A readable discussion of the key ideas of child development and theory, including how children acquire language, the meaning of intelligence and creativity, as well as how best to teach children to read and write.

Looking at and listening to picture and story books is a ubiquitous activity, frequently enjoyed by many young children and their parents. Well before children can read for themselves they are able to learn from books. Looking at and listening to books increases children’s general knowledge, understanding about the world and promotes language acquisition. This collection of papers demonstrates the breadth of information pre-reading children learn from books and increases our understanding of the social and cognitive mechanisms that support this learning. Our hope is that this Research Topic/eBook will be useful for researchers as well as educational practitioners and parents who are interested in optimizing children’s learning.

This book summarises the ideas of educational theorists and psychologists of the last 60 years, from Elinor Goldschmied to Tina Bruce. It also looks at the important contemporary issues in early years education, from whether boys and girls learn differently to the role of the community in the early years setting.

The comprehensive guide to the most influential theorists and their ideas on how children with special educational needs learn and develop.

The second in a series of books to teach reading to young children from preschool through early elementary years. Professionally designed by a teacher with credentials in early childhood education, learning disabilities, and Montessori methods, this book employs large colorful pictures, large print, animal-centered stories, repetition, the Dolch word list, and more in a system developed and proven over twenty years.

MELODY’S CHINESE NOW™ -For Young Learners Set two Book 2 Book 2: What? (4) What can you do? The learners will learn to use” can” to ask and answer questions regarding the fun activities for children. MELODY’S CHINESE NOW™ -For Young Learners Melody's Chinese Now™ teaching system uses kid friendly illustrations and phrases to introduce the Mandarin language to young learners in a relaxed and fun, but proven effective, style. Along with the main e-book, downloadable audio, flashcards and worksheets, we enhance and reinforce the learning experience with a variety of media presentations. Each Set Includes: (1) 8 Books (2) Audio (3) Ready to be printed Flash card (4) Flashcards APP on iBooks and Android tablet (coming soon) (5) Writing Worksheet (downloadable from our website) Audio and flashcards can be downloaded from: www.speakchineseovernight.com PARENT/TEACHER GUIDE Learning Mandarin should be easy and fun. We have some suggestions for helping your children to learn Mandarin Step 1: Show your child the picture and ask them what the picture tells them Step 2: Listen to the audio and read aloud Step 3: Encourage your child to read aloud Step 4: Encourage your child to use their finger to trace the Chinese characters inside the book Step 5: Print the Flashcards and have them to sound out Step 6: Print out the Writing sheet from our website www.speakchineseovernight.com and to trace with a crayon or marker Step 7: Keep your children learning on the books and flash card light and fun Step 8: Encourage your kid to record their reading in Mandarin at our Online Web based platform. (Please email speakchineseovernight@gmail.com for details) There are 3 sets, 24 mini books with illustrations for young learners that work toward this Goal- Speak Chinese in a Chinese Restaurant.

This book helps your child further develop the visual skills necessar y to learn to read and write. In Excel English Early Ski lls: Learning About Sequencing, your child will learn to: f ollow instructions systematically follow a sequence of events recognise and write some basic symbols (eg. tick, cross, circle) identify the place and position of objects (eg. under, above, top, bottom) The activities in each book are divided into double pages. Each double page allows your child to practise one particu lar skill many times so that the skill is reinforced. A clear, easy-to-f ollow page design has been developed, with clear explanations to help bo th parents and children.

In Excel Maths Early Skills: Learning Numbers to 5, your chi ld will explore the numbers 1 to 5 in a range of activities. Your child will learn to: count from 1 to 5 sort thing s into groups draw the numbers 1 to 5 match up numbers write down numbers 1 to 5 The activities in this book are divided into double pages. Each double page allows your child to practise one particular skill many times so that the skill is reinfor ced. A clear, easy-to-follow page design has been developed, with clear explanations to help both parents and children.