This accessible guide to child development is for students of degrees and foundation degrees in Early Years, Early Childhood Studies and related disciplines and for early years practitioners. *Introduces the context of child development *Develops an understanding of development and of how early years practitioners can support this *Explores the biological/social debate, and the importance of holistic development *Examines factors affecting development and includes a chapter on reflective practice *Considers the complexity of children's development and argues that is is not always a straight forward progression This fifth edition: *is updated in line with the new EYFS and the updated Development Matters; *is updated to include child development learning from 0-8 *includes up-to-date guidance on assessment processes in the Early Years; *includes a new section with key knowledge on well known theories of child development.

Friends are an important part of every toddler's social life ... and now, part of their first art collection! Friendships are among the most important relationships we have. Friends play, laugh, and share - and comfort one another in times of need. Here, for the first time, a collection of expertly-curated diverse works by all-star artists from across the centuries and around the world celebrates the concept of friendship via paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and more. A brief, tender, read-aloud text accompanies each work, and the work's title and artist's name are also included for reference. This appealing board book is guaranteed to educate and inspire and will help toddlers and pre-schoolers connect their own experiences to those they see on the canvas - adding depth of meaning to what they see. Ages 2-4

In this story the Flixies Learn about the winning recipe of the vertebrates – a skeleton of bones and cartilage inside the body, to which muscles could be attached. Vertebrates had unique features that enabled them to adapt to living on land. In this way many niches were filled, thereby opening up the land even further for the other forms of life!

Join award-winning science writer Seymour Simon in this picture book introduction to sharks. If you believe the movies and books about shark attacks, you probably think that sharks are the biggest, scariest animals on the planet. But are all sharks the giant man hunters they are so often made out to be? What do they eat, where do they swim, and what do they do on weekends? Dive in and explore one of the world's most mysterious creatures with acclaimed science writer Seymour Simon. With clear, simple text and stunning full-color photographs, readers will learn all about sharks-their behavior and habitat-in this informative picture book. Perfect for young scientists' school reports, this book supports the Common Core State Standards. Check out these other Seymour Simon books about animals: Big Cats Butterflies Cats Crocodiles & Alligators Dogs Dolphins Frogs Gorillas Horses Insects Penguins Sea Creatures Snakes Spiders Whales Wild Babies Wolves

Jump-start your young child's education with vocabulary and early language concepts using this beautiful board book set created by a speech therapist to help build your child's language skills and encourage them to explore nature. Created by licensed speech pathologist and artist, Tabitha Paige, CCC-SLP, the three children's board books in the Our Little Adventures box set take parents and toddlers or young children on trips to the farmers market, the forest, and a wildflower meadow. Each book features realistic watercolor imagery and a story carefully crafted by Tabitha, who has years of experience helping young children develop their language skills. These three timeless and durable board books feature vocabulary and early language concepts for toddlers while also teaching about friendship and kindness. Lessons include: Spatial Words: Follow along with Little Fox as he plans a surprise picnic for his friend Owl in A Trip to the Farmers Market. Quantity Words: Follow along with Little Hedgehog as he helps his friend Squirrel search for missing acorns in A Trip to the Forest. Colors and Counting: Follow along with Little Rabbit as she gathers wildflowers to cheer up her friend Mouse in A Trip to the Wildflower Meadow. Additional guidance will also be provided for parents to learn how they can help their young children build their vocabularies with confidence. Overall, this board book set captures the magic of language and strengthens the parent-child bond, all while being designed to look beautiful on a bookshelf and in a children's bedroom!

Music, according to studies by Jean Piaget, is considered the queen of arts because of the multiple intelligences deployed. Each musical development activity is discovered and proposed in a gradual and fun way through a journey into the forest. In this book of games and activities, the ability developed is Creating: creativity and exploration are stimulated of the surrounding world and the elements that compose it, the sense of rhythm is facilitated, and the first compositional skills are encouraged, following the natural curiosity for the world of sounds and music.

What are schemas and why do they matter? Again! Again! provides an introduction to understanding and supporting schemas and schema play in young children. Practitioners will find an overview of schemas with guidance on where they fit within the EYFS. There are examples of schemas, with illustrations and descriptions of common behaviour patterns, and these are set within the general context of child development. The intention is to help early years practitioners identify schemas and to understand both how important they are and the vital role they play in the growing child's learning. The aim is to help the reader understand how they can develop, plan and resource activities which support children's learning through experiment and play.

To share is a process that involves complex cognitive and emotional skills. To be able to share, the child must be able to understand that objects exist and belong to him even when he does not see them and be able to put himself in the other's shoes. With the identification through illustrations, the child understands how to enjoy shared games, enhancing these moments and highlighting the fun in doing what they like best. We help the children to find solutions that can mediate their needs with those of others, without this necessarily implying a renunciation. In this way, we manage their ability to think about a solution strategy, and to respect the needs of the other.

Featuring simply illustrated images, the board books in the 'Hello Baby' series include pictures set against alternating black-and-white backgrounds, designed with bold colours to stimulate baby's vision.

Facto hoor interessante stories van groen plante – Ruimteskip Aarde se lugversorgers - wat sorg dat daar genoeg suurstof in die atmosfeer is en dat 'n ander giftige gas, kooldioksied, verwyder word. Hy leer by die Flixies van hoe plante ontwikkel het vanaf klein, byna onsigbare mosplantjies, tot die reuse bome wat ons oral sien.

The proposed activities are inspired by the studies of Daniel Goleman on emotional development and concern child's reflection on the characteristics of emotions, on one's own and others' emotional states and on the association of physical characteristics to certain emotions. In the book the 6 basic emotions and the 2 social emotions are analysed. In this activity book the ability developed is Feeling: by training child's emotional ability, we can provide them with tools to face the most complex situations and the most difficult and important tasks, which could not be entrusted solely to the intellect.

The topics chosen for this book are inspired by the studies of Alan J. Bishop, so there are six universal activities that characterize mathematics: Counting, Locating, Measuring, Designing, Playing & Explaining. The ability developed in this activity book is Reasoning: curiosity about the surrounding world is stimulated, the most complex mental categories are broadened (cause and effect relationship), problem solving, first arithmetic skills, logic, space and time skills, planning and coding are practiced.