Pre-school and kindergarten

'If outdoor activities with young children have always baffled you, then this is the book for you.

Mathematics is a subject held in high esteem around the world, yet the teaching and learning of mathematics is rarely viewed as good enough and many find the subject difficult to comprehend, or engage with.

Your teacher training or professional development course will now probably include Masters level assessment and credits as teaching 'becomes an M-level profession' and a greater emphasis is placed on helping teachers develop deeper understandings about aspects of learning and teaching through a higher level of critical reflection.

In den Schulen steigt die Zahl der Schüler, die trotz ausreichender Intelligenz Lese- und Rechtschreibschwierigkeiten sowie Rechenschwäche zeigen.

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

Das EMK-Förderprogramm erlaubt eine gezielte Förderung emotionaler Kompetenzen bei Vorschulkindern im Alter von drei bis sechs Jahren.

The Student Teacher's Handbook, Fourth Edition is a practical, user-friendly text that employs scientific research, sound advice, and student journal entries to encourage, sustain, and challenge the readers to function at their best during the crucial days of student teaching.

This book discusses the issues of equity-based education in India and advocates for providing fair and inclusive system of education.

This pioneering volume provides a thorough understanding of children's spirituality from a holistic development perspective and explores the ways early childhood educators can nurture spirituality in the secular classroom.

What do you get when you combine a large appliance box, a garbage bag, tape, a craft knife, and markers?

Loris Malaguzzi was one of the most important figures in 20th century early childhood education, achieving world-wide recognition for his educational ideas and his role in the creation of municipal schools for young children in the Italian city of Reggio Emilia, the most successful example ever of progressive, democratic and public education.

Early childhood education is critical for preparing children for success in formal school settings, and as such, is a major concern throughout the world.

Young children are naturally interested in the patterns and processes occurring in the world around them.

This book argues that supporting a child's learning in primary school is more about nurturing their dispositions than continually assessing their performance.

Teaching Children with Challenging Behaviors provides early childhood educators with a guide to developmentally appropriate practice for working with children who exhibit challenging behaviors, as well as perspectives for experienced teachers to reflect upon best practices in today's complex world.

In recent years, new discourses have emerged to inform the philosophy and pedagogy of early childhood.

'This Handbook offers diverse perspectives from scholars across the globe who help us see play in new ways.

In this significantly revised second edition of Bronwyn Hayward's acclaimed book Children Citizenship and Environment, she examines how students, with teachers, parents, and other activists, can learn to take effective action to confront the complex drivers of the current climate crisis including: economic and social injustice, colonialism and racism.

This volume adopts a holistic approach and focuses on the child with special educational needs as an active learner, rather than on how to cope with a disability.

How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "e;expertise.

There are so many fun things to do in Mr.

Although most children learn language relatively quickly, as many as 10 per cent of them are slow to start speaking and are said to have developmental language disorder (DLD).

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

The field of reading is a compelling one, characterised by many debates and discussions.

Globally, Early Years policies and documents have set out aspirational outcomes and benefits for children, their families and the wider society.

What do children need to learn first?

Building on the successful 'spirals' programme this series of books addresses language development in the three core areas of the curriculum.

This important and engaging guide details best practices for supporting the exploration and expression of gender in early years contexts.

A winner in the Happy & Healthy category of the 2018 Teach Early Years Awards.

Covering all the key themes, different theoretical views and approaches to studying childhood and early childhood, this book guides you through your course, telling you exactly what is expected of you throughout your studies.

The famous Brazilian educator Paulo Freire has influenced educators, teachers and students in a broad tapestry of contexts and countries, as he challenged conventional thinking on how teachers ought to teach and learners ought to learn.

Using Social Emotional Learning to Prevent School Violence is an essential resource that seeks to close the existing gap in literature on ways to mitigate school violence, as well as to advocate for the integration of social emotional learning in schools.

'This book will be an invaluable resource for pre-service early childhood educators as they prepare not only for their placements but also their future careers.

Language and communication skills are a key foundation of child development.

This exciting new book celebrates, interrogates and re-imagines the complex and demanding role of the Early Childhood Practitioner.

An astute exploration of the complexities of working and learning in the field of Early Childhood Education and Care, Professor Helen Penn tells of her experiences of working as a teacher, social worker, campaigner, researcher and writer, and so reflects on the perennial and complex issues which shape this expanding field.

Museums, Children and Social Action examines the role that museums play in reaching, teaching and inspiring children as global citizens of the world and, looking to the future, argues that the sustainability of museums will come from strengthening relationships with young visitors.

Despite vast possible differences across geographic locations, cultural practices, community values, and curricular priorities, there are everyday events that are intimately familiar in the context of early childhood care and education centres.

At time children are unable or unwilling to access or engage with emotional and mental health support services.

Following substantial changes throughout the Australian education system, primary schools are no longer in the protected position of having a regulated flow of clients, a pre-determined curriculum and marginal levels of staff development.

Children are naturally interested in their world.

This book presents a detailed ethnographic study conducted in an urban slum in India.

Die Beiträge in diesem Buch beinhalten neue Erkenntnisse und Ideen zu der Frage, was Vorschulkinder tun, was sie denken, fühlen und sprechen.

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

Exploring Key Issues in Early Childhood and Technology offers early childhood allies, both in the classroom and out, a cutting-edge overview of the most important topics related to technology and media use in the early years.

The place of religious education in the elementary curriculum is an ambiguous one for many teachers.

This book provides a fresh perspective on recent debates around integrating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education in early childhood.

The Routledge International Handbook of Learning with Technology in Early Childhood focuses specifically on the most cutting-edge, innovative and international approaches in the study of children's use of and learning with digital technologies.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to theories of development and learning in early childhood and primary education.

This book aims to address some of the aspects of primary physical education about which there is currently a dearth of high quality texts.