Pre-school and kindergarten

The matter of simply living together, on both a global and a local scale, is complicated by the cultural, economic, religious, technological, and ecological challenges that we face in today's world.

The Datafication of Primary and Early Years Education explores and critically analyses the growing dominance of data in schools and early childhood education settings.

The Datafication of Primary and Early Years Education explores and critically analyses the growing dominance of data in schools and early childhood education settings.

In a clear and easy-to-understand style, BEGINNINGS AND BEYOND: FOUNDATIONS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, 10th Edition lays out basic questions any student of early childhood education -- including you -- would want answered.

Thoughtful and comprehensive, DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICE: CURRICULUM AND DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY EDUCATION, 6th Edition, is designed to meet the needs of new early childhood students as well as experienced teachers, professionals, and parents.

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Widely regarded as the authoritative work on the principles and practice of applied behavior analysis (ABA), this indispensable volume is now in a revised and expanded second edition.

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION FOR THE YOUNG CHILD, 9th Edition, covers contemporary health, safety, and nutrition needs of infant through school-age children--and guides teachers in implementing effective classroom practices--in one comprehensive, full-color volume.

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Early Mathematical Explorations shows readers how to provide young children with rich mathematical learning environments and experiences.

Early Mathematical Explorations shows readers how to provide young children with rich mathematical learning environments and experiences.

A 2014 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12!

This edited volume draws from a special issue published in the Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Education to explore children's perceptions, experiences, and handling of anti-racism approaches in the contexts of teaching, learning, and parenting.

The new go-to text for Early Childhood Studies, this comprehensive book provides an essential introduction to the field.

Supporting Early Mathematical Development is an essential text for current Early Years practitioners and students, offering an excellent blend of theory and practice that will enable you to provide successful mathematical education for children from birth to eight years old.

Supporting Early Mathematical Development is an essential text for current Early Years practitioners and students, offering an excellent blend of theory and practice that will enable you to provide successful mathematical education for children from birth to eight years old.

For early childhood classrooms - where curriculum is increasingly shaped by standards and teachers are pressed for time - Beyond Early Literacy offers a literacy method that goes beyond simply developing language arts skills.

For early childhood classrooms - where curriculum is increasingly shaped by standards and teachers are pressed for time - Beyond Early Literacy offers a literacy method that goes beyond simply developing language arts skills.

This book explores the contribution of and art and creativity to early education, and examines the role of the atelier (an arts workshop in a school) and atelierista (an educator with an arts background) in the pioneering pre-schools of Reggio Emilia.

This book explores the contribution of and art and creativity to early education, and examines the role of the atelier (an arts workshop in a school) and atelierista (an educator with an arts background) in the pioneering pre-schools of Reggio Emilia.

Young People, Place and Identity offers a series of rich insights into young people's everyday lives.

Young People, Place and Identity offers a series of rich insights into young people's everyday lives.

Sandra Smidt sets out to explain what play is and why it is so important as one of the key ways of learning, particularly - but not solely - for young children.

Sandra Smidt sets out to explain what play is and why it is so important as one of the key ways of learning, particularly - but not solely - for young children.

This richly detailed description and analysis of exemplary teaching in the primary grades looks at how a teacher establishes her classroom as a collaborative learning community, how she plans curriculum and instruction that features powerful ideas and applications to life outside of school, and how, working within this context, she motivates her students to learn with a sense of purpose and thoughtful self-regulation.

This richly detailed description and analysis of exemplary teaching in the primary grades looks at how a teacher establishes her classroom as a collaborative learning community, how she plans curriculum and instruction that features powerful ideas and applications to life outside of school, and how, working within this context, she motivates her students to learn with a sense of purpose and thoughtful self-regulation.

Have you ever wondered what High/Scope is, where it came from, and how it can be used with young children in your setting?

Have you ever wondered what High/Scope is, where it came from, and how it can be used with young children in your setting?

What effects do space and time have on classroom management, discipline, and regulation?

What effects do space and time have on classroom management, discipline, and regulation?

A Guide to Teaching Practice is the major standard text for all students on initial teacher training courses in the UK.

A Guide to Teaching Practice is the major standard text for all students on initial teacher training courses in the UK.

This book uniquely describes the work of two Early Years Professionals, drawing on their narrative accounts as they robustly describe and analyse their work with young children.

This book uniquely describes the work of two Early Years Professionals, drawing on their narrative accounts as they robustly describe and analyse their work with young children.

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

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

Designed to be a one-stop-shop to meet the needs of local communities, Children's Centres represent a revolutionary shift in the way children's services are delivered to families.

Designed to be a one-stop-shop to meet the needs of local communities, Children's Centres represent a revolutionary shift in the way children's services are delivered to families.

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

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

Rising exclusion rates indicate the continuing marginalisation of many young people in education in the UK.

Rising exclusion rates indicate the continuing marginalisation of many young people in education in the UK.

Children's everyday drawing and writing are paradoxical: charmingly engaging, yet seemingly unremarkable in their ordinariness.

Children's everyday drawing and writing are paradoxical: charmingly engaging, yet seemingly unremarkable in their ordinariness.

In this accessible and thought-provoking text, the author examines the behaviour of babies and young children in a developmental context, and takes into account the shifts and changes over time as young children grow and mature.