2018 Early Childhood Education

2018 CATALOGUE

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

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HIGHLIGHT HIGHLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT ON WHEN PRE-K
YOUNG COMES
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL

Social and Policy,
Emotional Partnerships, and
Development the Early Childhood
Edited by Education
Rossella Procopio Workforce
Bethany Wilinski
Dec 2017 116pp
9781938113314 Paperback Oct 2017 160pp
£21.95 / €24.00 9780807758236 Paperback
£33.95 / €38.00
Make the most of the Early Childhood
opportunities embedded Education Series
in your classroom practices, routines, and lessons to help
children from birth through third grade develop the Traces what happens - for institutions and teachers
social and emotional skills essential to their future well- - when a school district and community ECE
being and success. This collection covers a wide range centres partner to provide public pre-K. The author
of critical topics, from understanding diverse cultural examines policy implementation across diverse sites,
practices to addressing bullying behaviours. and demonstrates how pre-K partnerships create
opportunities but also considerable constraints for the
National Association for the Education of institutions and teachers involved.
Young Children
Teachers College Press

HIGHLIGHT Brookes Publishing Co.

HIGH-QUALITY EARLY SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
EARLY DEVELOPMENT
CHILDHOOD
PROGRAMS Your Guide to Promoting Children’s
Positive Behavior
The What, Why, Nicole Megan Edwards
and How
Laura Colker & Jun 2018 192pp
Derry Koralek 9781681251929 Paperback £30.95 / €35.00

Jan 2018 160pp Equips early childhood educators and service providers
9781605545776 Paperback with the tools to support emerging social-emotional
£33.95 / €38.00 development and positive behaviour in the first five years of
life. Guiding principles and specific, research-based strategies
Gives staff feedback for supporting children’s success are presented, with
that positively alters numerous specific examples of how to foster healthy social-
their practice. It is equally useful in helping teachers, or emotional development and adaptive behaviour.
caregivers, take a thoughtful look at their own practices.
This book’s detailed descriptions of what one should
see in high quality programs (and why) gives readers a
strong foundation of child development knowledge and
of principles translated into practice.

Redleaf Press

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MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCES IN THE Harvard Education Press
EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG
AMERICAN CHILDREN INSIDE PREK CLASSROOMS

Second Edition A School Leader’s Guide to
Betty Hart & Todd Risley Effective Instruction
Foreword by Melissa Behm Judith A. Schickedanz & Catherine Marchant

Mar 2018 316pp Feb 2018 248pp
9781681252599 Hardback £35.95 / €40.00 9781682531273 Paperback £32.95 / €37.00
9781682531280 Hardback £63.95 / €71.00
More widely cited than ever before, this book presents
findings on the disparities in daily interactions between Provides school leaders with much needed guidance and
parents and children of different socio-economic knowledge to ensure quality instruction for their youngest
backgrounds and the effect of these disparities on children’s students. Based on their extensive experience working with
vocabulary and later intellect. children and educators, the authors bring readers inside real
classrooms, where teachers are grappling with the “big ideas”
TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR that lie at the core of quality preK instruction.
EFFECTIVELY ENGAGING DUAL
LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD FOR PRESCHOOL

Shauna L. Tominey & Elisabeth C. O’Bryon Using Art to Enhance Literacy and
Dec 2017 216pp Social Skills
9781681250434 Paperback £38.50 / €43.00 Philip Yenawine

Shows teachers how to develop a toolbox of strategies Mar 2018 184pp
for effectively teaching and engaging dual language 9781682531570 Paperback £29.95 / €34.00
learners while also supporting their families from diverse 9781682531587 Hardback £57.95 / €64.00
backgrounds. The book is organised by outlining and
describing 45 teaching tips that educators can use to Shows how teachers can add visual thinking strategies (VTS)
implement best practices for effectively supporting dual to their existing curriculum to encourage language, critical
language learners in their classroom. thinking, and social skills for children ages three to five. In
this sequel to his popular book, Visual Thinking Strategies,
CAST Professional Publishing author Philip Yenawine describes using art and other visual
experiences to create engaging and powerful learner-centred
LET THEM THRIVE environments for young children just beginning their formal
school experience.
A Playbook for Helping
Your Child Succeed in IGI Global
School and in Life
Katie Novak K-12 STEM EDUCATION

