Pre-school & Kindergarten

"This volume is exemplary in synthesizing research and condensing pertinent data on early childhood services both for practitioners and policymaker...

"Invites teachers to apply appropriate strategies in classroom environments for young children with special needs, setting the stage for future sch...

"Contains information that is vitally important for the success of any classroom."—Julie Duford, Fifth-Grade TeacherPolson Middle School, MT"Gives ...

Foster young children′s early literacy skills and build a strong foundation for reading!Emphasizing the importance of providing emerging readers wi...

"Appropriate assessment of young children involves parents, teachers, and the children themselves. Kingore takes the portfolio method even further ...

"The ideas in this book will seem familiar and nonthreatening—yes, teachers can indeed use what they already know and what their children love, but...

"Invites teachers to apply appropriate strategies in classroom environments for young children with special needs, setting the stage for future sch...

Early Childhood Education for Muslim Children foregrounds the marginalised perspective of Muslim children aged three to five and examines how they ...

"Appropriate assessment of young children involves parents, teachers, and the children themselves. Kingore takes the portfolio method even further ...

How often do your primary school pupils have the opportunity to engage in open-ended, sustained pieces of work that offer them choice and control?D...

This book studies children’s and young adult literature of genocide since 1945, considering issues of representation and using postcolonial theory ...

The age for early language learning has dropped dramatically in the past decade to include children under 6 years old, yet very little published re...

What are schemas and why should you know about them? How can schemas be identified in young children? What does schematic learning look like and ho...

Originally published in 1984, this is a study of the kings and the aristocracy who ruled England between the Conquest and the Reformation. Not, as ...

There are many more children with learning differences and difficulties in our schools today. Their needs are varied and complex and professionals ...

The Little Book of Reflective Practice is bursting with big ideas which will encourage you to be curious, reflective and courageous in your profess...

The landscape of early childhood education and care is changing. Governments world-wide are assuming increasing authority in relation to child-rear...

Providing a selection of papers presented at ICECE 2018, a biennial conference organised by the Early Childhood Education Program, Universitas Pend...

Improving Your Reflective Practice through Stories of Practitioner Research shows how research has informed and created effective and valuable refl...

In light of the latest research from cognitive and developmental psychology, this key text explores reasoning, rationality, and democracy, consider...

The Little Book of Reflective Practice is bursting with big ideas which will encourage you to be curious, reflective and courageous in your profess...

The Chinese language is now used by a quarter of the world’s population and is increasingly popular as a second language. Teaching Chinese Literacy...

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care explores early childhood education and care in Australia from a variety of pers...

With growing concerns over declining levels of school readiness and physical activity, this book highlights the importance of quality early movemen...

An Integrated Play-Based Curriculum for Young Children, Second Edition explores how to integrate play across the curriculum, helping teachers devel...

Is your outdoor area working? Do you want to make changes but are not sure where to start? Creating a Space to Grow guides you through the process ...

Early childhood is considered a critical but often vulnerable period in a child’s development where early identification and intervention can be cr...

Fully updated to reflect the changes to the Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) qualification, this second edition remains the essential handboo...

This book provides proven practical strategies and approaches to help you run your existing learning activities in new and more effective ways. It ...

Using theory and practice to explore partnerships between professionals and families, Family Learning to Inclusion in the Early Years adds to curre...

With growing concerns over declining levels of school readiness and physical activity, this book highlights the importance of quality early movemen...

This book offers a fresh look at recent developments in policy, curricula and pedagogical discourse around children’s play with Internet of Toys (I...

Originally published in 1938, there were indications that the progress of nursery education in England would proceed rapidly in the next few years....

Originally published in 1955, Toys, Play and Discipline in Childhood is an expansion and development of the author’s earlier title Play and Toys in...