This series provides educational materials to new and established teachers that attempt to integrate current scholarship in developmental psychology with real-world classroom practices and curricula. Focusing on pre-kindergarten through third grade, each chapter in this volume provides relevant psychological and pedagogic theory as well as case studies from both the teacher's and the child's perspective, study questions and practice exercises. Topics covered include early school adjustment, development of relationships, developmentally appropriate classroom practices and learning in digital and natural environments. Daniels is a professor of child development at California Polytechnic U. and Clarkson is a doctoral candidate at U. of California, Santa Barbara. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)