Schools and pre-schools

Lightbulb moments for you and your pupilsThis book explores the 'big ideas' in maths to helptrainee teachersconfidently teach the curriculum in a way that engages children and focuses on understanding, rather than memory, for those lightbulb moments.

The Association for Science Education Book Award 2016, Finalist.

The Association for Science Education Book Award 2016, Finalist.

This new edition of the much-loved Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy has been revised and updated to retain its cutting-edge focus on emergent and important areas of research.

How do we know what works in primary schools?

How do we know what works in primary schools?

Language and communication are essential in the classroom: essential in children's learning, essential in teachers' communication with children, and essential in children's understanding of themselves and their world.

Language and communication are essential in the classroom: essential in children's learning, essential in teachers' communication with children, and essential in children's understanding of themselves and their world.

The Reception Year is a special time for children and their teachers.

The Reception Year is a special time for children and their teachers.

"e;Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom provides an excellent and very accessible overview of the emerging field of character education.

"e;Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom provides an excellent and very accessible overview of the emerging field of character education.

Previously known as Baldock: Understanding Early Years Policy is in its Fourth Edition.

Previously known as Baldock: Understanding Early Years Policy is in its Fourth Edition.

What do you need to know to teach computing in primary schools?

What do you need to know to teach computing in primary schools?

Shortlisted for Best Professional Book by Nursery World Awards 2017!

Shortlisted for Best Professional Book by Nursery World Awards 2017!

How can you help children to develop a love of reading and books?

How can you help children to develop a love of reading and books?

Teaching primary computing without computers?

A beautiful full-colour book by Forest School expert and teacher Sara Knight that inspires and encourages individuals of all ages to take an innovative approach to outdoor play and learning.

Leadership in the early years is about using your knowledge, skills, personality and experience to positively influence practice.

Why should we foster creativity in primary English?

This book provides an overview essential for a proper understanding of effective approaches to PSHE education in secondary education and the valuable role it can play in promoting the health and wellbeing of adolescents.

Lightbulb moments for you and your pupilsThis book explores the 'big ideas' in maths to helptrainee teachersconfidently teach the curriculum in a way that engages children and focuses on understanding, rather than memory, for those lightbulb moments.

Teaching primary computing without computers?

A beautiful full-colour book by Forest School expert and teacher Sara Knight that inspires and encourages individuals of all ages to take an innovative approach to outdoor play and learning.

Leadership in the early years is about using your knowledge, skills, personality and experience to positively influence practice.

Why should we foster creativity in primary English?

The new edition of this bestselling textbook continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, and is the ideal companion for anyone undertaking any Early Years or Early Childhood Studies course, or those working towards Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS).

The new edition of this bestselling textbook continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, and is the ideal companion for anyone undertaking any Early Years or Early Childhood Studies course, or those working towards Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS).

Every primary school teacher needs to ensure that they meet the criteria set out in the Teachers' Standards.

Every primary school teacher needs to ensure that they meet the criteria set out in the Teachers' Standards.

How do people become effective teachers?

How do people become effective teachers?

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

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

Do you need good leaders to achieve good quality or does good quality create good leadership?

Do you need good leaders to achieve good quality or does good quality create good leadership?

Who was right about gravity - Aristotle or Galileo?

Who was right about gravity - Aristotle or Galileo?

Focusing on the early philosophies of learning and key behavioural, cognitive, and social theorists, including Locke, Rousseau, Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky, Bandura, Bronfenbrenner & Bruner, this popular book provides a comprehensive overview of children's learning.

Focusing on the early philosophies of learning and key behavioural, cognitive, and social theorists, including Locke, Rousseau, Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky, Bandura, Bronfenbrenner & Bruner, this popular book provides a comprehensive overview of children's learning.

For students of Early Childhood Studies, questions are as important as answers.

For students of Early Childhood Studies, questions are as important as answers.

Movement-play, put simply, is encouraging physical activity in a child-led manner for the benefit of children's health, learning and wellbeing.

Movement-play, put simply, is encouraging physical activity in a child-led manner for the benefit of children's health, learning and wellbeing.

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.

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.