Preschool category: 2281 books
Managing Early Years Settings
Supporting and Leading Teams
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2008
'This book is a very useful resource for setting leaders undertaking advanced study, such as Early Years Professional Status and the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership…[I]t is also an interesting and up-to-date reference tool for qualified managers and leaders of...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2006
`This book gives a thorough, detailed account of mentoring, with accompanying case studies which will be invaluable to anyone undertaking the role...this book will encourage readers to develop reflective practice in their settings and that this will help to improve quality' - Nursery World
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The Early Literacy Handbook
Making sense of language and literacy with children birth to seven - a practical guide to the context approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
The heart of this book is a new approach to the teaching of language and literacy. Its focus is exemplary classroom practice built on rigorous theory and evidence.The approach combines new theory and dynamic practice in its advocacy for contextualised teaching. This book shows how the teaching of smaller...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2006
This timely handbook presents evidence and recommendations to make informed decisions for planning, funding, and operating high-quality educational programs for children ages 3-8.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Twenty-five years ago there was increasing optimism in policy, curriculum and research about the contribution that technology education might make to increased technological literacy in schools and the wider population. That optimism continues, although the status of technology as a learning area...
Crayons and iPads
Learning and Teaching of Young Children in the Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Crayons and iPads examines the use of digital technology in the early stages of child development, and the way in which learning techniques have evolved in classrooms across the world.
Harwood explores how tablets can be used to provoke, ignite and excite children’s interest in the world...
Tend the Olive, Water the Vine
Globalization and the Negotiation of Early Childhood in Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Current international development wisdom promotes the inclusion of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in nationallevel policy making, in the interest of strengthening statecivil society relationships; supporting locally driven, culturallysensitive development; and contributing to program and policy...
by Damien Fitzgerald, Janet Kay
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Previously known as Baldock: Understanding Early Years Policy is in its Fourth Edition. This best-selling textbook continues to provide fully updated coverage of all the latest developments in early years policy such as the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), SEND Code of Practice 0-25 years...
Working with Children, Young People and Families
A course book for Foundation Degrees
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
This book is essential reading for anyone studying and working in the new integrated children's services. The Children's Workforce Development Strategy sets out the basic skills and knowledge needed by people whose work brings them into regular contact with children, young people and their families....
The Building Blocks of Early Maths
Bringing key concepts to life for 3-6 year olds
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Young children need to develop and understand the core basic concepts in mathematics before they can move forward in their mathematical learning. Without these solid foundations, they are more likely to have gaps in their knowledge and require intervention in their primary years. This new book provides...
Making a Difference
10 Essential Steps to Building a PreK-3 System
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2010
Focused on increasing achievement for all young learners, this 10-step guide helps educators develop a PreK–3 system that links early childhood education standards to a K–3 system.
Classroom Observer
Developing Observation Skills in Early Childhood Settings
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Systematic observation is essential for educators to evaluate properly the effectiveness of curricula and to address the problems of individual students. This new third edition emphasizes early childhood, and focuses on those skills that will enable the observer to make appropriate, valid inferences...
by Clarissa Willis, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Easy-to-implement strategies for teaching infants, toddlers, and twos with special needs. Placing children with special needs in environments that include typically developing peers has become commonplace as continuing research confirms that all children benefit and learn from each other as well as...
Getting to the Heart of Learning
Social-Emotional Skills across the Early Childhood Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The best learning emerges in a classroom community where children feel accepted and appreciated for their ideas and actions. Through the activities in Getting to the Heart of Learning, Ellen Booth Church shows teachers and caregivers how easy it is to foster children’s sense of curiosity through...