Preschool Kindergarten category: 2281 books
by Sean MacBlain
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Understanding How Children Learn is a vital part of working with children. Every child is unique and understanding differences in learning helps all to benefit.
This book goes beyond simply understanding the work of key theorists and the various theories of learning to recognise what learning...
by Janet Rose, Sue Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
This book focuses on clarifying the adult role in early childhood education & care amongst new initiatives in the current context.
Developmental Psychology and Early Childhood Education
A Guide for Students and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The importance of high quality early childhood education is now universally recognised, and this quality crucially depends upon the practitioners who work with our young children, and their deep understanding of how children develop and learn. This book makes a vital contribution to this understanding,...
Play and Learning in the Early Years
From Research to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Providing high quality play experiences is an essential part of good early years education, but this can pose a challenge for practitioners who face pressure from a more didactic primary curriculum, and from parents worried that their children will fail to acquire essential skills and knowledge.
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Psychological Perspectives on Early Childhood Education
Reframing Dilemmas in Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
The field of early childhood education and the science of psychology have a long and closely intertwined history. The study of young children's learning within school contexts provides a test of developmental theory while at the same time identifies the limits of psychology for informing practice....
Pivotal Research in Early Literacy
Foundational Studies and Current Practices
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
This reader-friendly text examines the key foundational studies in early literacy. It addresses such essential questions as how research informs current practices and where the field still needs to go to provide the best learning opportunities for all children. Each chapter describes the methods and...
Leading and Supporting Early Years Teams
A practical guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
How a staff team works together and how effective and cohesive they are impacts significantly on the children that they care for as well as having implications for the general early years practice and the success of the business of the setting. Drawing together theory and practice this book provides...
Play
The Foundation that Supports the House of Higher Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Playing is vital to the social, physical, cognitive, and spiritual development of young children. Yet cries for more "academic preschools" and demands for "higher test scores" are forcing play out of many early childhood environments. Play will show early childhood educators what...
The Tao of Montessori
Reflections on Compassionate Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2007
"If, like some, you regret that Montessori too rarely in her writings appreciated the humanity of teachers-their creativity, their curiosity, their doubts-this book stands as the perfect complement."-Jola-Montessori.com
Evocative and unique, The Tao of Montessori offers a quiet balance...
Helping with Behaviour
Establishing the Positive and Addressing the Difficult in the Early Years
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2005
This book shows how to establish good practice in early years settings so that all children are supported in developing positive interactions with one another.
With limited material available for practitioners in this area, Sue Roffey explains the features of an 'emotionally literate' environment...
The Ooey Gooey® Handbook
Identifying and Creating Child-Centered Environments
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Lisa Murphy and her company, Ooey Gooey, Inc., are well-known across the early childhood field. Lisa is on the road about 300 days a year doing workshops and conferences both domestically and internationally—and she can pack auditoriums built to hold 5,000. She is an excellent promoter of her books.
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Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies
Applying Post-Structural Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2005
The theories and analyses of post-structural thinkers such as Michel Foucault can seem a long way from practice in early childhood services. In recent years, however, many early childhood researchers and practitioners have found this work important and this fascinating book brings together a range...
by David Blundell
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
How do we understand children and young people's lives in ways that do not rely on nostalgic romantic ideals or demonising prejudices? Can the geographical concepts of space, place and spatiality enhance our understanding of childhood and how children experience their lives as social actors?
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by Judith Ackroyd, Jo Barter-Boulton
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Designed for busy teachers, Drama Lessons: Ages 4–7 provides tried and tested lesson plans which will help you to make your drama lessons fun learning experiences.
Drama Lessons: Ages 4–7 emerges from the continuing positive responses to Drama Lessons for Five to Eleven Year Olds (2001)...