Early Years Resources
Behaviour Management: Getting it Right in a Week
Workable strategies, tips and advice for busy teachers who want to address low level disruption and improve behaviour in their classroom.
Creativity: Getting it Right in a Week
Practical guidance on creative teaching, teaching for creativity and creative learning for all busy teachers.
Early Years Placements
A Critical Guide to Outstanding Work-based Learning
A key text for all those undertaking placements or work-based learning in early years settings.
International Perspectives on Early Years Workforce Development
An examination of the current structure of the early childhood education and care workforce in different countries, each of which represents a distinct philosophical tradition.
Language, Literacy and Communication in the Early Years:
A critical foundation
An essential text for students and practitioners on the development and acquisition of language and literacy in the early years.
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children 4-11 Years
Helps trainees and teachers to identify and support primary-aged children with mental health needs, providing a range of evidence-based tools.
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Young Children 0-5 Years
Essential support for all trainees and practitioners working in early years contexts, helping them to understand and mitigate against the risk factors of mental health needs in children from birth to 5.
Mentoring: Getting it Right in a Week
Compact guide to effective mentoring for busy teachers and school leaders.
Observing Children and Families
Beyond the Surface
This book explains the unique insights that child observation can bring to practice with children and families and helps the reader develop their own skills in this approach.
Professional Dialogues in the Early Years
Rediscovering early years pedagogy and principles
This book provides early years teacher educators with critical guidance to explore the enduring philosophies and principles of early years’ pedagogy and to creatively interpret and communicate these to those they are training to be teachers and professionals.
Teaching and Learning Early Years Mathematics
Subject and Pedagogic Knowledge
Essential reading for all those teaching or training to teach Early Years mathematics, providing comprehensive subject and pedagogic knowledge for those responsible for the youngest children in school and their vital first experiences of learning mathematics.
The Critical Years
Early Years Development from Conception to 5
A book that brings up to date theory and understanding of child development in the early years into the workplace.
Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Assessment
An accessible, carefully researched, quick-read on assessment for early career teachers, linked to the new ECF.
Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Mental Well-being and Self-care
An accessible, carefully researched, quick-read on mental well-being and self-care for all early career teachers.
Safeguarding Adults Together under the Care Act 2014
A multi-agency practice guide
An essential adult safeguarding practice multi-agency framework under the Care Act 2014.
Positive Mental Health for School Leaders
Comprehensive guidance and workable, evidence-informed strategies to support the mental well-being of those with leadership roles in schools and colleges.
Staying Mentally Healthy During Your Teaching Career
Comprehensive guidance and workable, evidence-informed strategies to support the mental well-being of all those teaching in schools and colleges.
Re-examining Success
Raising pupils’ examination performance at secondary school: systems, techniques, processes and partners
Provides the research and practical insights required for secondary schools to radically review and remodel exam preparation provision with a view to ensuring more pupils, particularly those that are vulnerable, can perform to their potential.
A Complete Guide to the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training
A new and updated third edition of this essential text for the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training, tailored to meet the demands of the qualification and latest ETF Standards.