Early Childhood

Music and singing offer a wonderful opportunity to promote young children’s learning and development. This "how to" guide is full of useful information to support and assist practitioners in developing their knowledge, skills and confidence in planning and leading successful and enjoyable musical ac..

Music and singing offer a wonderful opportunity to promote young children’s learning and development. This "how to" guide is full of useful information to support and assist practitioners in developing their knowledge, skills and confidence in planning and leading successful and enjoyable musical ac..

This book promotes the idea of children’s competence in the use of the language of music and argues that all children have a right to participate in musical discovery and celebrates children’s engagement with meaningful and disparate experiences in music. With contributions from leading practitioner..

This book promotes the idea of children’s competence in the use of the language of music and argues that all children have a right to participate in musical discovery and celebrates children’s engagement with meaningful and disparate experiences in music. With contributions from leading practitioner..

 Over the past few decades, a growing body of literature has developed which examines children’s perspectives of their own lives, viewing them as social actors and experts in their understanding of the world. Focusing specifically on narratives, this unique and timely book provides an analysis of th..

Negotiating Adult-Child Relationships in Early Childhood Research presents a substantive critique of technicist and neoliberal approaches to ethics through an exploration of the complicated and often ‘messy’ situations faced in negotiating relationships in research with children. Drawing upon data f..

Negotiating Adult-Child Relationships in Early Childhood Research presents a substantive critique of technicist and neoliberal approaches to ethics through an exploration of the complicated and often ‘messy’ situations faced in negotiating relationships in research with children. Drawing upon data f..

Brings together current research on adult book reading to children; chapter authors are eminent scholars from fields of reading and literacy, child language, speech pathology, and psychology, representing diverse perspectives...

Parallel Learning of Reading and Writing in Early Childhood explores why it’s important to provide a balanced language learning environment for young children and offers approaches for children to practice and explore language...

Parallel Learning of Reading and Writing in Early Childhood explores why it’s important to provide a balanced language learning environment for young children and offers approaches for children to practice and explore language...

With a growing interest from policy and research in the professionalisation of the early childhood workforce, recognising the importance of highly qualified staff at all levels needs a systemic approach to professionalization. The authors of this wide-ranging book suggest that professionalism in ear..

This book offers exciting scholarship on a range of philosophical perspectives about early childhood education, particularly those related to pedagogy and related concepts of care and education. In this era of pedagogical certainty, the book comprises a unique set of challenges to standards-based ag..