Preschool Kindergarten category: 2281 books
by Bongani Bantwini, Nolutho Diko, Ntombozuko Duku
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
This book examines the roles of power and politics, governance and management, as well as accountability and professionalism in transforming the educational systems inherited from apartheid colonialism in South Africa. With a focus on the Eastern Cape province, with its vast stretches of rural settlements...
by Milet Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Guaranteed to enrich a toddler's vocabulary, this simple and fun series of bilingual board books is ideal for helping children discover a foreign language.
Highlighting more complex concepts that go beyond colors and numbers, titles in the series feature animals, clothes, fruit, home, jobs,...
by Milet Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Guaranteed to enrich a toddler's vocabulary, this simple and fun series of bilingual board books is ideal for helping children discover a foreign language.
Highlighting more complex concepts that go beyond colors and numbers, titles in the series feature animals, clothes, fruit, home, jobs,...
Critical Literacies and Young Learners
Connecting Classroom Practice to the Common Core
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Many pre-service and beginning early childhood teachers question if critical literacy is do-able with young children, particularly in the current top-down educational climate. Critical Literacies and Young Learners shows how it is possible, even in the context of the mandates and pressures so many...
A Full Reward
Reformation Through Family-Run Christian Schools
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
As our culture and society free fall further into degeneracy, the question is asked: what are we to do? Conscientious Christians, knowing that we are called to be salt and light in this earth, are making efforts. What has emerged is an emphasis on politics, apologetics, and evangelism at the adult level....
Transitions in the Early Years
Debating Continuity and Progression for Children in Early Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
By the time young children enter statutory education, they may have already attended a number of different educational settings, from entry to group settings outside home, to joining playgroup or nursery school. Each of these experiences is likely to affect children's capacity to adjust and to learn.
This...
Learning Stories
Constructing Learner Identities in Early Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
New companion bookLearning Stories in Practice out now!
Margaret Carr's seminal work on Learning Stories was first published by SAGE in 2001, and this widely acclaimed approach to assessment has since gained a huge international following. In this new full-colour book, the authors outline the...
Introducing Vygotsky
A Guide for Practitioners and Students in Early Years Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Sandra Smidt takes the reader on a journey through the key concepts of Lev Vygotsky, one of the twentieth century’s most influential theorists in the field of early education. His ground-breaking principles of early learning and teaching are unpicked here using every-day language, and critical...
by Phyllis Jones
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Is it possible to meet all the needs of a widely diverse group of children in one class?
Based upon the author's own research into this question, this new book invites readers to compare teachers' accounts of their best lessons and provides useful discussion and viewpoints about inclusive...
by Professor Tina Bruce
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2004
`This book is useful for students and lecturers of early childhood. It provides concise overviews of relevant research of early childhood development, theories of play and can be utilised as a contemporary, reference book by a range of professionals' - Debate
`The chapter on young children...
by Marion Dowling
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
'This is a book to be treasured. This deeply respected pioneer brings together major research literature, theoretical understanding and practical help. She does so in a way that demonstrates her love and commitment in working with young children and helping them to have rich lives intellectually and...
by Ann Clare
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
"This important book is a thorough account of early communication covering bilingualism and specific areas of learning of reading and writing in early years. It is well laid out, informative and supportive with excellent case studies. "
-* Eva Mikuska, Senior Lecturer at University of...
What's Going On Inside My Head?
Starting conversations with your child about positive mental health
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
We all know that healthy minds are really important but how do we make sure we look after our mental health from a very young age? What's Going On Inside My Head? is a book for children that explores practical ways we can keep our minds in good shape as well as our bodies.
By talking about...
by Molly Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
From Molly Potter, best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? and What's Worrying You?,comes a picture book for starting conversations with children about death, bereavement and what happens next.
When someone dies, we can feel a whole host of different emotions and explaining them to...