Nov 2017 170pp Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
9781930583160 Paperback Edited by Information Resources Management
£14.50 / €16.00 Association

Provides parents with a Oct 2017 800pp, 2 Volumes
practical understanding of how 9781522538325 Hardback £398.00 / €441.00
education works - and how
it can work better - for their Presents the latest trends, techniques, technological tools,
children. In this highly readable and scholarly perspectives on STEM education in K-12
book (with unique cartoon illustrations), bestselling author, learning environments. Including a range of pertinent topics
educator, and parent Katie Novak introduces the research- such as instructional design, online learning, and educational
based framework Universal Design for Learning. technologies, this book is an ideal reference source for
teachers, teacher educators, professionals, students,
researchers, and practitioners.

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MANAGING SELF-DIRECTED International Society for Technology in Education
LEARNING IN PRIMARY
SCHOOL EDUCATION NURTURING YOUNG INNOVATORS

Emerging Research and Opportunities Cultivating Creativity in the Classroom,
Penny Van Deur Home and Community
Laura McLaughlin Taddei & Stephanie Smith Budhai
Jul 2017 126pp
9781522526131 Hardback £116.00 / €129.00 Sep 2017 185pp
Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education 9781564843906 Paperback £30.95 / €35.00
Explores how to engage families and communities in
An essential reference source on the examination, role, activities that create environments where creativity,
and function of independent learning at the elementary innovation and collaboration are fostered and valued, and
level. Featuring extensive coverage on a relevant range where technology is used to redefine learning and promote
of topics and perspectives such as learning assessment, responsible risk-taking.
constructivism, and student factors, this publication is ideal
for researchers and educators seeking the latest research on National Association for the Education of
student learning and instructional design. Young Children

A SIMPLEX APPROACH TO ETHICS AND THE EARLY
LEARNING, COGNITION, AND CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR
SPATIAL NAVIGATION
Using the NAEYC Code, Third Edition
Emerging Research and Opportunities Stephanie Feeney & Nancy K. Freeman
Pio Alfredo Di Tore
Feb 2018 160pp
Sep 2017 88pp 9781938113338 Paperback £26.50 / €30.00
9781522524557 Hardback £111.00 / €124.00 This updated third edition of the bestselling Ethics and the
Advances in Educational Technologies and Early Childhood Educator seeks to inform and guide those
Instructional Design who work with children and families through the tough
decisions they must confront. Feeney and Freeman provide
An innovative source of scholarly material that presents new, well-chosen examples and questions that not only
a unique perspective on the convergence of game-based clarify key points about ethical conduct and decision-making
learning, empathy, cognition, and spatial understanding. but also stimulate reflection and discussion on critical issues
Including a range of pertinent topics such as gender confronting early childhood educators.
considerations, space representation, and user interfaces,
this book is an ideal reference publication for academics, SPOTLIGHT ON YOUNG CHILDREN
researchers, students, and educators.
Social and Emotional Development
TEACHING COMPUTATIONAL Edited by Rossella Procopio
THINKING IN PRIMARY EDUCATION
Dec 2017 116pp
Edited by Huseyin Ozcinar, Gary Wong & H. Tugba Ozturk 9781938113314 Paperback £21.95 / €24.00
Oct 2017 356pp For more details see page 1.
9781522532002 Hardback £201.00 / €223.00
Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education

Examines the impact that instructing with a computational
focus can have on future learners. Highlighting relevant
topics that include multifaceted skillsets, coding,
programming methods, and digital games, this scholarly
publication is ideal for educators, academics, students, and
researchers who are interested in discovering how the future
of education is being shaped.

