Promoting Children's Learning from Birth to Five: Developing the New Early Years Professional

by Angela Anning (Author), Angela Anning (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  What sort of literacy and numeracy curriculum experiences are best suited to the needs of very young children? How can early years professionals bridge the current divisions between education and care to provide an approach to young children's learning which draws on the strengths of both traditions? How can these professionals be supported as they develop new practices which focus on young children as learners? What strategies are most effective in involving parents with their children's development in literacy and mathematical thinking? Drawing upon research carried out in a range of early years settings, Angela Anning and Anne Edwards seek to address these questions. The emphasis throughout is upon enhancing the quality of children's learning and providing support for the practitioners who work with them. The complexity of addressing the various cognitive, social, physical and emotional learning needs of young children is discussed and practical strategies to develop children's learning are explored with a particular focus on communication and mathematical thinking. Published at a time of dramatic change in pre-school provision in the UK, the book will both inform and reassure early childhood professionals. It will be important reading for managers, administrators and all professionals working in early years and family services and an accessible text for those studying for childcare and education and teaching qualifications.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  Reviews of the first edition

  At a time of constant and rapid change in education, this book will inform and reassure early childhood professionals.
  Practical Pre-School

  Besides advice on the most helpful ways to develop learning in areas such as maths and literacy, there are suggestions and comments about further reading at the end of each chapter, and examples of the thoughts and responses of real children are never far from the page.
  TES

  Innovative, resourceful and thoroughly researched... a challenge to existing and emerging early childhood professionals.
  Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

  Promoting Children's Learning from Birth to Five supports early years professionals as they develop new practices to promote young children's learning. This second edition fully reflects the enormous changes in early childhood education and care since the publication of the first edition. Retaining its successful focus on literacy and mathematical development as key exemplars of promoting young children's learning, the book considers new ways of working with parents, promoting inter-professional collaboration, and achieving sustainable, systematic change in children's services.

  The second edition:

  • Draws on current research in early literacy and mathematical thinking
  • Focuses on multiprofessional practice, showing how practitioners who work from evidence across professional boundaries are able to give strong, interactive and sensitive support to young children and their parents
  • Takes into account policies and practices such as Every Child Matters, the Primary Strategy and Children's Centres
  • Includes updated material on aspects of leadership, and on the role of the Senior Practitioner in developing innovative services for children and their families
  • Explores the importance of personal, social and emotional development in the curriculum for under-fives

  Working from the basis that children learn most readily in contexts where parents and professionals are keen to learn, the authors help early childhood professionals to meet the challenges of reshaping children's services.

  This is key reading for all early childhood professionals and students.