Early Years
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Promoting Inclusion and Diversity in Early Years Settings
A Professional Guide to Ethnicity, Religion, Culture and Language
Chandrika Devarakonda
Supporting professionals to promote diversity and inclusion in early years settings, this book promotes awareness and understanding of the needs of children and families from diverse backgrounds, and provides the steps that practitioners can take to enhance their learning and help them reach their full potential. Learn More2020, Paperback / softback, 8.43in x 5.35in / 214mm x 136mm, 192pp, $27.95ISBN: 97817859242312020, Ebook, ePUB, $27.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-801-2 -
Cyril Squirrel Finds Out About Love
Helping Children to Understand Caring Relationships After Trauma
Jane Evans, illustrated by Izzy Bean
2020, 32pp -
Building Confidence, Resilience and Emotional Intelligence in Young Children
A Practical Guide Using Growth Mindset, Forest School and Multiple Intelligences
Jamie Victoria Barnes
This book will help all early years professionals to build young children's self-belief and resilience, through three innovative approaches: Growth Mindset, Forest School and Multiple Intelligences. Practical activities for using the approaches in everyday practice are included, as well as reflective questions, quick tips and case studies. Learn More2020, 128pp -
Supporting Young Children Through Change and Everyday Transitions
Practical Strategies for Practitioners and Parents
Sonia Mainstone-Cotton
This book provides practical guidance for early years professionals and parents on supporting young children through change and transitions, including starting at nursery or school and changes to family life. It explains the importance of this for the child's wellbeing and development. Learn More2020, Paperback / softback, 8.43in x 5.43in / 214mm x 138mm, 144pp, $24.95ISBN: 97817877515832020, Ebook, ePUB, $24.95ISBN: 9781787751590 -
Self-Regulation Skills in Young Children
Activities and Strategies for Practitioners and Parents
Sue Asquith
This guide to self-regulation in children helps early years practitioners get to grips with child development through accessible theory, useful reflection tasks and practice ideas to try. It offers coping strategies to use with children in schools, at home and beyond. Learn More2020, Paperback / softback, 8.43in x 5.43in / 214mm x 138mm, 176pp, $24.95ISBN: 97817877519652020, Ebook, ePUB, $24.95ISBN: 9781787751972 -
Provocations for Learning in Early Years Settings
A Practical Guide
Margaret Longstaffe
Full of practical guidance and easy-to-implement strategies on how to provoke learning and creativity in early years settings, allowing children to freely explore their environment and develop their ability to critically think. Learn More2020, Paperback / softback, 8.43in x 5.35in / 214mm x 136mm, 176pp, $22.95ISBN: 97817859249582020, Ebook, PDF, $22.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-882-1 -
Everyday Playfulness
A New Approach to Children’s Play and Adult Responses to It
Stuart Lester. Forewords by Wendy Russell and Jeremy Lester
Focussing on ways practitioners can advocate for and include moments of children's play, this guide from an experienced playworker and lecturer looks at the process of play and considers the implications for professional practice. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.98in / 228mm x 152mm, 256pp, $32.95ISBN: 9781785920646 -
Exercising Muscles and Minds, Second Edition
Outdoor Play and the Early Years Curriculum
Marjorie Ouvry and Amanda Furtado
This revised edition of the bestselling guide to outdoor learning for ages 3 to 5 uses examples of good practice to demonstrate how to plan outdoor play as part of a whole curriculum. It studies the major issues around health, nutrition, exercise and wellbeing in early years provision. Essential reading for anyone working with young children. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.91in / 228mm x 150mm, 240pp, $27.95ISBN: 9781785922664 -
The Early Years Movement Handbook
A Principles-Based Approach to Supporting Young Children’s Physical Development, Health and Wellbeing
Lala Manners. Foreword by Professor Gareth Stratton., illustrated by Illustrated by Tilly Power
The go-to professional resource for understanding the importance of children's physical development and enhancing it in a structured way. Eight principles explain why physical activity is so important for children's lifelong development, and a workable framework is provided for the design and delivery of practical sessions. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.98in / 228mm x 152mm, 312pp, $29.95ISBN: 9781785922602 -
Listening to Young Children in Early Years Settings
A Practical Guide
Sonia Mainstone-Cotton
With practical ideas and suggestions targeted at early years practitioners, this book explains how to listen to children effectively and involve them in decisions about their care, learning and development. It includes examples of how to listen to children's perspectives on classroom design, methods of learning, transitions and more. Learn More2019, 120pp