Whole Child, The: Developmental Education for the Early Years, 10th edition

• Takes a developmental approach for ages birth through 8. 
• Incorporates strong coverage of diversity—especially in the chapter on Providing Cross-Cultural, Non-Sexist Education.
  • Focuses on the impact of poverty on children and families and strategies for including children with disabilities in classroom activities
  • Includes a Diversity assessment item at the end of each chapter. 
• Covers the special concerns of working with infant and toddlers throughout.
• Focuses on the importance of advocacy for children, families, and the profession.
• Supports children's physical fitness as a way to combat the growing incidence of obesity in children.
• Includes chapters describing the emergent and conventional approaches to curriculum.
• Provides information on how to cope with crisis and violence—Topics covered include war, terrorism, emergency preparedness, and ways to create a peaceful classroom.
• Features four types of review questions at the end of each chapter—Predicament, Diversity, Content-Related, and Integrative.
• Denotes a citation that is particularly important for further reading in the “Pick of the Litter” feature—Comes at the end of each chapter.
• Provides web links at the end of each chapter to encourage further exploration of the topics-- Internet references are for the most important early childhood organisations and free resources.
• Offers material on the Reggio Emilia approach and strategies throughout the book--Gives practical examples of how teachers adapt the Reggio Emilia approach in American classrooms, including discussions about documentation.
• Expands the coverage with updated statistics, citations, and current research—provides a truly current perspective on the field of early childhood education.

Continuing the legacy of what has made this text a classic in the field, the authors have incorporated changes to strenthen the effectiveness of this best-selling text. In this Tenth Edition:

• Experience different modes of learning with new graphics and illustrations. Incorporated in every chapter, the new graphics help to explain key concepts in the text. See example, Chapter 2’s illustrated pie chart, Ways to Increase the Six Types of Family Involvement.
• Learn the usefulness of research in classroom practice with the new What the Research Tells Us sections. Presenting current research studies, this informative new feature, located in Chapters 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, and 16, summarizes the findings in terms of practical application. See example in Chapter 8, Secure Attachments to Caregivers Buffers Preschoolers Stress Levels at School, which tells us it is important for teachers to develop close relationships with each child.
• Discover guiding principles on how to provide high-quality education through planning the classroom and school environment. Chapter 7 features a new discussion about the school environment and how to arrange quality learning spaces in the classroom and outdoors.
• Learn how important topics in the text are handled by real-life early childhood educators, and be exposed to a variety of teaching methods. New Teacher Tips strategically placed in the margins of the text, offer readers true insight and practical advice from experienced classroom teachers. See wonderful examples throughout the text. One of these is found amidst a discussion of documenting children’s work, “The child can do wonderful things but if their thinking isn’t visible, spoken or known, then it is just a bunch of marks or scribbles. The brilliance emerges when their thinking is understood or known. Our role as teachers is to make their voices heard.”~ Leslie Gleim, lead pre-k teacher.
• Be guided by a new discussion in the text that will help education majors clarify their own beliefs about what makes a good teacher. Encouraging students to develop their own educational philosophy and plans for putting their beliefs into action as an early childhood teacher, Chapter 16 will support readers in solidifying their teaching convictions, and reinforce good teaching practices during the course of their professional career.
• See exemplary classrooms in action, as well as the types of children, families, and situations teachers are likely to encounter during their career in the classroom. Over 100 new photos of children, teachers, and families in authentic early childhood programs are now featured throughout every chapter. A good example is in the Chapter 1 opener, with a striking visual answer to an important educational question, “What is Good Education for Young Children?”