Aybala Çayır, Başak Uysal, Celile Ökten, Esra Nur Tiryaki, Gülşat Bican, H. Merve Altıparmak Yılmaz, Halil Erdem Çocuk, Hatice Coşkun, Hatice Değirmenci Gündoğmuş, Hikmet Asutay, Kemalettin Deniz, Neslihan Karakuş, Osman Emin, Perihan Tuğba Şeker, Pınar Bulut, Şeyda Özcan, Ülker Şen Dear Reader,
In this book, which was prepared with the contributions of experts in the field, we primarily took the content of the Children's Literature course determined by the Council of Higher Education as a basis. Then, we aimed to take the contemporary approaches in the field of children's literature as a basis. Thus, there were 15 topics in our book. Based on the fact that reading is a visual acceptance process in every respect, we have added a supporting reading and movie list at the end of each chapter.
We hope that we have prepared a book that will open a new door for you in your professional life, that will allow you to mix up another book, that contains words that you will feel the need to underline while reading. We know that the fate of science is to be passed, and we hope that this book will be able to be among the qualified academic studies of children's literature in the literature.

Ayşe Sibel Türküm, Ayşen Balkaya Çetin, Bahtiyar Eraslan Çapan, Meral Melekoğlu, Nilüfer Koçtürk, Selen Demirtaş Zorbaz, Serdar Körük, Seval Kızıldağ, Zerrin Bölükbaşı Macit The life of the individual, which begins with his birth, continues with infancy, childhood and school periods. Each semester is a new adventure, a new learning. Childhood, the period in which most things are learned in life, is one of the most special periods of human life. This book has been written to provide parents, psychological counselors, psychologists, teachers, experts and trainees with a detailed examination of the child's development and problems, from the prenatal period to the end of adolescence.

Mazlum Çöpür In every society, the main goal is to raise children mentally and physically healthy. Although mental and physical health, the foundation of which is laid in the mother's womb, mutually affect each other, if a person who is in good physical health is not mentally healthy, he does not enjoy life and feels unhappy. Negative events in childhood do not only impair mental health during childhood, but the effects of this continue in adulthood. For this reason, it is the key to raising healthy generations that children's social, emotional and cognitive development, personality and language development progress in accordance with their age, living in harmony with their environment and showing their talents, and feeling themselves as valuable and loved individuals. Knowing how the normal development of children follows and how to continue this course without interruption will enable us to raise mentally healthy children.
For reasons beyond our control, mental health problems may occur in children. Timely detection and treatment of these problems will prevent or minimize permanent damage to children's mental health.
In this book the steps that children go through for a mentally healthy development, the factors affecting their development, and some important and common mental problems are explained. It contains a lot of information, especially for students and teachers of psychological counseling and guidance, child development and psychology departments of universities. It is also hoped that the book will be useful to parents who are interested in the subject.

Selda İçin Akçalı The media has become one of the most important parts of our daily lives by transforming and often reproducing the values ​​of the society we live in. Undoubtedly, children are the most vulnerable segment of society in the face of the media. Children are abused not only by the media, but also in other social areas – legal, political and economic.
We believe that the main purpose in any child-related problem is to evaluate the existing conditions with a realistic eye and to create and implement an emergency action plan with the participation and sensitivity of all parties. In today's world, where the diplomatic and political dimensions of events and facts come to the fore rather than the solution of the problems experienced, "The realization of children's rights is the fulfillment of responsibilities." With the hope that this book, which deals with the subject of media and children from various dimensions, will contribute to a more sensitive approach to all kinds of issues related to children.
Children who manage to become children are very lucky, they are very magical…

