Preschool Kindergarten category: 2281 books
Simple Steps
Developmental Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Teach children ages birth through two with these 300 activities focused on the incremental development of young children. Observe what children are already doing, then give them varied opportunities to develop at their own pace. Simple Steps outlines a typical developmental sequence, offering children the opportunity to practice new skills in a developmentally appropriate way.
Building Brains
600 Activity Ideas for Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Building Brains expands young children's learning with six hundred brain-based, developmentally appropriate activity ideas. It combines the latest information on brain development with activities that support children's learning and enrich any early childhood curriculum. Rather than step-by-step activities,...
Hands-On Science and Math
Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Encourage young investigators to feel, listen, smell, taste, and see their way to discovery by seamlessly infusing math and science throughout the school day! As you incorporate all five senses into learning experiences, you will give little innovators the opportunity to observe and explore the world...
Talking and Doing Science in the Early Years
A practical guide for ages 2-7
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Young children are intuitive, emergent scientists - they observe, raise hypotheses, experiment and notice patterns. Most of our everyday actions at home and in other settings, inside and outside, have a scientific basis and it is through these early experiences that children formulate their ideas...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
This Handbook presents current research on children and youth in ethnic minority families. It reflects the development currently taking place in the field of social sciences research to highlight the positive adaptation of minority children and youth. It offers a succinct synthesis of where the field...
by Rachel Baker
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
This is a practical, informative guide on how to care for young children with epilepsy. It is aimed at professionals working in child-care, but may also be of use to parents and anyone else wishing to know more about epilepsy. The book includes: a description of the condition, its causes and treatments,...
by Mary Mountstephen
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
When working with children whose development is causing concern, it can be difficult to know how best to help. This practical guide to Dyspraxia and Neuro-Developmental Delay has been written to support all early years' professionals, as well as the non-specialist practitioner and parents or carers....
by Sandra Smidt
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2007
This is a practical, accessible guide to early years practice. The author examines current theories about how children learn best and focuses on how we can support and extend the learning of young children. This fully revised edition discusses Birth to Three Matters, the new Childcare Bill and the...
A Practical Guide to Transforming Primary Mathematics
Activities and tasks that really work
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
A Practical Guide to Transforming Primary Mathematics offers inspiration and ideas for all training and practising teachers committed to making mathematics enjoyable, inclusive, engaging and successful. The companion to Mike Askew’s bestselling book, Transforming Primary Mathematics, this practical...
Knowledge Development in Early Childhood
Sources of Learning and Classroom Implications
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Synthesizing cutting-edge research from multiple disciplines, this book explores how young children acquire knowledge in the "real world" and describes practical applications for early childhood classrooms. The breadth and depth of a child's knowledge base are important predictors of later...
Die Bildungs- und Erziehungsempfehlungen fuer Kindertagesstaetten in Rheinland-Pfalz ein wirksames Qualitaetsentwicklungsinstrument?
Eine deskriptive Fallstudie
Language: German
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Die Veröffentlichung und Umsetzung von Rahmenplänen für die pädagogische Arbeit ist ein wichtiger Schritt in Richtung einer professionelleren Gestaltung des frühkindlichen Bildungsbereichs. Unerforscht ist, ob diese Bildungspläne ein wirksames Instrument zur Qualitätsentwicklung in Kindergärten...
Early Mathematics Learning
Selected Papers of the POEM 2012 Conference
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
This book will gather current research in early childhood mathematics education. A special focus will be the tension between instruction and construction of knowledge. The book includes research on the design of learning opportunities, the development of mathematical thinking, the impact of the social setting and the professionalization of nursery teachers.
Well-being, Poverty and Justice from a Child’s Perspective
3rd World Vision Children Study
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
This book presents evidence that children are the real experts of their lives. 2600 boys and girls in Germany between the ages of 6 of 11 years, with and without a migration background, were interviewed. Next to established topics of family, friends, leisure time and school, the focus of this study...
Alternative Schooling and New Education
European Concepts and Theories
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
This book examines the European discussion about alternative schooling in the 20th century. It refers to a stream of concepts that are often described as New Education, Progressive Education, Education Nouvelle or Reformpädagogik, and discusses a range of different models of alternative schooling....