Early Childhood Care and Education Books

This book explores how play is perceived and practiced through the lens of various different professional and international contexts. Children's experiences of play will vary according to the different institutions and organisations they are involved in...

Recognizing the various ecological contexts that support children's development while amplifying voices from across the globe, this book challenges narrow interpretations of quality and best practice.  Each author offers a unique perspective on...

​This book is the outcome of a joint collaboration between East China Normal University and the University of Luxembourg, initiated by the Center of Ideas for the Basic Education of the Future (IBEF), and focuses on kindergartens in China from a cultural...

This book brings together a range of scholars from 10 different countries to address the contemporary state of play in national standard language education - i.e. the L1 subjects. It seeks to understand the field from within a comparative-historical and...

This book traces the early history of the Montessori movement in the United States through the lives and careers of four key American women: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst, and Adelia Pyle. Caught up in the Montessori craze sweeping the...

This book has been designed to add to the study and experience of early childhood ideas and experience in an international context. The focus is Australia and China with three research projects explored to provide insights into the history and...

This book offers a rich collection of international research narratives that reveal the qualities and value of peer play. It presents new understandings of peer play and relationships in chapters drawn from richly varied contexts that involve sibling...

This book presents a guiding framework for designing and supporting participatory research with young children. The volume shares detailed approaches to research designs that support collaborative work with young children and teachers in a wide range of...

This book is based on the power of stories to support children in all areas of their lives. It examines the role narratives can play in encouraging growth in contexts and domains such as personal and family identity, creative movement, memory and...

Largely as a result of social policies and cultural factors, the Nordic countries continually score high in lifestyle measures, quality of life and children's outcomes. This book brings together authors from the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland,...

This book provides an interdisciplinary framework for school intervention into child and adolescent maltreatment, highlighting the unique potential for schools to identify and mitigate the long-term impacts of childhood trauma on children's educational...

Creative teaching as well as teaching creativity are cutting edge issues in psychology today as recent academic and popular media coverage has shown. This volume expands on that interest with chapter authors drawn from interdisciplinary areas. It...

​This book will gather current research in early childhood mathematics education. A special focus will be the tension between instruction and construction of knowledge. The book includes research on the design of learning opportunities, the development...

Teaching and learning mathematics is a political act in which children, teachers, parents, and policy makers are made visible as subjects. As they learn about mathematics, children are also learning about themselves - who they...

The book investigates parental engagement in the transition to school in China and Australia, which were taken as representatives of the East and West cultures respectively.

As personal computing devices transition from traditional computers to contemporary mobile platforms, a global revolution in technology-based learning is underway. In the context of contemporary education, a critical challenge involves aligning...

Early childhood education is the decisive period of a student's life experience where the foundations for lifelong learning are laid. A dynamic interplay of individual and collective experiences unfolds within its organized environment, fostering...

Amidst the positive impact of high-quality early childhood education on a child's education, health, and family outcomes, a pressing issue persists - major systemic societal inequities. These disparities disproportionately affect certain children's...

This book supports national science standards related to life science. Also this book describes the animals and illustrates activities about the ocean . The images support early readers in understanding the text . The repetition of words and phrases help...

Эта книга - обмен опытом, который я пытаюсь развивать с 2006 года с некоторыми преподавателями, придерживающимися различных итальянских подходов. С нашей стороны нет намерения сравнивать итальянское и бразильское воспитание детей младшего возраста, это...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Kindergarten, Vorschule, frühkindl. Erziehung, Note: 1,0, Fliedner Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Ziel dieser wissenschaftlichen Arbeit ist es, einen praktischen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Kindergarten, Vorschule, frühkindl. Erziehung, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit verschiedenen Formen und Wahrnehmungen des Spielens in verschiedenen...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Schulwesen, Bildungs- u. Schulpolitik, Note: 1,8, Hochschule Koblenz (ehem. FH Koblenz), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit der...

