Pre-school and kindergarten

International Thinking on Children in Museums introduces current research, theory, and practice about young learners in museums around the world.

Child development laboratory schools are found on college and university campuses throughout the U.

Now in its fourth edition, formerly published as How to Manage Communication Problems in Young Children, this invaluable guide to understanding and helping children whose speech and/or language is delayed or impaired has been completely revised and updated, and provides readers with: Practical advice on how to recognise communication problems Strategies for supporting children with speech, language and communication needs Best practice guide for parents and professionals working in partnership Contributions from a wide-range of specialist speech and language therapists Reflecting new developments and current practice, this book is of interest to parents, early years' practitioners, students in education and speech and language therapy, and anyone interested in pursuing a career with young children in the foundation years.

Die Schuleingangsdiagnostik hat im deutschen Sprachraum eine lange Tradition.

"e;This book is a valuable contribution to the creation of a more critical and theoretically diverse approach to early childhood policy and practice.

Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking present a ground-breaking account of teaching phonics, reading, and writing.

In this book, I share with you an alternative to the 'school' of today.

`This book gives a thorough, detailed account of mentoring, with accompanying case studies which will be invaluable to anyone undertaking the role.

Applied Theatre with Youth is a collection of essays that highlight the value and efficacy of applied theatre with young people in a broad range of settings, addressing challenges and offering concrete solutions.

Written to explain why children need to play and offering practical guidance on how to best support children's development through play, this fully updated third edition includes a wealth of new information to reflect recent changes in the curriculum and early years qualifications.

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

The concept of self-esteem is a fixture in the psychological and moral landscape of American society.

With over sixty-five hands-on art, science, and outside play activity ideas for creating engaging environments both at home and in early childhood and school-age care programs, The Ooey Gooey Handbook is a must-have resource for everyone who spends time with children.

On its 30th anniversary, public acceptance of Head Start is high, yet understanding of its goals is low, and evaluation research is limited in quality and scope.

Nursery World Awards 2012 winner!

This concise guide introduces the importance of executive function for social and emotional well-being and effective learning.

Teachers from around the globe contributed their favorite activities that they use in the classroom, all focused on topics that teachers use every day!

This exciting and inspiring text offers easy-to-implement strategies and tools to improve teacher well-being in schools.

Teachers from around the globe contributed their favorite activities that they use in the classroom, all focused on topics that teachers use every day!

In its discussion of the three levels of teaching and learning - whole school philosophy, classroom policy and specific teaching frameworks - Educating Young Children, originally published in 1992, addresses the twin themes of teacher ethics and pedagogic theory.

Preschoolers are constantly using their bodies to play and learn, whether you encourage activity or not.

Small-scale Research in Primary Schools provides guidance and inspiration for students and practitioners undertaking practical investigations and workplace enquiry in the primary school.

Waldpädagogik ist ganzheitliches Lehren und Lernen im Lebensraum Wald und ein wertvoller Ansatz für die Arbeit mit Menschen aller Altersgruppen.

There are many more children with learning differences and difficulties in our schools today.

Cultural diversity is no longer the exception in kindergartens today, but rather a lived and experienced reality.

Stories, Pictures and Reality follows two children as they work out the reality status of stories and pictures, with a daily parent-observer record from the birth of the first child until the second is eight, a span of eleven years in all.

The Practical Guide to Quality Child Care is a uniquely comprehensive manual for administrators who manage child care facilities.

In the past several years, models of multi-tiered service delivery have emerged as a framework for supporting the needs of school-aged children in schools across the country and have received much attention in scholarly publications of education and related fields.

The development of new policy on the British Values and the Prevent Duty in the early years has raised many questions about appropriate implementation.

Aiming to make Early Years management ideas easy to grasp, this series breaks down the jargon and provides accessible practical advice.

A guide for families in teaching infants through age 8, this insightful book showcases how both parents and grandparents can support greater family success, and how creative collaboration can produce benefits for each generation.

RIGOROUS DAP in the Early Years: From Theory to Practice provides teachers with a roadmap for teaching that helps children meet academic expectations and maintains focus on the appropriate development of the whole child.

In preschool, children encounter their first experiences in forming and joining social groups outside their family.

Teaching STEM to young children is about more than helping them learn their numbers and facts.

The role, relationships and responsibilities of the traditional 'nursery nurse' have changed markedly within the last 20 years, demanding a high level of skill, knowledge and understanding which pertains to formal international standards.

Young Children's Social Emotional Learning: The COPE-Resilience Program is a manual that is designed to support early childhood educators in the delivery of the COPE Resilience (COPE-R) program, an evidence-based program designed to teach empathy, resilience and prosocial skills to children.

Knowledge under Construction investigates how young children develop spatial, geometric, and scientific thinking skills-particularly those associated with architecture.

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume.

Using creative and performative methods is central to engaging children in fun and inspiring learning.

This book brings together influential scholars of social and emotional learning (SEL) to discuss current issues in the field.

Forest School continues to grow and develop, both in the UK and internationally.

Beyond Piggy Banks is written for you: the loving, responsible and overworked parents of young children.

Environments are a complex interaction of physical elements, including sensory components, design and organization, aesthetics, nurturing attributes, and pedagogical resources.

The movement to connect young children with nature continues to grow, as more parents and educators become passionate about bringing learning outdoors and letting children explore outside the bounds of traditional lessons.

'Developing Early Literacy presents an interesting range of literacy-related topics which address issues of current importance to early years practice and, in places, question current thinking.

One of the five books in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Teacher Toolkit for teachers and other professionals working with children, this practical resource focuses on the topic of 'Emotional Literacy' and how to support children and young people on a journey of self-discovery where they learn to recognise, understand, share and manage a range of emotions.

`This book is a welcome contribution to the literature available for early years practitioners.