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1 online resource (456 pages) : 13 illustrations |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Introduction: young children learning and Early Years teaching; PART A Basic principles and approaches; 2 'Our classroom is like a little cosy house!' Organising the Early Years classroom to encourage self-regulated learning; 3 'My mum would pay anything for chocolate cake!' Organising the whole curriculum: Enterprise Projects in the Early Years; 4 'When the chicks hatch, a man will come and bring them yolk to eat.' Assessment in the Early Years |
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5 'This is the best day of my life! And I'm not leaving here until it's time to go home!' The outdoor learning environmentPART B Play and language; 6 'Listen to my idea!' Communication and language in the Early Years; 7 'It is only a story, isn't it?' Interactive story-making in the Early Years classroom; 8 'I can write ... on my own!' Writing in the Early Years; 9 'What's that dog thinking, Mrs Bromley?' Picture books and learning to read; PART C The wider curriculum; 10 'We are passing the smile around.' Personal, social, health and emotional education in the Early Years |
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11 'How do I do this better?' From movement development into physical literacy12 'I've got a song to sing.' Creating a musical environment for children in their Early Years; 13 'Once there was someone who walked on the sky.' Creativity in the Early Years; 14 'How many toes has a newt?' Science in the Early Years; 15 'How many shapey ones have you got?' Number and shape in the Early Years; 16 'But what does it do?' Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the Early Years: an emergent approach; 17 'So what is long ago and where is far away. . .?' A sense of time and place |
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18 'Why is she all yellowy, Miss?' 'Why have you got two mums?' 'You can't use the pink -- you're a boy!' Embracing diversity and difference in the Early YearsPART D The way forward; 19 Whatever next? Future trends in Early Years education; Index |
| Summary |
How can we help children to become independent learners? This title provides a broad-ranging review of the thinking and best practice within Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 education. Based on the basic truth that an effective Early Years curriculum must start with the children, it focuses on their needs and their potential |
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Replaces: 9780415280488 |
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Young Children Learning and Early Years Teaching: David Whitebread PART A: Basic Principles and Approaches Chapter 2: 'Our classroom is like a little cosy house!': Organising the early years classroom to encourage independent learning: David Whitebread with Rebecca Dawkins, Sue Bingham, Anthony Aguda and Kate Hemming Chapter 3: 'My mum would pay anything for chocolate cake!' Organising the Whole Curriculum: Enterprise Projects in the Early Years: Penny Coltman & David Whitebread Chapter 4: "I'm putting crosses for the letters I don't know" : Assessment in the Early Years: Rachel Sparks Linfield, Paul Warwick and Christine Parker Chapter 5: "This is the best day of my life! And I'm not leaving here until it's time to go home!": The Outdoor Learning Environment: Christine Parker PART B: Play & Language Chapter 6: 'You're supposed to tell me your name now!': Speaking and Listening in the Early Years: Dominic Wyse & Helen Bradford Chapter 7: 'It is onl |
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Undergraduate |
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Print version record |
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Early childhood education.
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Language arts (Early childhood)
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Learning.
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Education, Primary.
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early childhood education.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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Education, Primary
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Early childhood education
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Language arts (Early childhood)
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Learning
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Whitebread, David, 1948-
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Coltman, Penny
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| ISBN |
9781317936114 |
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1317936116 |
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