Designed for students on Early Years Foundation Degrees & Early Childhood courses Early Years professionals & Teaching Assistants this engaging text provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of early childhood. Written & edited by experts in the field the book clearly explains theory through illustrations of good practice with case studies reflective exercises & suggestions for further reading. Additional case studies & reflective questions for student or lecturers use can be found on the SAGE website. Each chapter has been revised with an emphasis on encouraging reflective practice & there are new chapters on: personal social & emotional development; EYPS; & health & safeguarding children. This brand new edition has also been updated in light of the new Early Years Foundation Stage & addresses the needs of students working towards Early Years Professional Status (EYPS). ...

Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective 6/e addresses both typical & atypical child development from birth through age eight. This text highlights the diversity of child development preparing professionals to meet the unique needs of children from a wide variety of backgrounds. * A new emphasis on neuroscience & brain research helps us to understand so much better how children think learn feel & behave. * Every chapter

Includes:: at least one new section on how the brain contributes to advances in physical cognitive linguistic social or emotional development across age groups. * An extensive section on assessment has been added. * Clinical & classroom-based methods for assessing learning & development of young children are presented. * The use of assessment data in teaching & parenting are fully explored. * A more extensive examination of toddlerhood as a distinct period of development is included. Newly-discovered advancements of children between the ages of 18 months & 3 years are profiled. * The book contains discussions of more than 800 new research studies & articles on early childhood development that have been published since the last edition.

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Featuring a new spiral binding the updated ECERS-R (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition) offers more practical assistance in the form of an Expanded Score Sheet (which contains a worksheet) & additional notes for clarification to improve accuracy in scoring. However the items & indicators remain the same as in the original ECERS-R. ...

The early Christian letters in this book are short sharp & to the point. They are full of clear practical advice for Christians taking their early steps in the faith & needing to know where the problems were going to come & what resources they could find to cope with them. But they also breathe the fresh air of delight in a new-found faith hope & life. They are full of wonder at the fact of Jesus himself at what hed done in giving his life to rescue people at what he had revealed about who God himself is. They are realistic in facing the dangers a Christian community will face from the world around trying to squash the church into its own ways of life & to stifle the rumour that the living God might be on the loose. & they are equally realistic in highlighting difficulties which may arise within the community itself. They draw richly on the ancient scriptures of Israel to help give the young Christians that all-important sense of depth in discovering who they really are within Gods love & purposes; & they range widely across issues of everything from politics to private life. They are a vital resource for every church & every Christian. ...

Early Comprehension is a series of graded activity books that develop children's ability to make sense of pictures & text
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Early Comprehension is a series of graded activity books that develop children's ability to make sense of pictures & text
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Very soon after the development & popularization of the bicycle in the nineteenth century keen cyclists realised that in order to cycle in the dark some form of lighting was essential both to light the way ahead but also to alert other road users. Manufacturers were quick to respond to demand & soon a wide range of simple lamps was available usually fuelled by oil. But cycle lamps quickly grew in sophistication as makers tried to out-do one another with the style & efficiency of their lamps. The acetylene cycle lamps of the early part of the twentieth century are stunning examples of decorative design & manufacture. ...

Livy (c. 59 BC AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history the first five of which comprise The Early History of Rome. With stylistic brilliance he chronicles nearly 400 years of history from the founding of Rome (traditionally dated to 757 BC) to the Gallic invasion in 386 BC an era which witnessed the reign of seven kings the establishment of the Republic civil strife & brutal conflict. Bringing compelling characters to life & re-presenting familiar tales including the tragedy of Coriolanus & the story of Romulus & Remus The Early History is a truly epic work & a passionate warning that Rome should learn from its history. ...

Early Homework aims to make homework a positive learning experience reinforcing core subjects (English maths & science) & cross-curricular thinking skills through enjoyable practice activities. Pull-out answers make marking quick & easy & give children the chance to evaluate their own progress. Book 3 supports the Primary National Strategy for literacy & mathematics & the National Curriculum for science at KS1 including: literacy
- reading comprehension/sentence construction/spelling/classification of words (word families)/who? what? when? where? questions maths
- addition & subtraction/number sequences/number facts/3-d shapes/using a number line/money & change/telling the time/tens & units science
- sorting objects/materials & their properties/changing materials (reversible & non-reversible processes)/colour mixing.


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Early Homework aims to make homework a positive learning experience reinforcing core subjects (English maths & science) & cross-curricular thinking skills through enjoyable practice activities. Pull-out answers make marking quick & easy & give children the chance to evaluate their own progress. Book 4 supports the Primary National Strategy for literacy & mathematics & the National Curriculum for science at KS1 including: literacy
- reading comprehension/verbs & adverbs/rhyme/descriptive language maths
- using a hundred square/tens & units/vertical addition & subtraction of 2-digit numbers (with carrying & borrowing)/addition with one number hidden/rounding/multiples science
- electricity/forces & movement/light & sound/seasonal changes.


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