Preschool category: 2281 books
Treasure Basket Explorations
Heuristic Learning for Infants and Toddlers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
For the littlest learners, everything is an activity--feeling a rock, trying to lick a bubble, smelling a flower, or poking sand. In Treasure-Basket Explorations: Heuristic Learning for Infants and Toddlers, teachers and caregivers of infants and toddlers will learn how these simple explorations support...
The Colors of Learning
Integrating the Visual Arts Into the Early Childhood Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Unique in its creativity and depth of understanding, The Colors of Learning will change the way that teachers think about and react to children’s artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into allearly childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals present...
by George Szekely
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
In Play and Creativity in Art Teaching, esteemed art educator George Szekely draws on his two classic volumes, Encouraging Creativity in Art Lessons and From Play to Art, to create a new book for new times. The central premise is that art teachers are not only a source of knowledge about art but also...
by Susan Young
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
This book gives information, ideas and principles for music with three to five year olds that are both down-to-earth and up-to-date. Written in a style which is engaging and readable, it integrates recent theory and practice illustrating the discussion with examples and ideas taken from real life.
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The Seven E's of Reading for Pleasure
Alphabet Sevens, #4
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
In this short book, Sue Cowley gathers together a huge variety of techniques that will all boost reading for pleasure. She explains a range of approaches that teachers, practitioners and parents can use with their children, to help them become highly motivated readers. Sue examines the best ways to...
by Kristen J. Amundson, president/CEO, National Association of State Boards of Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Kindergarten is no longer just a time when children play and sit in a circle. Today’s kindergarten students are exposed to a much more academic curriculum. So what should children know and be able to do so they’ll be ready for the modern kindergarten classroom? Based on the latest research, this...
Early Childhood Education Policies in Asia Pacific
Advances in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
This book evaluates recent early childhood education policies on the basis of a ‘3A2S’ framework, which refers to accessibility, affordability, accountability, sustainability, and social justice. It systematically and empirically reviews early childhood education policies in specific countries...
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...