Taking an innovative and playful approach to maths teaching, this book promotes creativity as a key element of maths teaching and offers ideas and activities to help your students develop knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the subject. It is essential reading for trainee and practising teachers.
Offers practical guidance for parents, teachers and other early years workers who want to give children a good start in mathematical development. Showing how competent children are as mathematicians from an early age, this book offers an overview of young children's mathematical behaviour at home and in early years settings.
guidance on best practice and EYFS statutory requirements; focus on each strand of the 'A Unique Child' theme for Child Development; practitioners' checklists and points for reflection; and real case studies. Taking the 'A Unique Child' theme at the heart of learning, this is an essential title for all practitioners and childminders who want further guidance and in-depth understanding on the principles and commitments that accompany babies' and children's developmental journey throughout the EYFS. Every child is a unique child and '... a competent learner from birth who can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured'. It is therefore crucial that practitioners encourage and support each child to thrive in every area of development at their own pace and in their own individual ways. This book will provide a purposeful guide to best practice, inviting practitioners to reflect on three main child development; a skillful communicator; a competent learner. Real case studies are included, with typical examples describing how requirements are and should be met.
Provides an exploration of children's mathematical development to show how you can encourage and enhance the numeracy skills of any child in the early years by linking maths to every-day life and making it a playful cross-curricular activity.
This important book provides practical guidance for parents, teachers and other early years practitioners who are concerned with young children's musical development. The authors highlight the relationship between music and the development of communication, the expression of emotion and playfulness. They show how these three elements, in conjunction with musical activity and experience, underpin all future learning including the development of language. They go on to explore music as a subject in its own right and its role in supporting other areas of the curriculum.Insights from a wide range of research are presented in a way which makes them accessible to practitioners so that they can be used to inform and develop effective practice. Practitioners and parents are encouraged to have confidence in their own musical ability.The book provides a wide range of practical strategies and activities. It will show that everyone is capable of enjoying making music with young children and contributing to their future musical development.
An ideal introduction to the pioneers of educational theory for anyone studying childcare, child development or education whether at further or higher education level. The first edition of this book has been a best-seller for almost a decade, identified as one of the top ten books for students of child development or early childhood care and education. In this new edition, there is an increased emphasis on both what practice based on particular theories of learning looks like and on criticisms of each theory: a new and improved edition; additional emphasis on what practice looks like; and common criticisms as well as the influence of each theory. A glossary is included in sections highlighting words and concepts particular to the theorist in question. Full-colour photographs are used to illustrate some aspects of each theory or approach. How Children Learn looks at a wide range of theorists who have influenced current understandings of how children learn and what this means for work with young children. The book summarises the findings and ideas of famous giants such as Montessori and Piaget as well as the more recent ideas of writers and thinkers such as Howard Gardner and Margaret Donaldson.