Zeynep Kızıltepe How to raise a self-confident child? How to develop self-confidence? How can we teach our children self-confidence? When our child encounters failure in school life, what can we do so that he can overcome it on his own and his self-confidence is not damaged? What are the responsibilities of parents in raising a self-confident individual? What are the basic principles of raising self-confident, self-sufficient, leader children? In our book, valuable scientists discussed the answers to all these questions within the framework of their expertise; shared their information with us.
Among the topics of our book; how and under what conditions self-confidence develops in the family and at school; There are reasons for the differences in self-confidence among children, what we need to do to gain self-confidence in our children in a balanced way. In addition, in our book, with an overview of the subject of self-confidence, self-confidence in the preschool period, the relationship between sports and self-confidence, self-confidence and awareness, self-confidence and critical thinking, self-confidence in art and mathematics, the connection between self-confidence and well-being and the relationship between self-confidence and well-being. Finally, the excess of self-confidence is included with details, examples and advice to families.

Figen Karaceylan Çakmakcı “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that can disrupt an individual's social life, academic life and family relationships. Although it is a disease that can completely change the future of the child if it is not treated and intervened correctly, satisfactory answers begin to emerge as a result of the right approach and appropriate interventions.
In my 20-year career as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, I have experienced many times that only drug therapy is not sufficient in the treatment of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. The fact that family attitudes and the interventions of the teacher in the classroom are as important as psychopharmacological treatment has motivated me to write such a book.
With this book, it is aimed to inform about the mistakes that we know to be true about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, which is heard by everyone and perhaps defined as today's fashion disease. In addition, it is aimed both to ensure that children with ADHD are understood and to strengthen effective behavior management for families and teachers by providing accurate information and tips to our families and teachers about the relationship between ADHD and learning, which causes misunderstandings and prejudices.
We hope that this book, which offers solutions suitable for the needs of children who are our future, will be a useful resource for everyone who reads it.

Aylin Sop, Aylin Sözer Çapan, Banu Aktaş, Binnur Yıldırım Hacıibrahimoğlu, Feride Gök Çolak, Gonca Uludağ, Hülya Tokuç, Mehmet Mart, Menekşe Boz, Meryem Çelik, Oğuz Serdar Kesicioğlu, Perihan Tuğba Şeker, Türker Sezer, Yıldız Güven, Zeynep Topcu Bilir Early childhood is referred to as the magical years of life. Mathematics is one of the remarkable subjects in this period when a child is eager and curious to learn all the information about the world. So what is math? What does math do? Is math difficult? Can't math be learned or taught? What does mathematics education in early childhood mean? Is it possible to raise children who love mathematics and are at peace with mathematics? What can be done about it? In this book, which was prepared by considering the answers to all these questions, it is aimed to reveal the theoretical knowledge about "mathematics education in early childhood" and the reflections of the theoretical knowledge in practice. The following topics are discussed in this publication, which is a scientific book prepared by field expert authors who carry out graduate and/or doctoral thesis studies in the field of early childhood mathematics education and have academic studies and/or practical experience on this subject:
• What is Mathematics?
• Mathematics Education in Early Childhood Period
• Development of Mathematics Concepts in Early Childhood Period
• Early Childhood Mathematics Skills
• Count, Count, Operation
• Measuring
• Data Analysis, Graphing and Probability
• Geometry, Spatial Thinking and Shape
• Learning Mathematics in Early Childhood
• Mathematics Programs in Early Childhood Education
• Child Recognition and Evaluation in Early Childhood Mathematics Education
• The Role of Family and Teacher in Early Childhood Mathematics Education
• Event Examples
We hope that the book will contribute to researchers working in the field of early childhood education, especially to children in early childhood, to teachers, teacher candidates, parents and all readers.

Recep Tayfun A person who can communicate with the other end of the world and is instantly aware of what is happening finds it natural that he does not know his neighbor living in the same building. In today's world, where a new technology is put into the service of humanity every day, such negativities show that the role of effective communication is more and more important than ever before.
The narratives, far from claiming to be the last word or to form definitive judgments, aim to help each person discover the essence of communication and especially body language. The slightest contribution to have a positive and different perspective in your communication with the people around you will ensure that the work achieves its purpose.

