Preschool Kindergarten category: 2281 books
by Perry Else
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This book straightforwardly describes how adults can support children’s free play, with a holistic, inclusive and practical approach.
Understanding Babies and Young Children from Conception to Three
A guide for students, practitioners and parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
When do babies begin to learn and what exactly are they learning?
What are the key stages of a toddler’s development?
Do movements such as crawling really affect later learning?
How important is the environment to the under threes?
What can I do to give each child the...
Pre-School Parenting Secrets
Talking with the Sky
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
As parents, we are the earth from which our children grow. How we prepare and fertilise the soil will define their relationship with the world. It will determine the nature of their lifelong conversation with the universe. Pre-school Parenting Secrets: Talking with the Sky is every parent's guide...
Developing Attachment in Early Years Settings
Nurturing secure relationships from birth to five years
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Providing an accessible introduction to attachment thinking, this practical bookoffers early years practitioners’ advice on translating attachment principles into practice in their settings. It clearly explains how knowledge about attachment theory underpins everyday practice and highlights the...
Knack Parenting a Preschooler
A Complete Guide to Preparing Your Child for the Classroom--Ages 3 to 5
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Knack Parenting a Preschooler provides busy parents with a visually driven reference filled with information about behaviors, general care advice, and skills development for the three- to five-year-old age group. Also covering preschoolers’ vastly changing abilities, it guides parents skills needed...
Learning is in Bloom
Cultivating Outdoor Explorations
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
The movement to connect young children with nature continues to grow, as more parents and educators become passionate about bringing learning outdoors and letting children explore outside the bounds of traditional lessons. In the full-color Learning Is in Bloom, teachers and caregivers will find 40...
Breaking Through Barriers to Boys' Achievement
Developing a Caring Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Educators have for many years sought to understand why boys underperform in schools and what can be done about it. In Breaking through barriers to boys' achievement, Gary Wilson provides the full picture as to why boys of all ages underachieve and what can be done to start solving the problem. He...
The Road to Writing
A Step-by-Step Guide to Mark Making: 3-7
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
The Road to Writing takes early years practitioners on a journey; the journey young
children make when they learn their first words and make their first marks.
Sue Cowley offers activities and practical advice to inspire practitioners to
try a wide range of creative approaches to improve mark...
Intellectual Development
Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2008
An addition to the Redleaf Professional Library. 2. Using accessible language, the book connects recent research and the most effective, common practices fostering intellectual development in early childhood settings. 3. The authors are leading academics from some of the most respected schools of education...
by Susan Bernheimer
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Voices of Early Childhood Educators presents powerful, living stories of early childhood students and practitioners. Susan Bernheimer clearly shows the importance of their stories for understanding the challenges now facing our field, including valuable insights into new forms of resilience and development....
Child Rights in India
Challenges and Social Action
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
The book is a comprehensive compendium on child rights in India from a child development perspective. It discusses the challenges that Indian children face for survival, development and education, especially if they are marginalized through disability, lack of care, and poverty. The major issues expounded...
Understanding the Steiner Waldorf Approach
Early Years Education in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This fully revised edition of Understanding the Steiner Waldorf Approach is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Steiner Waldorf early childhood approach. It enables the reader to analyse the essential elements of the Steiner Waldorf...
Magic Capes, Amazing Powers
Transforming Superhero Play in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
For as long as there have been heroes and villains in our books, on our TVs, and in our everyday lives, children have been imitating them in their play. Superhero play remains a wonderful, developmentally appropriate way for children to explore power, experience adventure, and investigate big questions...
Art and Creativity in Reggio Emilia
Exploring the Role and Potential of Ateliers in Early Childhood Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
This book explores the contribution of and art and creativity to early education, and examines the role of the atelier (an arts workshop in a school) and atelierista (an educator with an arts background) in the pioneering pre-schools of Reggio Emilia. It does so through the unique experience of Vea...