This adaptable guide invites kaiako to rethink approaches to engaging tamariki, re-envisage the teacher/learner dynamic, revise old habits, and reconfigure learning environments to acknowledge and embrace cultural differences. Kaiako can use the Hikairo...

For Teachers, Day Care Providers, and Parents:Young kids want to learn about American Sign Language and Deaf Culture within a fun storybook!Duke the Deaf Dog Series Workbook includes everything you need for ages 6-9:Four scripted lesson plans for easy...

 For Teachers, Day Care Providers, and Parents:Young kids want to learn about American Sign Language and Deaf Culture within a fun storybook!Duke the Deaf Dog Series Workbook includes everything you need for ages 3 - 5:Four scripted lesson plans for...

Fathers are facing many challenges in this society. As a result of their hardships in life, many of them start to feel inadequate as a parent. It's important for fathers to understand that they bring many different skills to parenting. If you're a...

Learn the early essentials of the alphabet with fun rhymes, animals, and bright colors! For ages 4+.Perfect for teachers, parents, and grandparents, I Can Rhyme! helps children enhance their cognitive abilities using fun rhymes and a host of helpful...

Practice Makes Perfect! Give your child the best possible start and improve their fine motor handwriting skills and alphabet comprehension with this letter tracing activity book for ages 3+. Letter Tracing For Pre-Schoolers and Kindergarten Kid's is...

Provide your child with a head-start for school and improve their communication skills with the Learn-to-Write Kids For Kids ABC Workbook for ages 3 to 5 years. This is the perfect resource that has been specifically designed to build the confidence of...

Improve your child's fine motor handwriting skills, confidence and alphabet comprehension with 'The BIG Line and Letter Tracing Workbook For Preschoolers'. This workbook is perfect for young kids to build their confidence with the development of pen...

The Homeschool Learn-to Write Color Activity Workbook is the perfect resource that has been specifically designed for 3 - 5-year-old kids to build confidence with the development of pen control and learning the letters of the alphabet through repetition...

Give your child the best possible start to school and improve their communication skills with the ultimate writing activity book for ages 3 to 5 years. My First Learn-to Write Color Activity Workbook is the perfect resource that has been specifically...

Starting phonics with your little one before they start school?This new guide from Accolade Press contains everything you'll need to introduce your child to phonics prior to their enrolment in formal education. Rich in information, ideas, and activities,...

Racially Equitable Teaching is a call to action for early childhood professionals dedicated to closing the achievement gap. Using a critical race theory lens, the book presents outcomes that exist among current professional development paradigms,...

A teacher-student logbook is a powerful tool for tracking and enhancing the learning journey of a student. It is a collaborative record-keeping system that allows teachers and students to communicate and document the progress of the student's education...

This book was written for the Tularosa Animal Shelter and the Village of Tularosa People. It describes a journey of a Chicken in discovery of his tiny Village of Tularosa. the children can follow his adventures and there is a raffle number in the back...

This awesome activity book for kids will strengthen their learning and writing foundation. It contains various activities and other fun exercises that aim to develop children's creativity, problem-solving skills, and hand-eye coordination. This book is...

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This second edition of Supporting Boys' Writing in the Early Years shows how you can help boys to become confident and capable writers by supporting them to write in ways that make sense to them - on the move, outside and inside, in dens, in bushes, in...

Curriculum in Early Childhood Education: Re-examined, Reclaimed, Renewed critically and thoroughly examines key questions, aims, and approaches in early childhood curricula.Designed to provide a theoretical and philosophical foundation for examining...

 It's getting late! It is Sophie's bedtime, but she is wide awake and keeps coming up with excusesto stay up at night.What reasons will Sophie think of next?Will Sophie ever get to bed?Will she ever fall asleep?

This fully updated second edition of Working with Parents, Carers and Families in the Early Years offers an informed and comprehensive framework for working with parents, drawing on the latest evidence and containing practical advice from practitioners...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...