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Redleaf Press EMERGENT CURRICULUM IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD SETTINGS
ANTI-BIAS ACTIVITIES FOR THE
PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM From Theory to Practice, Second Edition
Susan Stacey
YMCA Minneapolis Early Childhood
Education Department Feb 2018 224pp
Jul 2018 224pp 9781605545837 Paperback £33.95 / €38.00
9781605545707 Paperback £27.95 / €31.00
Explores the components of emergent curriculum and
Activities developed by the successful YWCA Minneapolis how its practices can improve the educational culture of
Early Childhood Education program. All anti-bias, play- early childhood programs. This updated edition includes
based activities will be organized by theme, support at least new information on exploration of inquiry-based practice,
one of the six early learn domains, and include an anti-bias re-examination of circle time and scripts for routines,
conversation guide; supplying the teacher with open-ended and expansion of invitations, including invitations
questions to ask of the children in three categories: Self, for children learning a second language, new photos
Family, Neighbourhood/Community. and documentation.

ANTI-BIAS CURRICULUM FOR THE A FIGHTING
PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM CHANCE

YWCA Minneapolis Early Childhood Supporting Young
Education Department Children Experiencing
Jun 2018 160pp Disruptive Change
9781605545684 Paperback £35.95 / €40.00 Jane Humphries & Kari Rains

YWCA Minneapolis Early Childhood Education program’s Aug 2017 184pp
anti-biased and play-based curriculum uses practical and 9781605545066 Paperback
real-life experiences to support teacher learning and practice. £30.95 / €35.00
With thrilling success in 2016, 94% of infants through
pre-schoolers enrolled in this program were on track with Learn to embrace disruptive
age-appropriate development. change, address it with
professionalism, and utilize
BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES IN EARLY proven strategies to affect the
CHILDHOOD SETTINGS direction of these children’s lives in a positive way and give
them a fighting chance to succeed.
Connie Jo Smith
Sep 2017 80pp FIVE ELEMENTS OF COLLECTIVE
9781605545240 Paperback £16.50 / €19.00 LEADERSHIP FOR EARLY
CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS
This Redleaf Quick Guide is filled with information on how to
respond to an array of 12 common behavioural challenges, Cassandra O’Neill & Monica Brinkerhoff
including aggression, defiance, and separation anxiety, and Dec 2017 160pp
offers prevention tips and developmental information that 9781605545462 Paperback £30.95 / €35.00
may affect young children’s behaviour.
Current research shows that a collective approach to
BUILDING STRUCTURES WITH leadership is advantageous to organisations and this book
YOUNG CHILDREN will help early childhood leaders incorporate collective
leadership into their programs.
Complete Set with VHS
Ingrid Chalufour, Karen Worth & GUIDANCE FOR EVERY CHILD
Education Development Center Inc.
Teaching Young Children to Manage Conflict
Dec 2017 277pp Daniel Gartrell
9781929610617 Paperback + Video £52.50 / €59.00
Aug 2017 192pp
From playground equipment to skyscrapers, structures are 9781605545370 Paperback £30.95 / €35.00
everywhere. The second topic in the Young Scientist series,
Building Structures with Young Children guides children’s Tying together the theory and practice of child guidance and
explorations to help deepen their understanding of the behaviour in accessible ways, this book provides educators
physical science of building block structures - including actionable and developmentally appropriate practices to
concepts such as gravity, stability, and balance. teach children healthy emotional and social development.

