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Using Empathy to Support Children and Families
Hear from Colleen Schmit, author of Advocacy for Early Childhood Educators, as she discusses how important empathy is, especially when supporting children and their families.
Insights From Our Education Experts
Beyond Crafts & Colouring: Reimagining Visual Arts Education for Young Children
Drawing on years of experience and research, this blog includes practical and theoretically informed insights alongside reflective prompts and vibrant visual examples to help the adults in children’s lives to understand the why, what, and how of visual arts education.
Rigid Approach to Teaching Phonics is Failing Children
Experts show that phonics should be taught hand-in-hand with reading and writing to encourage true literacy and a love of reading, not through narrow synthetic phonics.
Play in Early Childhood Helps Build a Better Brain
Early childhood expert Dr Jacqueline Harding, and author of The Brain that Loves to Play, describes how a fusion of play and learning will contribute to a positive early years education and holistic child development.
Professional Learning Books
Art Play and Inquiry: The Why, What and How of Visual Arts Education with Young Children
October 15, 2025 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032911960
Paperback
264 Pages
Cultivating Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care: Trouble, Complexity and Promise
November 18, 2024 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032234366
Paperback
186 Pages
Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8
August 27, 2024 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032574189
Paperback
312 Pages
The Balancing Act: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing
June 20, 2024 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032580234
Paperback
294 Pages
The Brain that Loves to Play: A Visual Guide to Child Development, Play, and Brain Growth
November 09, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032314396
Paperback
272 Pages
Reading Picture Books with Infants and Toddlers: Learning Through Language
March 03, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9780367768911
Paperback
154 Pages
Why Play Matters: 101 Activities for Developmental Play to Support Young Children
October 09, 2023 by Speechmark
ISBN: 9781032420707
Paperback
170 Pages
Teaching Early Years: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment
June 12, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032284125
Paperback
288 Pages
Unlocking Practitioner Inquiry: Growing Professionally in Early Years Education
June 22, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032158259
Paperback
238 Pages
Kinaesthetic Learning in Early Childhood: Exploring Theory and Practice for Educators
July 07, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032215181
Paperback
180 Pages
Early Childhood Education and Care in a Global Pandemic: How the Sector Responded, Spoke Back and Generated Knowledge
June 23, 2022 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032190273
Paperback
252 Pages
Advocacy for Early Childhood Educators: Speaking Up for Your Students, Your Colleagues, and Yourself
May 06, 2020 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9780367343934
Paperback
186 Pages