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Birth to Big School, 6th Edition | AU/NZ

Karen Kearns

  • Copyright 2025
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Birth to Big School 6th Edition by Karen Kearns
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Overview

Birth to Big School is designed to support the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care in a holistic and integrated way while addressing the relevant units of the Training Package. The text uses down-to-earth, practical examples to help students to understand traditional areas of development, and links these to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the National Quality Standards (NQS).

Questions throughout the text challenge your students to check their understanding of the content. Learning from real life scenarios helps to connect theory to practice, and reflective activities reinforce learning.

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Meet the Authors

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Karen Kearns

Karen Kearns Grad. Dip. Ed (Spec. Ed.), B Ed. (ECE), M Ed (ECE) has worked in teaching, consultancy, advocacy and legislative compliance, and lecturing at the University of Newcastle. She is CEO of International Child Care College (ICCC), which delivers vocational education and training in Early Childhood Education and Care, face-to-face and online.

What's New

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  • New chapter titled "Observation for planning and learning" covering CHCECE038.
  • Chapter 7 (Play) has been extensively updated with greater detail of how play benefits all areas of development, with specific details about play and learning for babies, toddlers and preschoolers and how educators can support this play and development.
  • Extensively updated to reflect the revised Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and National Quality Standards (2023 NQS).
  • NEW to MindTap - asset guide mapping
  • NEW chapter - Diversity & Inclusion

Features

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  • The text retains the successful problem based learning approach of previous editions. Scenario-based learning activities contextualise theory to workplace experience.
  • The text is designed to address the relevant units of competency in a holistic and integrated way while covering the skills and knowledge students need to be deemed competent in this qualification.
  • Demonstrates clearly the composition of the National Quality Framework, the Early Learning Frameworks, and how the laws and regulations governing education and care services, and the National Quality Standards all work together to deliver approved services.
  • Extensively updated to reflect the revised Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and National Quality Standards (2023 NQS).
  • Instructor Resources Pack: Premium resources that provide additional instructor support are available for this text, including PowerPoint slides, Go Further material, mapping to competency, solutions to in text activities, and LMS-ready test bank files. These resources save you time and are a convenient way to add more depth to your classes, covering additional content and with an exclusive selection of engaging features aligned with the text. The Instructor Resource Pack is included for institutional adoptions of this text when certain conditions are met. The pack is available to purchase for course-level adoptions of the text or as a standalone resource. Contact your Cengage learning consultant for more information.
  • Cognero Test Bank: A bank of questions has been developed in conjunction with the text for creating quizzes, tests and exams for your students. Create multiple test versions in an instant and deliver tests from your LMS, your classroom, or wherever you want using Cognero. Cognero test generator is a flexible online system that allows you to import, edit, and manipulate content from the text's test bank or elsewhere, including your own favourite test questions.

Table of Contents

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1. Introduction to child development
2. Physical development
3. Cognitive development
4. Language, communication and literacy
5. Social and emotional development
6. Relationships: Learning to get along with others
7. Play: Supporting children's learning and development
8. Supporting outdoor play and connecting with the natural environment
9. Observation for planning and learning
10. Supporting play based learning

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  • ISBN-10: 017049215X
  • ISBN-13: 9780170492157
  • RETAIL $69.95

  • ISBN-10: 0170472965
  • ISBN-13: 9780170472968
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  • ISBN-10: 017047867X
  • ISBN-13: 9780170478670
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