Özge Özdemir This book consists of lesson plans developed for the implementation of the Philosophy for Children (P4C) method.
It has been prepared based on the needs of teachers who want to practice with their students in their classrooms. It can also be used by Philosophy for Children practitioners and parents.
Lesson plans include philosophical inquiries into the topics in primary school Life Studies and Social Studies courses. Eighteen lesson plans, in which picture books are used as stimuli, cover not only the subjects and achievements in the curriculum of these lessons, but also basic skills and values.
Dr. Özge Özdemir carries out academic studies in the field of philosophy. Philosophy for Children is her specialty.
He wrote the lesson plans in this book after hundreds of hours of work with children, students and teachers.

Abbas Türnüklü, Aysun Doğan, Derya Göğebakan Yıldız, Dilek Yelda Kağnıcı, Filiz Künüroğlu This book; It is a practical book focusing on school and classroom activities, as a continuation of the theoretical work "Immigrant Children and Adolescents: Acculturation, Integration and Education" (Nobel Publishing, 2020). The book was written with the aim of conveying the activities created with the contributions of teachers working in schools where immigrant students are educated and academicians working in the field of adaptation of immigrant children, and the relevant theoretical infrastructure to all experts working in the field of academics, teachers, students, psychologists, psychological counselors, program development and social work. . For this purpose, firstly, the factors affecting the acculturation process, psychological and sociocultural adaptation of immigrant students, the educational experiences of immigrant students in Turkey, friendship relations between immigrant children and adolescents, school-based intergroup contact theory, and then school and classroom-based activities aimed at social integration are presented.
Our book, we hope that it will be beneficial to educators, academics, mental health professionals, non-governmental workers, and all children who experience migration, working in the field of adaptation of immigrant children and making efforts to improve their lives.

Ebru Güller, Ayça Tokuç, Gülden Köktürk, Kutluğ Savaşır Our Nature and Architecture Project for Junior Designers stood out among 206 projects in 2017 and was deemed worthy of support by TÜBİTAK 4004 Nature Education and Science Schools. In 2018, it was entitled to be supported for the second time. We think that the biggest share in this success is that it is a sincere and sincere project. It is a process-oriented study, not a result-oriented one, and has been designed in many activities. The aim is for children to experience an interactive process where they have fun while playing and learn while having fun. Our children have carried out 2 and 3 dimensional design works with great devotion in a short period of time such as 1.5 hours. We congratulate each and every one of them for their great ideas, unique solutions to environmental problems and successful designs...

Emine Feyza Aktaş One of Ömür's favorite things is to eat cookies and to make cookies. One day, he wants to share the cookies he made with her friend, but her friend politely rejects Ömür, saying that he has celiac disease. Thus, Ömür meets with celiac disease and then prepares a delicious surprise for her friend with the help of her family.

This book, which can raise awareness about allergic foods and different types of nutrition in children, presents scientific data with visuals.

İclal Kardıçalı Are you ready for a journey in the world of music from past to present?
This book, which includes the history of music, basic music information, local and foreign music genres, musical instruments, dances and songs, is for everyone from early childhood with its colorful drawings and plain expression.

Aysel Köksal Akyol, B. Tuğba Karaaslan, F. Sülen Şahin Kıralp, Zeynep Hamamcı, Fulya Türk, Oğuzhan Kırdök, Ali Çekiç, Ercan Kocayörük, Bekir Çelik, İlknur Çifci Tekinarslan, Emine Gül Kapçı, Gökçe Çokamay, Şaziye Senem Başgül, Feyza Topçu, İdris Kaya, Aylin Demirli Yıldız, Ahmet Buğa This book; it has been prepared to support psychological counselors who work with children, guide them, and touch their lives, and try to contribute to the smile of the beautiful eyes of children and to help them with their knowledge and practices. In addition, it is thought to be an important resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, pedagogues, child development specialists, preschool and primary school teachers working with children. In this book, psychological counselors working in pre-school and primary schools are presented with the information they will need while working with children, and the issues that will facilitate their practice, by enriching them with examples. While writing the book, pre-school and primary school children were taken as a basis; In particular, it has been tried to include the features, problems, approaches and solutions specific to this age group. Our aim is to help those who touch the lives of children, even for a little bit. For this reason, we hope that it will contribute to all psychological counselors, specialists working with children and counselor candidates.

