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This book draws on the perspectives of leading German scholars to provide a systematic overview of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Germany, furthering international understanding of the complexities involved in ECEC topics in Germany.

In the recent years 'safeguarding' measures to ensure the health and wellbeing of all children has become an increasing focus in the early years.

Toddlerhood, the age from 12 months to 3 years, is the most fertile time of life for acquiring and understanding the elements of language.

The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature is a vibrant and authoritative exploration of children's literature in all its manifestations.

A key issue for researchers and practitioners is how to support the social engagement of children with autism in ordinary, everyday social processes that are transactional in nature and involve mixed groups of children, with and without autism, in rich and varied relationships.

This edited volume promotes the capacity for critical thinking and judgement in primary school-aged children in the face of the challenges that schools encounter in today's society.

Children ages three to eight can make unique presents for moms, dads, grandparents, friends, teachers all of the special people in their lives!

What are the risks and benefits of non-parental care for young children?

Bringing different cultural perspectives on creativity with them, teachers and children in two early childhood education sites in Aotearoa New Zealand were using museum visits as jumping off places to hone their creative capacity building.

In this book Chris Jenks looks at what the ways in which we construct our image of childhood can tell us about ourselves.

'I recommend this book to anyone wishing to help children learn.

The problem of boys' underachievement is an issue across the entire developed world and has presented teachers and early years practitioners with challenges as well as opportunities.

Children and adolescents with moderate and severe disabilities often have communication challenges that lead them to use problem behavior to convey their desires.

The Teacher and the Teenage Brain is essential reading for all teachers and students of education.

This informative book brings together theory, research and practice examples of creativity in primary schools, providing a scholarly yet accessible introduction.

A must-read for anyone working within education or intellectual development, Educating the Developing Mind introduces and integrates classical and modern research with the theory of the developing mind, creating a robust theory of learning and instruction.

Offering an overview of the major fields in literacy studies, this book presents a detailed and accessible discussion of key theories and their relevance in the primary classroom.

Winner of the 2022 Book Award of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Gareth B.

Coding as a Playground, Second Edition focuses on how young children (aged 7 and under) can engage in computational thinking and be taught to become computer programmers, a process that can increase both their cognitive and social-emotional skills.

This book will help you to understand what works for the growing brain, and (even more important) what doesn't!

Learning to Trust describes a constructivist approach to classroom management and discipline that was developed by the Child Development Project, a multiyear research and development project that applied attachment theory, care, and self-determination theories to the elementary school classroom.

Play for Health Across the Lifespan uses case studies to explore the impact of play and creativity on health and wellbeing throughout the lifecycle.

For effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the illustrated picture book Harry's Story.

Erzieherinnen werden in ihrer Ausbildung kaum hinreichend auf Aufgaben vorbereitet, die sie bei der Übernahme einer Leitungsfunktion erwarten.

"e;This should be essential reading for anyone involved in the training and professional development of early years practitioners.

Poor literacy skills have been shown to have profound effect on the life chances of children and young people.

Das Buch schlägt in gut lesbarer Form einen Bogen von den Grundlagen der Neurowissenschaften zu den Aufgaben und Vermittlungsprinzipien der Pädagogik im Elementarbereich.

Adults and children write to communicate ideas, to share information, and to record events.

_______________The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5.

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies.

Completely revised with the latest research and clinical strategies, this is the authoritative volume on Asperger syndrome (now part of DSM-5 autism spectrum disorder).

Sandra Smidt takes the reader on a journey through the key concepts of Lev Vygotsky, one of the twentieth century's most influential theorists in the field of early education.

The most rapid and significant phase of development occurs in the first three years of a child's life.

Every early years practitioner should be able to captivate and maintain the interest of young children in their setting, through the provision of a playful learning experience.

This book explores how we can better understand and support children's learning identity as artists.

Dr Eva Johansson is Professor of Education at the Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Stavanger, Norway.

As parents, we are the earth from which our children grow.

Playing at the water table is fun.

Now in a fully updated second edition, The Student Practitioner in Early Childhood Studies provides accessible support and guidance for early childhood studies students in higher education who may have little, if any, experience of relating to young children in the early years foundation stage (EYFS) and key stage 1.

_______________ The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5.

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

Much more than simply recording events, pedagogical documentation is a revolutionary educational approach that enables practitioners to capture and understand the ways in which children learn and think.

Poetry can enable learners to engage, learn and have fun, whatever their cognitive, linguistic or social levels and this book provides a great many examples of how this might be achieved.

This leading resource is a specifically designed curriculum for family child-care providers.

Resource books often provide tips and tricks for managing challenging behaviors, but what happens when those tactics dont work?

This engagingly written, research- and practice-based book defines how art teachers can build on students' creative initiatives without depending on adult-imposed lesson plans and school requirements.

First published in 1998, this volume is based upon an ethnographic study of white and black in a mixed comprehensive school conducted during the 1980s and explores differentiation in the classroom, looking at gender, colour and class differences within groups of students.

Nurturing Young Thinkers Across the Standards: K-2 provides multiple practical resources to assist teachers in working with standards across subject areas in ways that bring critical thinking into the everyday process of learning content and skills.