Pre-school and kindergarten

What is meant by high quality observation in the early years?

The transition to adulthood for many is mediated by class, culture, and local/global influences on identity.

The transition to adulthood for many is mediated by class, culture, and local/global influences on identity.

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

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

Urban living has dramatically changed over the past generation, refashioning children's relationships with the towns and cities in which they live, and the modes of living within them.

Urban living has dramatically changed over the past generation, refashioning children's relationships with the towns and cities in which they live, and the modes of living within them.

The use of images, particularly photography, has been steadily gaining popularity in academia, but there has not yet been a book that deals with the act and process of photo-taking in the field.

The use of images, particularly photography, has been steadily gaining popularity in academia, but there has not yet been a book that deals with the act and process of photo-taking in the field.

Children and families come in all shapes and sizes, as do members of staff.

Children and families come in all shapes and sizes, as do members of staff.

This accessible text provides an international study of critical educational leaders who established the foundation for Early Childhood Education across continents in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This accessible text provides an international study of critical educational leaders who established the foundation for Early Childhood Education across continents in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This ground-breaking handbook provides a much-needed, contemporary and authoritative reference text on young children's thinking.

This ground-breaking handbook provides a much-needed, contemporary and authoritative reference text on young children's thinking.

When the first edition of this seminal work appeared in 1990, the sociology of childhood was only just beginning to emerge as a distinct sub-discipline.

When the first edition of this seminal work appeared in 1990, the sociology of childhood was only just beginning to emerge as a distinct sub-discipline.

Understanding the Reggio Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Reggio Approach.

Understanding the Reggio Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Reggio Approach.

Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education rearticulates understandings of materials-blocks of clay, sheets of paper, brushes and paints-to formulate what happens when we think with materials and apply them to early childhood development and classrooms.

Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood Education rearticulates understandings of materials-blocks of clay, sheets of paper, brushes and paints-to formulate what happens when we think with materials and apply them to early childhood development and classrooms.

Art therapy with infants, toddlers and their families is an exciting and developing area of practice.

Art therapy with infants, toddlers and their families is an exciting and developing area of practice.

Child and Adolescent Psychology provides an accessible and thorough introduction to human development by integrating insights from typical and atypical development.

This fully revised second edition of Observing, Assessing and Planning for Children in the Early Years provides a detailed analysis of what is meant by the observation of young learners and why this is so vital to early years practitioners and students.

This fully revised second edition of Observing, Assessing and Planning for Children in the Early Years provides a detailed analysis of what is meant by the observation of young learners and why this is so vital to early years practitioners and students.

Children: Rights and Childhood is widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of children's rights.

Children: Rights and Childhood is widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of children's rights.

Previously published as The Early Years Professional's Complete Companion, this new edition has been thoroughly updated and is the essential resource for aspiring and existing leaders of early years practice.

Previously published as The Early Years Professional's Complete Companion, this new edition has been thoroughly updated and is the essential resource for aspiring and existing leaders of early years practice.

Have you ever wondered what the Montessori approach is all about and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting?

Have you ever wondered what the Montessori approach is all about and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting?

A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents.

A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents.

Historical changes in play are taking place in childhood all over the world, with the digitalisation of children's lives.

Historical changes in play are taking place in childhood all over the world, with the digitalisation of children's lives.

Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years), situated in different geographic, cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic sites on six continents, this book examines the interplay of childhoods, schooling, and, literacies.

Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years), situated in different geographic, cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic sites on six continents, this book examines the interplay of childhoods, schooling, and, literacies.

During the past 30 years, researchers have made exciting progress in the science of learning (i.

During the past 30 years, researchers have made exciting progress in the science of learning (i.

Written specifically for education studies students, this accessible text offers a clear introduction to placements and work-based learning, providing an insight into work in schools and education settings.

Recent and increasing efforts to standardize young children's academic performance have shifted the emphases of education toward normative practices and away from qualitative, substantive intentions.

Recent and increasing efforts to standardize young children's academic performance have shifted the emphases of education toward normative practices and away from qualitative, substantive intentions.

Have you ever wondered what the Steiner approach is all about, where it comes from and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting?

Have you ever wondered what the Steiner approach is all about, where it comes from and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting?

If young children are to flourish and become happy, confident and motivated learners, they need to develop in an environment that gives them the opportunities and freedom to play and learn, along with the support of parents and practitioners who are flourishing themselves.

If young children are to flourish and become happy, confident and motivated learners, they need to develop in an environment that gives them the opportunities and freedom to play and learn, along with the support of parents and practitioners who are flourishing themselves.

Philosophical Perspectives on Play builds on the disciplinary and paradigmatic bridges constructed between the study of philosophy and play in The Philosophy of Play (Routledge, 2013) to develop a richer understanding of the concept and nature of play and its relation to human life and value.

Philosophical Perspectives on Play builds on the disciplinary and paradigmatic bridges constructed between the study of philosophy and play in The Philosophy of Play (Routledge, 2013) to develop a richer understanding of the concept and nature of play and its relation to human life and value.

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