This title combines research and practice to investigate emotional and social development, wellbeing and mental health, language, cultural environments, as well as the role of parents in a child's development.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• Notes on the Editors and Contributors
• Overview: The Contribution of Research in Developmental Psychology To Early Childhood Education - David Whitebread
• Part I Emotional Development
• 1 Attachment and Parenting in the Preschool Years - Jean-François Bureau, Audrey-Ann Deneault, Jodi Martin & Kim Yurkowski
• 2 Emotional Self-regulation and Reactivity, School-based Relationships, and School Engagement and Achievement - Jeffrey Liew, Carlos Valiente, Maciel M. Hernández & Dame Abera
• 3 The Role of Pretend Play in Supporting Young Children's Emotional Development - Zhen Rao & Jenny Gibson
• 4 Researching Resilience Processes in Children's Everyday Lives during Transitioning to School: A Dialogic Approach - Kristiina Kumpulainen & Linda Theron
• 5 Whole-of-Setting Approaches to Enhancing Factors that Support Children's Social and Emotional Skills during Transitions - Lyn O’Grady, Amelia Joyce & Cate Engelbrecht
• Part II Social Development
• 6 Social and Emotional Skill Development in Early Childhood - Shauna L. Tominey, Svea G. Olsen & Craig S. Bailey
• 7 How Others Shape the Development of Children's Self-Perceptions: Implications for Early Years Education - Jane Webb-Williams
• 8 Children's Friendships and Social Development - Christian Berger, Olga Cuadros & Antonius H. N. Cillessen
• 9 Learning to Read Minds: A Synthesis of Social and Cognitive Perspectives - Claire Hughes & Rory T. Devine
• 10 Triadic Interactions for the Development of Social and Emotional Competences - Luisa Molinari, Ada Cigala & Paola Corsano
• Part III Play, Development and Learning
• 11 Securing the Future of Play in Early Childhood Education: Journeying with Children toward the Essence of Play to Evidence its Function and Value - Justine Howard
• 12 Playing At, Participating In, and Transforming Cultures: A Vygotskian Perspective on the Potential of Early Childhoods - Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur & Maryam Dalkilic
• 13 Playing for the Future: Redefining Early Childhood Education - Emily J. Hopkins, Tamara Spiewak Toub, Brenna Hassinger-Das, Roberta M. Golinkoff & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
• 14 Educational Play-supervision: Playing and Promoting Children's Development of Meaning - Pernille Hviid
• 15 New Play: A Pedagogical Movement for Early Childhood Education - Susan Edwards, Susan Grieshaber, Joce Nuttall & Elizabeth Wood
• Part IV Memory and Understanding
• 16 Developing Skills for Remembering in Early Childhood - Catherine A. Haden, Maria Marcus & Pirko Tõugu
• 17 How Children Learn: Implications for Early Childhood Education - David Whitebread & James Adams
• 18 Number Concept Development in Early Childhood - Sonia L. J. White
• 19 Exploring, Imagining, Sharing: Early Development and Education in Science - Keith S. Taber
• 20 Conceptual Development of Prosocial Behaviors across Childhood: The Role of Moral Cognitions and Moral Emotions - Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri, Federica Zava & Consuelo Huerta
• Part V Learning, Language and Literacy
• 21 Contexts for the Development of Language and Literacy in Latin America - Katherine Strasser
• 22 Early Language and Literacy Development in the Finnish Context - Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
• 23 Language, Literacy and the Transition to American Schooling - Frederick J. Morrison, Carol M. Connor, Adrienne D. Woods & Rebecca A. Marks
• 24 Language Learning Challenges in the Early Years - Julie E. Dockrell
• 25 Approaches to Early Literacy Development from a Multiliteracies Standpoint: A Case Study of Aboriginal Supported Playgroups - Libby Lee-Hammond & Sandra Hesterman
• Part VI Executive Functions, Metacognition and Self-Regulation
• 26 The Development of Self-Regulation in Young Children - Megan M. McClelland, Claire E. Cameron & Jessica Dahlgren
• 27 Associations between the Home Environment, Parenting and Self-Regulation in Early Childhood - Deborah Pino-Pasternak, Debora Valcan & Anabela Malpique
• 28 Emotional Self-Regulation in the Early Years: The Role of Cognition, Metacognition and Social Interaction - Anastasia Efklides & Plousia Misailidi
• 29 Understanding the Role of Motivation in Children's Self-Regulation for Learning - Nancy E. Perry, Simon Lisaingo & Laurie Ford
• 30 Supporting Young Children's Self-Regulation Development - Valeska Grau & David D. Preiss
• Conclusion: The Importance of Play, Oral Language and Self-Regulation in Children's Development and Learning: Implications for Quality in Early Childhood Education - David Whitebread, Marisol Basilio, Lisha O’Sullivan & Antonia Zachariou