Textbook for students studying early childhood and childcare throughout Australia. Chapters discuss pregnancy and childbirth, child growth and development, beha

Winner of the 2013 Nursery World Awards! This is a key text for all those studying for degrees and foundation degrees in early childhood, early years and relate

This practical book provides pre- and inservice teachers with an understanding of how math can be learned through play. The author helps teachers to recognize t

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progre

This textbook prepares early childhood educators (ages birth to age 8) for the variety of roles (advocate, facilitator, planner, mediator, etc.) they must assum