Preschool category: 2281 books
Learning Together
The Law, Politics, Economics, Pedagogy, and Neuroscience of Early Childhood Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
This book makes a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary argument for investing in effective early childhood education programs, especially those that develop in children their proven natural capacity to construct knowledge by building meaningful relationships. Recent insights in the fields of law, policy,...
by Connie Jo Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
25% new content
Addresses how to respond to 12 common behavioral challenges such as aggression, defiance, tantrums, separation anxiety, and more
Updated resources and research
36 new strategies to work with behavioral challenges
A quick guide to work through behavioral challenges
When Nothing Else Works
What Early Childhood Professionals Can Do to Reduce Challenging Behaviors
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
With the help of this book, teachers will learn to utilize a variety of shared creative strategies and techniques—from aromatherapy to affirmations—to address and adjust problematic behavior in the classroom while simultaneously promoting resilience and active engagement in learning. Penned by...
by Ann Langston
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This book will address a range of issues pertinent and prominent in the revised EYFS including brain development; school readiness; engaging parents; and the rationale behind the new prime and specific areas of learning.
Early Childhood
A Guide for Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Designed for students on Early Years Foundation Degrees and Early Childhood courses, Early Years professionals and Teaching Assistants, this engaging text provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of early childhood.
Written and edited by experts in the field, the book clearly explains...
Early Childhood and Neuroscience
Theory, Research and Implications for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Highly Commended: Nursery World Awards 2017 Professional Book of the Year
Early Childhood and Neuroscience is a practical guide to understanding the complex and challenging subject of neuroscience and its use (and misapplication) in early childhood policy and practice.
The author begins...
Teaching Practice for Early Childhood
A Guide for Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This fully updated new edition of Teaching Practice for Early Childhood will help student and recently graduated early childhood teachers make the most of their teaching in a variety of early years' settings.
Chapters cover vital topics such as ways of knowing and relating to children, the...
by Jessica M. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
To attain EYPS, candidates must demonstrate that they can establish fair, respectful, trusting and constructive relationships with children. This book helps those on EYPS pathways to understand and develop these important relationships. It begins by examining trust as a key theme and goes on to discuss...
Special Needs in the Early Years
Supporting collaboration, communication and co-ordination
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
This highly popular and accessible text contains a wealth of information about how early years staff can work effectively with professionals and parents to help identify and meet a range of special educational needs. This book aims to explore the most effective ways of supporting the child and...
Shift to the Future
Rethinking Learning with New Technologies in Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2006
New technologies are dramatically changing the face of education and the nature of childhood itself. In Shift to the Future, Nicola Yelland examines the ways in which these technologies are reshaping the social, personal, and educational experiences of childhood, and explores the curricular revisions...
Critical Examinations of Quality in Early Education and Care
Regulation, Disqualification, and Erasure
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Quality rating systems discourses and practices are increasingly dominating early childhood care and education around the globe. These rating systems are constructed with the assumption that universally appropriate environments can be constructed for all those who are younger. This deterministic,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Around the world, school districts and institutions are exploring ways to provide quality education to their students. With this, there is a deeper need for multiculturalism in classrooms, as many students are from varying cultures and speak different languages. Early Childhood Education From an Intercultural...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This international handbook gives a comprehensive overview of findings from longstanding and contemporary research, theory, and practices in early childhood education in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The first volume of the handbook addresses theory, methodology, and the research activities...
by Elaine M. Bukowiecki, Marlene P. Correia
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
This book presents a myriad of instructional techniques and critical literacy strategies while serving as a professional resource for inservice and preservice primary-grade teachers as they include informational texts in their classrooms. In each of the nine chapters, there is a particular topic that...