A Guide to Early Years Practice / Edition 3

by Sandra Smidt

Overview

This is a practical, accessible guide to early years practice. The author examines current theories about how children learn best and focuses on how we can support and extend the learning of young children. This fully revised edition discusses Birth to Three Matters, the new Childcare Bill and the development of children's centres, and has additional focus on the Foundation Stage Profile

Packed full with case studies, the book offers:

• practical advice on how to successfully involve parents as equal partners in the education of their children
• guidance to ensure that the activities and support offered to young children will promote learning across a broad and balanced Early Years curriculum
• a focus on special needs, multiculturalism and multilingualism, play and culture, and the importance of interactions with adults and with peers.

Essential reading for students on Early Years courses, this book is also invaluable for practitioners, who can use this text as the starting point for developing their own methods within the frameworks of statutory documents relating to Early Years education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415416047
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/08/2007
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Understanding How Young Children Learn Best 2. How to Support and Extend the Learning of Young Children 3. The New Childcare Bill 4. Introduction to the Curriculum Guidance to the Foundation Stage 5. Living and Communicating in a Social World 6. Understanding and Explaining the Physical World 7. Exploring the World and Expressing Ideas 8. Ensuring Equality of Access and Opportunity 9. Documenting What Children Do 10. Partnerships with Parents

Editorial Reviews

'There is much useful information in this book and the practical examples and anecdotes are particularly effective.' - Early Years Update

(Review of First Edition)'Written with great clarity, sympathy and a minimum of jargon...one other important strength of this book is its positive approach to equal opportunities and the multicultural and multilingual contexts of education. It also shows how to document your work and survive inspections with your self-esteem intact.' - Nursery World

'Like the first edition it is long on practical information and short on jargon. Whenever I am reviewing a book I look at it from the point of view of my students. This is definitely one I will be recommending for September's book list.' - Denni Morrison, Nursery World

'Sandra Smidt's book is a revised edition of a text that my students have found useful in the past. She sets out in clear and relatively jargon free language a summary of how young children learn.' - John Lee, Escalate

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