This book provides an international, comparative look at aspects of early childhood education and care.

The author's eight-point cultural compass helps you ensure that young children feel welcome and that their cultures are valued. Included are strategies and activities.

Supports the growing demand for courses in leadership and ensures that such courses and instruction are developed with multiple considerations and best practices in mind.

From a leading voice in the early years community comes an accessible, dip in, dip out guide to all the hot topics in the sector.

This book offers practical advice and guidance for teaching primary grammar, linked to the National Curriculum.

This textbook brings together all aspects of play in one place. Covering a wide range of types of play, play pioneers and their theories, play environments, and how play relates to young children's learning and development, the chapters also draw out tensions and challenges for those working with young children.

Just being outside doesn't always guarantee a connection to the natural world. An awareness of the environment needs to be embedded within the curriculum, and with climate change and sustainability being such important and urgent issues, this book is a timely and much needed resource for early years and primary educators.

Empowering early years teachers to see the learning potential of playful mathematics