Early Years

This second edition describes the key principles of the Steiner Waldorf approach to early childhood supported with examples and case studies. Exploring all areas of the curriculum, the book has been updated to take into account curriculum changes and the relationship of media and technology to the S..

This book originats from an awareness of the persistent lack of knowledge supporting a more respectful reception and approach to the youngest in our changing societies. It follows initiatives of networks of researchers from several countries, sharing insights from current studies carried out in thei..

Featuring new material on provision for two year olds, school readiness and a new chapter on families and transitions, this book explains why transitions matter and provides practical guidance on how to support young children’s developing emotional resilience and equip them to embrace change...

This book introduces, theorises and practically applies the two related concepts of 'playful learning' and 'playful pedagogies', two recently emerging ideas which now underpin the Early Years Foundation Stage and, increasingly, Key Stage 1 classrooms...

 Using Developmentally Appropriate Practices To Teach The Common Core: Grades PreK-3 provides current and prospective primary grade teachers with an understanding of the CCSS-ELA and CCSS-M that highlights their compatibility with developmentally appropriate practices (DAP), the instructional approa..

 Using Developmentally Appropriate Practices To Teach The Common Core: Grades PreK-3 provides current and prospective primary grade teachers with an understanding of the CCSS-ELA and CCSS-M that highlights their compatibility with developmentally appropriate practices (DAP), the instructional approa..

Insightful and relevant, Using Evidence for Advocacy and Resistance in Early Years Services supports practitioners working in Early Years settings to develop the knowledge and skills required to carry out research into their own practice. Based on the renowned Pen Green approach, which advocates tha..

Insightful and relevant, Using Evidence for Advocacy and Resistance in Early Years Services supports practitioners working in Early Years settings to develop the knowledge and skills required to carry out research into their own practice. Based on the renowned Pen Green approach, which advocates tha..

Aimed at those working with children aged 3 – 7, Using Festivals to Inspire and Engage Young Children covers a range of cultural celebration by each calendar month, explaining the background to these events and provides fun and imaginative activities and stories based around each one. Features inclu..

The five studies in this book span the tumultuous period from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s. This was a time when the dominant ideas and practices of the previous two decades were being questioned by primary teachers and the advent of the NC...

_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ What’s The Buzz? Super Social Skills for Young Children is a programme designed to bring children together, including those who may be on the autistic spectrum, and explicitly teach them how-to get along with one another and nurture friendship groups. It will address the ..

This collection brings together the columns of parenting adviser Ursula Wise, pseudonym for the eminent educationalist and pioneering psychoanalyst Susan Isaacs. Wise’s replies, provide an insight into the development of modern, child-centred attitudes to parenting, with remarkably fresh and relevan..