Developing Empathy in the Early Years: A Guide for Practitioners
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071J752TV |
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| Number of Pages | : | 166 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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After running her own preschool for ten years, she became an educational consultant to Riverston Group Ltd and Think Equal. . Helen is based near Brighton, England. Helen Garnett is a teacher with thirty years' experience
It includes simple teaching strategies and creative ideas for empathy-building games and activities, enabling you to help children grow up as happier, friendlier, more thoughtful individuals. It reveals where the roots of empathy lie, how to prioritise it in practice, and how it manifests itself in young developing brains. Though everyone is born with an inherent capacity for empathy, children have the power to grow and re-build their natural supply, and even 'learn' to be more understanding towa
-- Jenny Mosley, previously a lecturer on a Master's in Education, author and Early Years Consultant . It is a 'must-have' for all people wanting the best future for children. Helen Garnett has contributed an exciting seminal book which deserves very serious attention from the world of Early Years practitioners and parents. How wonderful - finally a passionate, scholarly yet practical book focusing solely on the pivotal importance of adults understanding and developing empathy in very young children. It is that rare creature - a book that balances excellent research into empathy with excellent practical ways of putting all the ideas into practice