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Self and Story in Early Childhood: Children’s Developing Minds Revealed by Parent-led Research

FULL REFERENCE: Boyd, W.  (2023).  Book Review: Self and story in early childhood: Children’s developing minds revealed by parent-led research.  NZ International Research in Early…
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Men who Teach Young Children: An International Perspective by David Brody

Author Dr David Brody provides a penetrating look at the lives and personal beliefs of male early childhood and kindergarten teachers. He also reviews the…
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Suffer the Little Children by David Smith

In his self-published book, David Smith reflects on over 30 years of working in early childhood education, mainly in teaching roles at a variety of…
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Progressing Play

How to teach and not what to teach is the focus of ‘Progressing Play’.  The authors detail, discuss and throughout the book provide real-examples of…
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Teaching Early Years Mathematics, Science and ICT

Here is a helpful book jam-packed with ideas for teaching early years mathematics, science and ICT to children aged about 4 to 8 years. 
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Ideas for Play: Literacy by Emma Smoldon and Megan Howell

Literacy ideas is a NZ book written for families at home, parent educators in playcentres, and early childhood teachers.
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Young Children Becoming Curriculum: Deleuze, Te Whāriki and Curricular Understandings

Marg Sellers contests the usual dichotomisation of children and curriculum, by proposing and developing the notion of re(con)ceiving children in curriculum. 
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Insights from the Playgroup Movement: Equality and Autonomy in a Voluntary Organisation

As the reader turns each page a message unfolds that if we are to make any real progress today for children and the society we…
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Learning from Sure Start: Working with Young Children & their Families

Clear details on how the British have been trying to get it right for young children by taking an integrated service delivery approach, aiming to…
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Critical Issues in Early Childhood Education

This book presents diverse viewpoints on critical issues in ECE, so that readers can discuss the positions and issues being interrogated and make their own…
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