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HIGH-QUALITY EARLY MORE THAN MAGNETS,
CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS STANDARDS EDITION

The What, Why, and How Science Activities for Preschool
Derry Koralek & Laura Colker and Kindergarten
Sally Moomaw & Brenda Hieronymus
Jan 2018 160pp
9781605545776 Paperback £33.95 / €38.00 Aug 2017 368pp
9781605545165 Paperback £35.95 / €40.00
For more details see page 1.
Take the uncertainty out of teaching science to young
INFANT-TODDLER children with this comprehensive curriculum framework
SOCIAL STUDIES that aligns with early learning standards. Enjoy over 100
interactive activities guaranteed to encourage children to
Activities to Develop a explore the wonders of their world.
Sense of Self
Carla B. Goble RECIPES FOR MESSY PLAY

Dec 2017 176pp 40 Fun Sensory Experiences for
9781605545608 Paperback Young Learners
£25.95 / €29.00 Cathy Sheppard

As infants become toddlers, Sep 2017 44pp
their expanding sense of self, 9780908609659 Spiral bound £18.50 / €21.00
growing motor, language,
and cognitive skills provide Messy play is one of the great joys of early childhood.
opportunities for learning This book uses 40 fun, open-ended, and creative
more about the world around them. This book is a recipes for children to build literacy, numeracy, and
valuable resource for understanding and facilitating young social-emotional skills.
children’s development of healthy sense of self, positive
cultural identity, effective social relationships, and feelings ROBOTICS FOR
of connectedness. YOUNG CHILDREN

INSPIRING WONDER, AWE, STEM Activities and
AND EMPATHY Simple Coding
Ann Gadzikowski
Spiritual Development in Young Children
Deborah Schein Dec 2017 184pp
9781605545448 Paperback
Oct 2017 200pp £35.95 / €40.00
9781605544847 Paperback £30.95 / €35.00
Many early childhood
Offers a series of best practices for child care providers so professionals are unfamiliar
they’re able to nurture a child’s spiritual development with computer science,
without religion or God. It helps educators and parents robotics, and engineering
support and strengthen children’s self-awareness through concepts. This user-friendly
deep connections, and increased social awareness. and accessible book gives teachers great ideas for engaging
young children with 100 exciting, hands-on computer
LEARNING TOGETHER WITH science and engineering activities.
YOUNG CHILDREN
SAVING PLAY
A Curriculum Framework for Reflective
Teachers, Second Edition Addressing Standards through Play-Based
Margie Carter & Deb Curtis Learning in Preschool and Kindergarten
Gaye Gronlund & Thomas Rendon
Jun 2017 304pp
9781605545226 Paperback £46.50 / €52.00 Jul 2017 288pp
9781605545301 Paperback £35.95 / €40.00
Offering an alternative approach to standardization and
data-driven mandates, this book puts children at the centre Take an active role in child-directed play to guide learning.
of planning. Using The Thinking Lens® protocol teachers can Become a strong advocate for saving play in early childhood
translate educational theories into concrete ideas for working education by learning how it addresses the seven domains
with children and families. and Common Core Standards. Restore play to its proper role
as both fun and educational.

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TEACHING STEM LITERACY Teachers College Press

A Constructivist Approach for Ages 3 to 8 INFANT/TODDLER ENVIRONMENT
Juliana Texley & Ruth M. Ruud RATING SCALE

Oct 2017 200pp Third Edition
9781605545622 Paperback £41.50 / €46.00 Thelma Harms et al

