About Canada: CHILDCARE. Martha Friendly & Susan Prentice, $17.95

In Canada, early childhood education and care includes childcare programs, kindergartens and nursery schools. When these programs are well-designed, they support children’s development and accommodate parents who work or study. About Canada: Childcare answers questions about early childhood education and childcare (ECEC) in Canada:

• Why doesn’t Canada have an ECEC system, even though other countries do?
• Why is ECEC so important?
• What is missing in Canada’s ECEC landscape and why?
• Can ECEC programs be designed as wonderful environments for young children or are they merely necessary but not particularly desirable places to keep children safe while mothers are at work?
• Is ECEC primarily a public good, a private family responsibility or an opportunity for profit-making?

Early childhood education and childcare is a political issue, the authors argue, and Canada needs an integrated system of services.

Caring for Infants and Toddlers in Groups: Developmentally Appropriate Practice (2nd Edition). ZERO TO THREE, $34.95

Featuring an age-based approach to link developmental milestones to positive learning experiences and filled with research-based information, this guide outlines ways infant care teachers in both center-based and family child care programs can positively impact the learning and lives of the children and families they serve.

This series of three CDs is ideal for parents, students in education, social sciences, and medicine, as well as day care center and in-home child care providers, child care associations and referral agencies. The Child Care in Action Series is a practical reference on the care of infants and toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children. Each CD offers narratives, video demonstrations of key child care skills, and interactive tests.

Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs: Practices for Quality Education and Care. Carollee Howes, $36.95

Early childhood education programs are expected to provide exemplary care for all children while also adapting care to include children’s families and cultures. These two sets of expectations are often difficult for teachers and programs to meet. In this book, Carollee Howes shows how high-quality programs successfully adapt child development guidelines within cultural contexts, and why quality needs to be and can be measured in culturally specific ways.

Developing Attachment in Early Years Settings: Nurturing Secure Relationships from Birth to Five Years.  Veronica Read, $39.50

With its accessible approach, this book is essential reading for both practitioners and students looking for guidance on how to nurture secondary attachment relationships in group care settings.

“Synthesizing information from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and child development, author Marilee Sprenger covers the basic structure, vocabulary, and current research on the brain from an early childhood educator's point of view and provides an abundance of illustrations and descriptions. Through an understanding of the phases of language, motor, and social development at each age level, educators can create enriching educational experiences that enhance children's growth and foster an enduring love of learning.”

Developing Quality Care for Young Children: How to Turn Early Care Settings into Magical Places. Nettie Becker & Paul Becker, $39.50

“By examining high-quality early care within a real-life setting, this resource illustrates how to build a successful program, handle the inevitable challenges, and achieve and sustain positive results. Using their experience in child development and child therapy, the authors demonstrate how to:

• Create environments that foster healthy relationships for children and adults
• Build on children's sense of wonder and joy for learning in preparation for later academic experiences
• Use families' ethnic and cultural diversity as a teaching tool
• Maintain professional standards for administration and staff

Developing Quality Care for Young Children is invaluable not only for early childhood educators, administrators, and trainers, but also for anyone striving to make a difference in the lives of our youngest learners.”

Young children convey their emotions in many ways. Don’t Get So Upset is an insightful look at why some expressions of children’s emotions are so much more challenging than others — it’s not about the child as much as it is about you and your emotions.

Author Tamar Jacobson asks the reader to reflect on how they learned to express their feelings as a child, how adults responded to them and how our emotional history is very much a part of our interactions with children. This book is practical and personal — a call for self-reflective practice in early childhood education.

The Everything Book for Child Care & Preschool. Kelly Gunzenhauser & Melissa Fisch, $19.50

Over 100 time saving forms including reproducible checklists, documentation and assessment forms, newsletters, planners, schedules and decorative borders.

Extending the Dance in Infant & Toddler Caregiving: Enhancing Attachment & Early Relationships.  Helen Raikes & Carolyn Pope Edwards, $34.50

An in-depth blueprint for promoting attachment and relationships in early childhood settings, this book helps professional caregivers and educators develop sensitive, nurturing relationships with young children. In the process, they'll strengthen parent–child attachment and the supportive relationships among the adults who nurture the children.

Finding Your Smile Again provides dozens of proven techniques for coping with stressful situations and diagnosing and preventing burnout. A family childcare provider and former child care center director, Jeff Johnson specifically addresses the stressors and challenges common among child care professionals. You'll find guidance in discovering your true purpose—whether it's in the child care field or beyond.

