TY - BOOK AU - TI - Beginning essentials in early childhood education SN - 9781111830830 AV - LB1139.23.G6627(2e) PY - 2007/// CY - Belmont PB - Wadsworth Cengage learning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Content: History and current issues of early childhood education -- Types of programs -- Defining the young child -- Developmental and learning theories -- Teaching: A professional commitment -- Observation and Assessment: Learning to read the child -- Guidance essentials -- Families and teachers: An essential partnership -- Creating Environments -- Curriculum essentials ER -