Early Childhood Education

Learn how to connect your curriculum planning to children's interests and thinking.

This book explores the language, cognitive, social-emotional, and health development of black children from birth to age 8.

The contents of the volume reflect the major shifts in the views of early childhood researchers and educators in relation to the research on child development laboratory schools, the role of child development laboratory programs in early childhood education, and their relationship to theory, research, and practice.

This volume can be a valuable tool to researchers who are conducting studies in the motivation field. It focuses on important contemporary issues on motivation in early childhood education (ages 0 to 8) to provide the information necessary to make judgments about these issues. It also motivates and guides researchers to explore gaps in the motivation literature.

Foundations of Early Childhood Education: Teaching Children in a Diverse Society is designed to help increase the quality in early care and education programs through training teachers. It features skill building with a solid theoretical base and provides students with an overview of early childhood programs through the use of examples anecdotes and scenarios. Readers will come away with an understanding of what makes a quality early childhood education program where children gain the foundations they need for school success and beyond. *One user at a time only*

Guide to Early Childhood Education: Development – Design – Diversity is a textbook of articles and essays exclusively written to provide a resource for educationalists working in the field of Early Childhood Education (ECE), and programmes from around the world.

The practical examples in this book show how to introduce the Habits of Mind in entertaining and concrete ways that are developmentally appropriate.

A step-by-step guide to documenting children's ideas, questions, and learning in a way that enhances teacher's thinking and understanding.

This book is full of research and resources that link academic learning and play experiences.

This manual covers topics of dynamic team teaching including: how to create unified teams, how to become teacher leaders, how to give and receive feedback, and how to build and assess differentiated curriculum.