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  • Children's Drawings of the Human Figure

    by Maureen V. Cox ...
    Series series Essays in Developmental Psychology
    The human figure is one of the earliest topics drawn by the young child and remains popular throughout childhood and into adolescence. When it first emerges, however, the human figure in the child's drawing is very bizarre: it appears to have no torso and its arms, if indeed it has any, are attached to its head. Even when the figure begins to look more conventional the child must still contend ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • Drawings of People by the Under-5s

    by Dr Maureen V Cox, Maureen Cox ...
    This work traces the development of the human figure in children's drawings, showing how children add to and alter their figures as they get older and more skilful. It discusses why children's drawings often seem so bizarre to adults, revealing what these figures tell as about the child's Intelligence Or Emotional Stability.; The Book Is Based In Examples From hundreds of children, but ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Teaching Young Children to Draw

    Imaginative Approaches to Representational Drawing

    by Grant Cooke, Maureen Cox, Deirdre Griffin, Mr Grant B Cooke, Dr Maureen V Cox ...
    Now that art is a National Curriculum subject, teachers are looking for useful approaches to the teaching of art. This book offers an approach that has been developed by the three authors and has been shown, through research in schools, to improve ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

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    First published in 2004. Art Therapy for Groups provides detailed guidance on how to set up and run theme-based art therapy groups and discusses factors affecting different client groups.The second half of the book consists of nearly 400 themes and practical exercises to use with groups, set out in sections ranging from personal work to group interactive exercises. This updated second edition ... Read more

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  • A Guide to Early Years Practice

    by Sandra Smidt ...
    This is a practical, accessible guide to early years practice. The author examines current theories about how children learn best and focuses on how we can support and extend the learning of young children. This fully revised edition discusses Birth to Three Matters, the new Childcare Bill and the development of children's centres, and has additional focus on the Foundation Stage ProfilePacked ... Read more

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  • Child Development in Practice

    Responsive Teaching and Learning from Birth to Five

    by Pamela May ...
    How should children feel about themselves and their learning? How do I know what children have learnt and how can I move them on? How can I ensure that resources are available for children to use actively and independently?In today’s busy setting an understanding of child development sometimes gets overlooked, yet it lies at the heart of effective practice. Child Development in Practice provides ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD

  • Threads of Thinking

    Schemas and Young Children′s Learning

    by Cathy Nutbrown ...
    In her new edition of this popular book, Cathy Nutbrown presents evidence of continuity and progression in young children′s thinking. She shows, with detailed observation, that they are able and active learners. She considers aspects of children′s patterns of learning and thinking - or schemas - and demonstrates clearly how children learn in an active, dynamic and creative way.This book makes ... Read more

    $78.39 CAD

  • Why We Make Art

    And Why it is Taught

    by Richard Hickman ...
    Governments around the world spend millions on art and cultural institutions, evidence of a basic human need for what the author refers to as 'creating aesthetic significance.' Yet what function or purpose does art satisfy in today’s society? In this thorough and accessible text, Hickman rejects the current vogue for social and cultural accounts of the nature of art-making in favor of a largely ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • A Curriculum for the Pre-School Child

    by Audrey Curtis ...
    First published in 1986, this book has been enormously influential in the training and professional development of early years workers. This new edition has been fully revised to take account of changes in the National Curriculum, the publication of the government's 'desirable outcomes' statement for the under-fives, and the introduction of NVQ's in child care and education. The new edition also ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • Key Issues in Early Years Education

    A Guide for Students and Practitioners

    Edited by Sandra Smidt ...
    Key Issues in Early Years Education is the second edition of The Early Years: A Reader. This essential text for students and professionals is unique in its range of voices and topics and in its determination to see the child as central to learning and development. As in the first edition it not only has chapters written by key figures in the field of early childhood education and care but also by ... Read more

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  • Ways of Attending

    How our Divided Brain Constructs the World

    by Iain McGilchrist ...
    Attention is not just receptive, but actively creative of the world we inhabit. How we attend makes all the difference to the world we experience. And nowadays in the West we generally attend in a rather unusual way: governed by the narrowly focussed, target-driven left hemisphere of the brain.Forget everything you thought you knew about the difference between the hemispheres, because it will be ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

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  • Swearing Is Good For You

    The Amazing Science of Bad Language

    by Dr. Emma Byrne, PhD ...
    In the vein of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat comes a fascinating and fun look at the new science of bad language.Did you know that chimpanzees can swear? Or that we do most of our swearing in our first language? Have you ever noticed that swearing is an excellent painkiller?In delightfully fun and accessible language, backed by riveting historical case studies and the latest cutting-edge ... Read more

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