Can anyone reccommend a book for studying GCSE in child development or a similar subject

[KatyMac]

My DD (10) wants to study (both her dad & my staff have just completed their NVQ's in Childcare Learning & Development & she wants to 'study' too) some sort of 'child' based course

I thought if I got a GCSE textbook one of my assistants could work through it with her (if she finishes her homework)

So what do I buy?

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Am a bit confused, sorry, your DD is 10...and wants to study child development?! No disrespect intended - just seems a bit, umm, forward!

However that said I remember spending hours looking through my Mum's copy of 'Baby and Child care' by Claire Rayner when I was about 10 - I am now a play worker! So hey, why not! (Have recently rediscovered this book at my Mum's and frankly some the advice it gave scares me now!!)

I'm not following a 'course book' would be at all useful really, but a fairly good atndard child development book would be one called 'Your Child's Development from Birth to Adolescence' by Richard Lansdown and Marjorie Walker. A good combination of discussion and information, with tables of areas of development and also some rather lovely photos/pictures to illustrate.

Hope that helps!

DH & I childmind plus we have other childminders & assistants (all with childcare qualifications) - I guess she just wants to fit in

She does Birth to Three observations on our babies & helps with planning (by choice)

I just feel if she shows an interest I should encourage

I'll have a look at that book; thanks yu for the suggestion - I think I was thinking of a 'Letts Study Aid' like I used to have in school (usually for science/maths)

Something like this?

CGP Child development revision guide

It is a revision guide so I presume there are text books somewhere.

I picked up that from amazon (not arrived yet) Plus this one

She has done an exercise & used a dictionary 3 times

Looks good

Great that she's being taken seriously and is able to follow her interests and be well supported.

Well as a childcare practitioner I need to listen to the children interests and play opportunities for them which are relevant.

Children learn through play after all

I'm sure that a good childcare manual aimed at new parents would be far, far more stimulating than a textbook.

Miriam Stoppard has done several books for Dorling Kindersley with great illustrations - they might be very appealing and understandable for a 10 year old.

Ah - but in the end, DD helped chose the books and paid for them herself.

She is still working through the first exercise - she has written it out twice as her 'writing is to untidy and careless' - which was written on her report once or twice

I'll go along with it for the moment - it may fizzle

Katymac -

Sounds like she's having fun and learning at the same time. Excellent combination.

If it were trains or fashion or dinosaurs or egyptians no one would be surprised

So my DD is unusual - good for her