Accounting has become to be known as the language of business. This new edition is written to meet the needs of those students who will not be accountants but who do need to understand accounting to learn the key language that embarks us in the business world. 'Marshall', the leading text in the Survey market, takes readers through the basics: what accounting information is, what it means, and how it is used. In using this text, students examine financial statements and discover what they do and do not communicate. This enables them to gain the crucial decision-making and problem-solving skills they need in order to succeed in a professional environment. The new edition still has a strong focus on Return on Investment while updated content is integrated throughout.

Product Description: Note: This is the loose-leaf version of Management of Child Development Centers and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with the loose-leaf version, use ISBN 013379685X...read more

Product Description: International pre-schools in Japan are a growing phenomenon, used by parents who are keen to ensure that their children are fluent in English and at home with Western culture, thereby preparing their children for, as the parents see it, future success...read more

Product Description: Familiale Gewalt gegen und Vernachlässigung von Kindern und Jugendlichen ist gegenwärtig verstärkt im Blick der öffentlichen, politischen und fachlichen Aufmerksamkeit. Belastbares und empirisch abgesichertes Wissen über sozialpädagogische Praktiken mit Formen von Kindeswohlgefährdung und insbesondere zur Frage, in welchen Fällen und bei welchen Beeinträchtigungen der kindlichen Autonomie in der sozialpädagogischen Praxis von 'Kindeswohlgefährdung' gesprochen wird, fehlen jedoch...read more

The traditional role for teachers in children's play was to structure it, setting rules and interrupting if things got "out of hand". However, for children three to five, sociodramatic play is a way to invent and make familiar the rhythms and actions of everyday life. This text describes why play is a fundamentally important part of children's development and shows how adults can support and promote play. The authors offer systematic descriptions and analyses of the different roles a teacher adopts toward this end - including those of stage manager, mediator, player, scribe, assessor, communicator, and planner - and describe both highly interactive and inhibited children from different economic backgrounds. The authors integrate cognitive and psycho-dynamic theory as well, regarding the scripts children play in both cognitive and affective terms, and they discuss the importance of fantasy and reality play themes, demonstrating the implications of play for literacy learning.

Product Description: The guide, now in its completely revised and updated seventh edition, is the accepted authority on nursery school options available to Manhattan parents. It describes more than 150 nursery and day care programs including information about admissions procedures, diversity, school size, tuition and schedules...read more

Product Description: Accounting has become known as the language of business. This new edition is written to meet the needs of those students who will not be accountants but who do need to understand accounting to learn the key language that embarks us in the business world...read more

Product Description: This fully illustrated guide to the planning and design of pre-school facilities for children is supported by a broad range of case studies, drawn from around the world. Both new buildings and adapted premises are covered. Essays on social development and childcare put the projects in context...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This clear, thought-provoking close study of teaching practices invites us into the classroom of a Head Start teacher and her assistant as they confront the challenges of early childhood education. Drawing on the recent knowledge base on childhood literacy, Wilson looks forward, highlighting and discussing a new set of questions about prevailing prescriptions for "developmentally appropriate practice" and emergent literacy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: What’s the difference between an activity and an experience?One is meant to pass the time, the other to last a lifetime.Make the most of your interactions with young children with experiences that allow infants and toddlers to figure out how something works on their own...read more

Product Description: Book by McPhee, Norma H., Favazza, Paddy C., Lewis, Eleanore Grater

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Product Description: How do official policy mandates actually work at the classroom level? This fascinating study revealed how one rural Head Start staff actually developed local policies in response to a complex set of demands, including providing comprehensive services to children and families, maintaining facilities, and responding to emergency situations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Physical play has always been an important aspect of a childs growth. The goal of Star Power for Preschoolers, writes author Andrew Oser, is to provide a creative approach to helping children develop five important life skills concentration, relaxation, cooperation, imagination and self-esteem while having fun with physical play...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Discusses how the government educational program was created, survived political, ideological, and budget battles, and answers to current educational controversies

This "natural history" of the activities of children and caring adults presents a comparative study of four types of provision for the under-fives. This book should be of interest to educational psychologists, students at colleges of education, teachers on in-service training courses and nursery teachers.