Infant and Toddler Development and Responsive Program Planning, 2nd Edition: a Relationship-Based Approach. Donna Wittmer & Sandy Petersen, $97.95

This comprehensive text for infant and toddler early childhood education development (from pre-birth through age 36 months,) curriculum, and program planning.  Taking an applied approach and emphasizing relationship-based care, the authors investigate why, according to the science of child development, certain practices support or hinder an infant’s or toddler’s development and how to provide responsive high-quality care 

Integrating theory, research, and practice in one comprehensive and accessible volume, this book incorporates all the themes crucial to providing quality education and care to the youngest members of our society.

KIDEX for Infants: Practicing Competent Child Care for Infants. Adrienne Boyd, $23.95

KIDEX for Infants: Practicing Competent Child Care offers you the opportunity to keep an individual record for each infant with instructions for proper documentation of the infant’s day, a sample of charting, and a reproducible charting template … Suggestions for best practice care are integrated throughout the resource coupled with information to acquaint you with typical and atypical infant behavior … Many other documents to help manage the classroom are provided. These documents pertain to safety, hygiene, sanitation, communication, providing for children and their families, and articles for parents. Maintaining current information assures all children will receive consistent, competent care every day. Includes CD-ROM.

Also available: KIDEX for Ones, Twos, Threes and Fours. $23.95 each. CD-ROM included with each volume.

Learning from the Past: Historical Voices in Early Childhood Education. Jennifer Wolfe, $46.95

Imagine yourself at a conference where the presenter’s list is a ‘who’s who’ of the most influential thinkers in the field of early education. Imagine an opportunity to listen to their discussions on how to nurture and develop children’s natural curiosity and inclination to discover.

From ancient Greece to modern times, from Plato to Rousseau, from Montessori to Dewey and beyond, Learning from the Past: Historical Voices in Early Childhood Education gives the reader a front row seat at a historical discussion that has been going on for centuries.

Biting is a challenge in all toddler care programs — for teachers, parents and children. This how-to handbook offers successful strategies and guidance for approaching biting in ways that effectively for everyone involved.

Play, Learning and Brain Development: You Can Make a Difference. Beatrice Ashem & Michelle Ashem, $29.95

Play, Learning and Brain Development is a ready-to-use, culturally-adaptable curriculum and guide to helping parents lean about their child’s development from birth to age three. Designed for a broad range of use, it can be employed as a complete set of workshops or adapted to existing programs. By relating current research data to traditional parenting practices, the curriculum teaches the effects of parenting practices on brain development in young children.

Play, Learning and Brain Development is currently being used in cities, small towns and isolated communities around the world by educators, nurses, early intervention staff, parents and other community workers. Sections include information, research and workshops on:

• Brain development in the early years
• Parenting as a key to brain development
• Early learning
• Barriers to healthy development and prevention strategies
• Maternal depression and other factors affecting development
• Child abuse and neglect
• Resources

Respecting Babies: a New Look at Magda Gerber’s RIE Approach. Ruth Anne Hammond, $28.95

Respecting Babies will help parents and caregivers provide support to babies and toddlers in a way that allows children to become confident explorers and learners. Focusing on the importance of building secure relationships, this book is an engaging and easy-to-read summary of the history and methods of care conceived by Magda Gerber, founder of the Resources for Educarers (RIS) Program.

Rethinking Nutrition: Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings. Susan Nitzke, Dave Riley, Ann Ramminger & Georgine Jacobs, $34.95

Nutrition has vital and long-lasting effects on children's development. Good nutrition helps children learn better and promotes lifelong healthy eating habits. Connecting current scientific research with best practices, Rethinking Nutrition provides information to help:

• Promote proper nutrition for the healthy growth of children from birth to age five
• Address special dietary needs, including food allergies, obesity, family preferences, and chronic diseases
• Establish healthy eating and feeding habits
• Use food and mealtimes to promote children's social and intellectual development
• Implement food and nutrition policies in early childhood settings

Supporting Language and Literacy 0-5: a Practical Guide for the Early Years Foundation Stage. Suzi Clipson Boyles, $41.95

Supporting Language and Literacy 0–5 describes the important features of early language development providing a clear and accessible theoretical framework illustrated by practical examples taken from a wide range of early years settings. The book focuses on the principles of inclusion, equality, individualized learning, planning, assessment and cross-curricular working that play a vital part in delivering the EYFS successfully.

Understanding Infant Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

Understanding Toddler Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

Understanding Preschooler Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $25.95

Learn how to support children's physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development with this series of three practical handbooks, adapted from The Young Child, a textbook used in academic programs nationwide. The Understanding Child Development Series provides a comprehensive overview of the most relevant theories and research on child development. Each book focuses on a specific age group and explains:

• the impact and long-term effects of biology and environment on early brain development
• how children learn
• important theories of child development
• how early life experiences lay the ground work for evolving language and thinking
• the effects of nurturing care on emotional development and stability in later life
• milestones and windows of opportunity for children's development