TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kearns,Karen
TI  - Birth to big school
SN  - 9780170472968
U1  - 372.21 23
PY  - 2025///
CY  - South Melbourne, Victoria Australia
PB  - Cengage Learning Australia, 
KW  - Day care centers
KW  - Early childhood educators
KW  - Child care
KW  - Child development
N1  - Include bibliographical references and index.; Chapter 1: Introduction to child development -- Chapter 2: Physical development -- Chapter 3: Cognitive development -- Chapter 4: Language, Communication and literacy -- Chapter 5: Social and emotional development -- Chapter 6: Relationships: Learning to get along with others -- Chapter 7: Play: Supporting children's learning and development -- Chapter 8: Supporting outdoor play and connecting children with the natural environment -- Chapter 9: Observation and planning for learning -- Chapter 10: Supporting play-based learning
N2  - The sixth edition of Birth to Big School provides beginning educators with the core knowledge required to support the development and wellbeing of young children. It includes current knowledge of child development theory and how this theory is translated into practices that support children's learning. You will explore the role of play as learning and examine how play is embedded into planning programs for children.
You will be introduced to daily routines - a key feature of all early childhood programs - and discover how these routines provide an authentic learning opportunity for young children.
You will also explore the critical role of relationships between educators, children and families in the provision of quality education and care services.
References to the National Quality Framework are woven throughout the text to assist you to understand the relationship between education and care practices and the regulatory environment.
The final chapters of this book draw together child development knowledge and how it is applied to education and care practices in regulated children's services.
Understanding the complex relationship between child development, play and learning, and applying this in order to support each child's development, represents an ongoing lifelong journey for early childhood educators, whose role is to support each and every young child to reach their full potential
ER  -