Birth to Big School

ISBN-10
0733985890
ISBN-13
9780733985898
Series
Birth to Big School
Category
Child care
Pages
394
Language
English
Published
2007
Authors
Karen Kearns, Bev Austin

Description

"Birth to Big School is written to support delivery of the Certificate III in Children's Services. The text focuses on child development from birth to 8 years, and covers the following topics: Beginnings - introduces concepts and principles relating to child development, and introduces play as a learning strategy for young children; Moving - examines physical development, including gross and fine motor skills; Thinking and talking - looks at cognitive development, language and communication and literacy skills; Socialising - looks at the development of the closely related social and emotional domains, including key developments such as trust, attachment, autonomy and self-esteem, and how to guide children toward positive behaviour; Playing - discusses the provision of appropriate play environments and experiences that support children's development and learning, including an introduction to observing and documenting children's learning." - back cover.

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