Children′s books play a vital role in education, and this book helps you to choose books that have the most to offer young children.
Ostroff highlights processes that propel learning (including play and collaboration), distilling the research into the most important ideas teachers need to design pedagogy and curriculum.
Fonagy, P., Steele, M., Steele, H., Higgitt, A. & Target, M. (1994). The theory and practice of resilience. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 35(2), 231–257. Fontaine, N.M.G., McCrory, E.J.P., Boivin, M., Moffitt, T.E., ...
This book makes those applications, and their robust benefits in work with clients, readily available to any professional.
Todd is throwing a tantrum in the supermarket and rolling on the floor, Lucy is crying her heart out over a burst balloon, Frank wakes up every night terrified because a monster is chasing after him, Peter is scared of tunnels.
Emphasising the voices and rights of children, international expert Anne Smith examines the latest thinking on children’s learning and development.
Understanding Children
Understanding Children: Behavior, Motives, and Thought
As early as two years onwards, some children will start to show that they understand and feel the emotions of others. Their actions to comfort others are based more on what the other children might need, e.g. they may get the child's ...
The uniqueness of this book lies in its focus on individual children, the extensive and intriguing examples which illustrate their problems, and the step-by-step search for the source of those problems.