Offers a collection of ready-made, open-ended lesson 2017 104pp
plans reviewed and tested by teachers, that help educators 9780807758670 Paperback £21.95 / €25.00
integrate STEM learning into the early childhood classroom.
The lessons are written in the 5 E’s format, and are linked Focuses on the full range of needs of infants and toddlers
to the Next Generation Science Standards. They encourage up to 36 months of age and provides a framework
young children to explore STEM connections and link to for improving program quality. ITERS-3 assesses both
children’s books about STEM topics. environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions that
affect the broad developmental milestones of infants and
A TO Z READY FOR K toddlers, including language, cognitive, social-emotional
and physical development as well as concern for health
A Complete 35-Week Preschool Curriculum and safety.
Sharon Ehrhardt
LEADING FOR CHANGE IN EARLY CARE
Dec 2017 256pp AND EDUCATION
9781605545417 Paperback £46.50 / €52.00
Cultivating Leadership from Within
Each chapter begins with ideas for dramatic play, activities/ Anne L. Douglass
songs/poems, and books to read aloud, plans for Circle
Time, Table Work, and Free Choice Play, and ends with Oct 2017 144pp
an empty lesson plan template. The weekly topics are 9780807758359 Paperback £30.95 / €35.00
linked to early childhood standards, and includes ideas for 9780807758366 Hardback £66.95 / €75.00
classroom setup, a sample daily schedule, and a CD full of Early Childhood Education Series
reproducible material.
Featuring both research findings and practical
TWELVE ESSENTIAL TOPICS IN recommendations, this book presents an innovative framework
EARLY CHILDHOOD for nurturing leadership in the care and education of young
children. Douglass calls for a paradigm shift in thinking that
A Year of Professional Development for challenges many long-held stereotypes about the early care and
Staff Meetings education workforce’s capacity to lead change.
Nancy P. Alexander
WHEN PRE-K COMES TO SCHOOL
Feb 2018 200pp
9781605545523 Paperback + CD-ROM Policy, Partnerships, and the Early Childhood
£51.50 / €57.00 Education Workforce
Bethany Wilinski
A tool for program administrators to prepare successful
professional development experiences for their staff during Oct 2017 160pp
monthly meetings. The book includes an agenda and outline 9780807758236 Paperback £33.95 / €38.00
for each topic along with a materials list, handouts, and Early Childhood Education Series
instructions for activities. Also included is a CD-ROM with
twelve PowerPoint presentations and reproducibles for For more details see page 1.
each topic.
THE YOUNG ARTIST AS SCIENTIST

What Can Leonardo Teach Us?
Mary Jo Pollman

Sep 2017 208pp
9780807757956 Paperback £33.95 / €38.00

Provides the first in-depth look at the important connections
between the arts and science specifically for early childhood
education (pre-K-3rd grade). Highlighting their many
commonalities such as the processes involved in creative
problem solving, the author draws on what we can learn
from Leonardo da Vinci as the supreme artist-scientist.

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BESTSELLERS DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE
PRACTICE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
ACER Press PROGRAMS SERVING CHILDREN
FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE 8
PLAY MATTERS
Third Edition
Investigative and Exploratory Learning for Edited by Carol Copple & Sue Bredekamp
Preschool to Grade 2, Second Edition
Kathy Walker 2010 368pp
9781928896647 Paperback £42.50 / €47.00
2011 160pp
9781742860060 Paperback £51.50 / €57.00 Based on what the research says about development,
Provides information, examples and practical strategies learning, and effective practices, as well as what experience
for classroom teachers wishing to explore and implement tells us about teaching intentionally, Developmentally
the Developmental Curriculum (play and project based Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs articulates the
curriculum) into the learning environment. principles that should guide our decision making.

Brookes Publishing Co. Teachers College Press

THE EARLY CHILDHOOD WHAT LEARNING LOOKS LIKE
COACHING HANDBOOK
Mediated Learning in Theory
Dathan D. Rush & M’Lisa L. Shelden and Practice, K-6
2011 240pp Reuven Feuerstein & Ann Lewin-Benham
9781598570670 Paperback £41.50 / €46.00
Evidence-based and highly effective, coaching helps early 2012 240pp
childhood practitioners support other professionals and 9780807753262 Paperback £39.50 / €44.00
families as they enhance existing knowledge, develop new
skills, and promote healthy development of young children. Through numerous examples and scenarios from classrooms
This hands-on guide shows professionals how to conduct and museums, they show how mediated learning helps
skilful coaching in any setting – home, school, or community. children to become more effective learners.

National Association for the Education of
Young Children

ANTI-BIAS EDUCATION FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN AND OURSELVES

Second Edition
Louise Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards

2010 184pp, 33 illustrations

9781928896678 Paperback £32.95 / €37.00

Become a skilled anti-bias teacher with this volume’s
practical guidance to confronting and eliminating barriers of
prejudice, misinformation, and bias about specific aspects
of personal and social identity; most importantly, find tips
for helping staff and children respect each other, themselves,
and all people.

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