Child Development Books
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Helping Young Children to Play
Tina Bruce
Price: £10.99
Paperback - 92 pages (20 May, 1996) ISBN: 0340655194
A text on play aimed at CACHE and BTEC child care students.It concentrates on the practical rather than theoretical importance of play, and includes advice on how to encourage different kinds of play and how to use available resources to develop play.
Your Child's Development: from Birth to Adolescence
Richard Lansdown PhD FBPsS CPsychol, Marjorie Walker PhD MS Ed BS Ed, Anthea Sieveking
Price: £11.19
Paperback - 512 pages ( 3 October, 1996) ISBN: 0711211140
It sets out all that parents need to know about the way a child develops - physically, mentally and emotionally - from birth, through infancy and childhood, to the crucial period of adolescence.
Human Growth and Development
Hilary Thomson, Carolyn Meggitt
Price: £13.99
Paperback - 300 pages ( 6 May, 1997) ISBN: 0340683627
Covering the subject of human growth and development from all angles - physical, psychological and social - this text should be suitable for a range of health, social care and child care courses.
Child Development and Learning 2-5 Years
Cath Arnold
Price: £16.99
Paperback - 144 pages ( 7 June, 2001) ISBN: 0761972994
Child Development and Learning 2-5 years provides a valuable insight into child development at the individual level. It is an essential book for all those involved in research and observation in early years settings.
Building Self-Esteem in Children
Patricia H. Berne, Louis M. Savary
Price: £14.95
Paperback - 171 pages (February 1996) ISBN: 0824515498
Helping the Aggressive Child
Alan Train
Price: £7.99
Paperback - 223 pages (11 November, 1993) ISBN: 0285631527
A complete programme for parents and teachers for dealing with aggression in children by means of understanding and practical, long-lasting tactics, with suggestions of how to help a child achieve self-control.
Culture and the Child
Daphne Keats
Price: £18.99
This is a practical guide for those professionals dealing with children whose cultural backgrounds differ from those of the mainstream of the society in which they live. The central theme is the role that the child's cultural background plays in its development.
