribution to our understanding of how young children think and how educators and parents can best support their learning.

Transform your home into a learning environment that rivals the best preschool classroom!