Preschool category: 2281 books
Ready to Learn
How to Help Your Preschooler Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Do you tell your preschooler one thing and they do the opposite? Are they easily distracted or unable to focus? If you suspect that your child may have a learning problem--or if you simply want to help them be ready--here is the book to read before he or she enters the school system: a realistic,...
Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research
Learning Trajectories for Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009
This important new book synthesizes relevant research on the learning of mathematics from birth into the primary grades from the full range of these complementary perspectives. At the core of early math experts Julie Sarama and Douglas Clements's theoretical and empirical frameworks are learning trajectories—detailed...
How Children Learn - Book 2
An Overview of Theories on Children's Literacy, Linguistics and Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
A readable discussion of the key ideas of child development and theory, including how children acquire language, the meaning of intelligence and creativity, as well as how best to teach children to read and write.
by Milet Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
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, music,...
by Dr Marian R Whitehead
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2007
`In its third edition...the author has included the latest research evidence relating to children aged from nought to eight. Her writing embraces the value of play, relationships, bilingualism and multilingualism in creating a rich language and literacy environment. Developing Language and Literacy...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
This book collects multiple disciplinary voices which explore current research and perspectives to discuss how spirituality is understood, interpreted and applied in a range of contexts. It addresses spirituality in combination with such topics as Christian mysticism, childhood and adolescent education,...
Introducing Freire
A guide for students, teachers and practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The famous Brazilian educator Paulo Freire has influenced educators, teachers and students in a broad tapestry of contexts and countries, as he challenged conventional thinking on how teachers ought to teach and learners ought to learn. By making his ideas accessible and relevant, this insightful...
Hearing the Voices of Children
Social Policy for a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Hearing the Voices of Children provides a fresh perspective on social policy. At the heart of the book is the emergence of 'children's voices' and the implications of this for social policy. The authors argue that children's voices should be heard much more strongly in the process of policy formation...
Interactions in Early Childhood Education
Recent Research and Emergent Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
This book provides new insights into how interactions in early childhood education are being studied, and into what these studies’ findings mean for improving the quality of early childhood education. The editors examine the methods, ethics, practices, and questions arising from such close work...
by E. Paula Crowley
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
This book addresses the development of our understanding of the abuse and neglect in the lives of children with disabilities. Disabilities in childhood uniquely dispose children for their abuse and neglect. Additionally, abuse and neglect dispose children for disabilities. The care and education of...
by Jonathan Glazzard, Mrs Denise Chadwick, Anne Webster
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Are you struggling with the complexities of assessment? Demystifying the process of assessment for learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), this book explains in straightforward language how to put principles into practice.
Looking at models of assessment, the book draws heavily...
Learning in Early Childhood
A Whole Child Approach from birth to 8
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
By explaining the theoretical context and highlighting relevant research evidence, this book supports a whole child approach to learning in the early years. Drawing on case studies from a wide range of early years settings, the chapters consider how the different professions in education, health and...
The Foundation Stage Teacher in Action
Teaching 3, 4 and 5 year olds
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
`The book takes a deeper insight into the role of the practitioner and provides invaluable information' – Nursery Education
`I think the book would be good value for money for anyone working within a foundation stage team' - Foundation Stage File
`The Foundation Stage Teacher in Action...
by Karen Petty
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Developmental milestones mark the significant progress children make throughout their early years. This Redleaf Quick Guide includes descriptions of the typical physical, social, emotional, language, and cognitive milestones that infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary-age children reach....