Pre-school and kindergarten

The Neuroscience of the Developing Child informs Early Years (EY) students, practitioners and parents about the fundamental importance of self-regulation (SR) as a critical skill for young children to develop if they are to go on to lead happy and fulfilled lives.

This book offers an engaging exploration of artistic expression in early childhood education.

'The authors who have contributed to this book bring a wealth of expertise and a wide range of research findings.

'I would recommend this book to students and trainees who wish to extend their knowledge and understanding of early years practice beyond level 3.

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.

This book presents a range of perspectives on the way language, diversity, and identity are reflected in New Zealand children's literature, based on the published research of Nicola Daly, an associate professor in the Division of Education of the University of Waikato, and her colleagues.

This volume adds in important ways to understanding the power and complexity of the forces in the lives of children that impact their literacy learning.

This book provides a fresh approach to motivation in primary school children by exploring the role of metaphor and symbol in language and art as a means of expressing insights developed through learning.

Educators have for many years sought to understand why boys underperform in schools and what can be done about it.

Pass the QTS Skills Test with Confidence is the must-have guide for all prospective trainee teachers.

Children are expected to read, write, count, and sit still at younger and younger ages.

Develop your understanding and skills with this textbook endorsed by CACHE for the new qualification.

This book shows how adults can bring rhymes and stories to life with young children and support children's early steps in communication and literacy.

The importance of the early years in young children's lives and the rigid inequality in literacy achievement are a stimulating backdrop to current research in young children's language and literacy development.

If the timing is right, the learning that occurs in the first five years can be a gold mine, promoting valuable cognitive and physical development that lasts a lifetime.

Wie können Gespräche mit Kindern gelingen?

First published in 1979, this book considers the culture of a multi-racial community through the eyes of six children about to start school.

This sequel to the bestselling Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories reveals the positive impact the storytelling and story acting curriculum of Vivian Gussin Paley has on young children's literacy, communication and confidence.

The Holistic Care and Development of Children from Birth to Three provides students and practitioners with the knowledge and understanding they need to meet the complex needs of babies and toddlers.

The sexuality of young people arouses controversy and remains a source of concern for parents, teachers, policy-makers and politicians.

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.

Crayons and iPads examines the use of digital technology in the early stages of child development, and the way in which learning techniques have evolved in classrooms across the world.

Activities to help children learn lifelong healthy habits, understand how their bodies work, and how to care for their bodies.

Are all children treated equally in your class?

In this highly practical book, Rona Tutt and Paul Williams explore how schools and other educational settings can provide students with the right environment to support their emotional wellbeing and hence to maximise their learning potential.

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

Strong basic language skills are the foundation on which successful future learning is built.

Emergent Science is essential reading for anyone involved in supporting scientific learning and development with young children aged between birth and 8.

Originally published in 1984, this is a study of the kings and the aristocracy who ruled England between the Conquest and the Reformation.

The Clemsons' clear and readable book takes the reader from debates about how children learn and what children know and can do when they start school; through to a discussion of how mathematics can be managed, assessed and evaluated in the school and classroom.

Becoming a Digital Parent is a practical, readable guide that will help all parents have confidence to successfully navigate technology with their children.

Are children playing less than they used to?

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

Developmental and Educational Psychology for Teachers brings together a range of evidence drawn from psychology to answer a number of critical educational questions, from basic questions of readiness - for example, when is a child ready for school, through to more complex matters, such as how does a teacher understand and promote good peer relationships in their classroom?

Everything you need to know about Learning Theories in Early Childhood practice.

Here is an easy-to-read and inspiring text that explores the nature of young people and the effects traditional discipline strategies have on them.

77 praktische Projektkarten für eine ganzheitliche UmweltpädagogikMit viel Spaß erkunden Kinder ihre Umwelt und lernen, achtsam mit ihr umzugehen und sie zu schützen.

Curriculum in Early Childhood Education: Re-examined, Reclaimed, Renewed critically and thoroughly examines key questions, aims, and approaches in early childhood curricula.

Practicing counselors, psychologists, social workers, and graduate students emerging into mental health professions are often faced with complex cases that do not conform neatly to theoretical textbooks.

This new text is the only resource out there to address the needs of todays early years students/trainees and support them through every stage of the early years research process.

With so many new education technologies being developed and made available to schools, how do teachers ensure they select resources that enhance inclusive teaching in the classroom?

Posthuman research playspaces: Climate child imaginaries addresses the need for new forms of climate change education that are responsive to the rapidly changing material conditions of children's socioecological worlds.

Why are adolescent girls prone to depression, eating disorders, addictions and suicide attempts than ever before?

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to emotions, temperament, personality, moral, prosocial and antisocial development in childhood and adolescence.

This innovative book helps K6 teachers infuse the entire school day with research-based literacy best practices.

Over the past few decades, a growing body of literature has developed which examines children's perspectives of their own lives, viewing them as social actors and experts in their understanding of the world.

All children require nurturing and stimulating learning environments, but typical early childhood classrooms should be modified for children with special needs.