Education : Preschool & Kindergarten

Aimed at non specialist primary teachers, this book offers support for the two attainment targets of the National Curriculum in art: investigating and making, and knowledge and understanding. more...

Price: $41.95

`It is, without a doubt, the most absorbing and easily absorbed book we have seen' - Nurturing Potential. This book is written with the needs of the practitioner firmly in mind. It offers advice based on the author's own experience as a practitioner and provides the reader with sound knowledge of the area which will support and inform practice. Useful, practical, realistic and constructive suggestions are made by exploring research and current examples of good practice; and they are supported by individual case studies. more...

Price: $36.95

This book critically discusses the issues associated with behaviour problems in the early years, and their implications for practice. Included are checklists and observation and screening procedures. more...

Price: $41.95

Offers a highly accessible account of the latest research into children's play and behaviour. Staff in primary and secondary schools, governors and advisers will all find the book essential reading. more...

Price: $48.95

' I purchased a copy of your book over the holidays-it is my bebtime reading at the moment but it is far too stimulating'- Philippa Cook, Nursery Teacher, Clifton High School, Bristol. 'Thought-provoking and inspirational throughout. If you want to expand your understanding upwards and outwards then get a copy soon' - John Dabell, Education Consultant, Former Numeracy Consultant & Ofsted Inspector. Praise for the First Edition : ' Children's Mathematics: Making Marks, Making Meaning is essential reading for students of Education and Early Childhood Studies, as well as for those practitioners working in the Foundation and Primary stages of education' - Anne Cooper, Mathematics Association. This book draws on the authors' many years of teaching children aged three to eight years and also on their extensive research with children in the home, nursery and school. The authors explain the development and range of young children's mathematical marks and visual representations, showing how children make mental connections between their own early marks and subsequent abstract mathematical symbolism, and go on to develop their own written methods. Combining theory and practice, this acclaimed book demonstrates how children's own mathematical graphics are highly creative and show deep levels of thinking. The authors show how this is the key to success in school mathematics and to higher levels of achievement. The authors are winners of TACTYC's (2003) Jenefer Joseph Award for the Creative Arts (3 - 8) - awarded for their innovative work with children on mathematical graphics. more...

Price: $40.95