Preschool Kindergarten category: 2281 books
An Introduction to the Foundation Phase
Early Years Curriculum in Wales
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
An Introduction to the Foundation Phase provides a practical guide to understanding and implementing the Foundation Phase in any early years setting in Wales. The experienced author team discuss and reflect upon a play based approach to learning and the importance of collaboration between various...
Mighty Fine Motor Fun
Fine Motor Activities for Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Teachers know how important it is to develop children’s fine motor skills as a stepping stone to future learning. Christy Isbell’s book, Mighty Fine Motor Fun, provides teachers with the tools and information to teach fine motor skills to children ages three to five. Isbell covers a wide range...
L is for Lion
And Other Playful Alphabet Fun
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
L Is for Lion allows parents and teachers to make learning letters easy and entertaining. L Is for Lion is full of great ways to engage children ages three to six in the letters all around them. From exploring foods that begin with each letter to learning how to shape letters with their bodies, the activities in L Is for Lion immerse children in the alphabet.
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...