Pre-school & Kindergarten

Research shows that that children learn science and engineering subjects best by engaging from an early age in the kinds of practices used by real ...

In an age when play is often seen as frivolous or unproductive, this book explains the importance of play in early childhood education. Each chapte...

In an age when play is often seen as frivolous or unproductive, this book explains the importance of play in early childhood education. Each chapte...

This groundbreaking and thought-provoking book puts the care experience at the centre of education history. Engaging and accessible, Critical Histo...

This groundbreaking and thought-provoking book puts the care experience at the centre of education history. Engaging and accessible, Critical Histo...

Todays kindergarten teachers face enormous challenges to reach district-mandated academic standards. This book presents a model for 21st-century ki...

As the U.S. economy continues to falter and families face ongoing wage stagnation and widening income inequalities, there is an urgent need for a b...

Using narrative inquiry, this book shares the authors transformative journey as a literacy teacher and researcher examining her experience as a Whi...

For the young child, art is a way of solving problems, conceptualizing the world, and creating new possibilities. Everyday Artists addresses the di...

This title is in the Environment Rating Scale ® Family of Products. This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated Family Child Care Enviro...

This title is in the Environment Rating Scale ® Family of Products. This is the Spanish edition of the new version of the internationally recognize...

What and how young children are thinking are typically expressed and shared at home and school through verbal and written modes of communication. A...

This title is in the Environment Rating Scale ® Family of Products. Early childhood is a crucial stage in a childs life, and aspects of the environ...

Water is a meaningful context for children to engage in inquiry, and to acquire and use science and engineering practices, such as developing spati...

Learn how to create and nurture communities of care for diverse children, families, and practitioners through responsive practice. In this text, th...

Early childhood professionals can use this one-of-a-kind work to better serve Korean American and other Asian American children in the United State...

Join the authors of this book in starting a movement of hope and possibility for an antiracist child care and early childhood education system. Thi...

Drawing from 30 years of teaching and professional development experience, the author offers a roadmap for using children's literature to provide a...

The early childhood field has long understood that targeting the intersection of health and learning is integral to serving children, especially th...

This comprehensive book will help early childhood practitioners consider the why and how of setting up classrooms and other learning spaces to crea...

Familyprofessional partnerships are essential to early intervention practice (birthage 3). However, building and sustaining these partnerships is c...

How can we create truly multicultural classrooms? In this new edition of her popular text, renowned early childhood educator Patricia Ramsey draws ...

For todays early childhood educator, change is a non-negotiable reality. While the size, force, and direction of change can often seem overwhelming...

In this engaging book, the authors share stories from their practice and research about several young children with a variety of developmental dela...

Challenging policymakers, educators, reformers, and citizens to replace piecemeal reforms with fundamental redesign, First Things First! calls for ...

The majority of public school principals are now required to supervise and evaluate early childhood teachers and classrooms, yet many do not have a...

This concise and accessible resource provides an overview of the fundamentals of teaching in early childhood settings (pre-K2), with a focus on wha...

This practical guide shows teachers how to introduce academic language to young children, with an emphasis on appreciating and leveraging linguisti...

Children are intrigued by moving objects, even more so when they can engineer the movement. This volume in the STEM for Our Youngest Learners Serie...

Now in a second edition, this popular resource shows teachers and childcare providers how to work with young children based on current neuroscience...

Introduces the Infant Toddler Inquiry Learning Model, a new way to think about how young children (birth-age 3) explore, think, and learn STEM. Acc...

The Program Administration Scale® (PAS ®) is designed to reliably measure and improve the leadership and management practices of center-based progr...

In this book, the author challenges reductive views of emergent literacy prevalent in many of todays kindergarten and pre-K classrooms. As an alter...

Anne Dyson confronts race and racism head-on with this ethnographic study of a childs efforts to belongto be a child among children. Follow the jou...

This book began as a deep discussion among administrators, teachers, researchers, teacher educators, and educational consultants concerned about th...

In the short span of three years, infants learn to move with confidence and grace, to converse with ease, to investigate and solve problems, and to...

This practical resource explains brain development from prenatal to age 8 with suggestions for activities educators and caregivers can use to foste...

Learn how exemplary countries are advancing the development of their youngest citizens. Drawing on a groundbreaking study by Sharon Lynn Kagan and ...

This practical resource emphasizes the special contribution that visual art, drama, music, and dance can make to student literacy and understanding...

Ready or Not made its mark in 2007 by boldly calling for a field-wide response to the question: What defines and bounds early care and education as...

With its real-life stories and invitations for reflection and conversation, this book is an ideal professional development resource for pre- and in...

Most practitioners and scholars agree that critical and reflective early childhood and elementary teachers are foundational for childrens holistic ...

Young Investigators has been expanded to guide todays teachers through the process of conducting meaningful investigations with young children. Thi...