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A thought-provoking re-examination of children's play drawing together insights and experiences across fields such as education, sociology, philosophy and psychology to encourage an inter-disciplinary approach.
An accessible comprehensive guide to good practice in the early years for all early years and childcare students and practitioners.
Would you like to know more about the way in which a typical child grows and develops in their first eight years? Are you keen to avoid the constraints of an overly formalized early years curriculum? If you answer yes to either of these questions, then this practical, accessible and down-to-earth guide is for you. Arguing that enjoyable, play-based activity forms the basis of all children's learning. Lynda Woodfield takes examples of children at various stages of their physical development and places their progress in a theoretical context.
Homework is a key issue for teachers. Achieving a balance between too much and not enough is a tricky business. Kidwell looks at issues concerned with homework including, how much to assign, how to encourage students to do it and advice on how to manage the immense amount of grading homework creates.
Explores the principles and implications of the Coombes School's innovative ‘outdoor classroom' approach to all aspects of nursery and infant schooling.
As the curriculum for young children becomes increasingly differentiated, this book suggests one means of integrating the learning experience at the primary level. It explains how research focused on the ways in which young children learn supports arguments for an outdoor classroom that can provide a broad and balanced curriculum across all areas of learning.
This book will determine precisely how stressed you are and then provide sensible strategies for helping you to ease your workload and ensure you have at least some time to unwind during term time. Getting Organized is the definitive resource for managing your career so that it doesn't manage you!
This book offers practical examples and informed advice about: how even very young children form close relationships with each other, the ways that observant adults can nuture possible friendships, understanding social play and skills from the children's perspective, young children who may have special difficulty over making friends and leading best practice for promoting friendships and realistic social skills in early childhood.