Mustafa Şahin - Sırrı Akbaba One of the traumatic experiences in childhood and adolescence is "bullying" behaviors. Bullying behaviors of various types (verbal, physical, emotional, racist, hiding, behavior disrupting, taking/destroying something belonging to someone else and sexual) seen at school and in virtual environments adversely affect the social, emotional and psychological development of children and adolescents. and cause legal problems.
These negative effects of bullying behaviors are not limited to childhood and adolescence, but it is seen that they negatively affect important personality traits such as self-esteem, self-confidence, psychological resilience, psychological well-being and feelings of love, respect, tolerance and trust in bilateral human relations.
In this work, the types, causes and consequences of bullying behavior, which is an important obstacle to individual development and positive bilateral human relations, are discussed in detail, and a model for the prevention of these behaviors with empathic skills is presented. With this book, besides academicians and practitioners (school psychological counselor, child and adolescent psychologist, classroom guidance teacher) who will work on bullying; It is aimed to help school administrators, branch teachers and parents develop awareness about the types, causes and consequences of bullying behavior.

Murat Moroğlu

Sıddık Arslan This book, which deals with the basic issues of mathematics teaching at the undergraduate level with the approach of giving lectures in the classroom, is the product of twenty years of experience. In the explanation of the subjects; It has adopted the aim of being able to carry out the mathematical operations that students need, to develop mathematical thinking and to teach mathematical concepts.
In the book; numbers, algebra, functions, derivatives and integrals, which are the basic subjects of mathematical analysis, and vector, matrix, determinant and linear equation systems of linear algebra are explained at a basic level.
The following principles were taken into account in the selection of the exercises in the book:
1. To ensure that the student learns and reinforces the subject,
2. To develop mathematical processing skills and thinking,
3. To convert a given problem statement into a mathematical expression by interpreting the theoretical information.
It is aimed that the Basic and General Mathematics book will be useful to all students.

Azmi Ali Altıntaş, Olcay Bölükbaşı, Ozan Ünsalan, Asiye Tuğba Olgun, Ayberk Yılmaz, Zeynep Tavukoğlu Şahin This book has been prepared to include the subjects of Physics II course taught in the first year of universities, especially in the fields of Basic Sciences and Engineering. Only completed subjects in the courses taught under the name of General Physics or Physics II in our universities are included in the content of this book. In all chapters, the concepts were tried to be conveyed in a simple and concise manner by avoiding the repetition of the same subjects and concepts. In particular, enough questions with solutions for each concept or subject are given and sufficient number of problems are left to the reader at the end of the chapters.

Asiye Tuğba Olgun, Azmi Ali Altıntaş, Ayberk Yılmaz, Olcay Bölükbaşı, Ozan Ünsalan, Sehban Kartal, Zeynep Tavukoğlu Şahin This book has been prepared to include the subjects of Physics I course taught in the first year of universities, especially in the fields of Basic Sciences and Engineering. The subjects that are only completed in the courses taught under the name of General Physics or Physics I in our universities are included in the content of this book. In all chapters, the concepts were tried to be conveyed in a simple and concise manner by avoiding the repetition of the same subjects and concepts. In particular, enough questions with solutions for each concept or subject are given and sufficient number of problems are left to the reader at the end of the chapters.

Faruk LEVENT This book was written to contribute to the formation of social awareness in this field by presenting the characteristics of gifted children and their education from different perspectives.
The main target audience of the book; parents, teachers, university students, academics and politicians who have gifted children.
The information in the book, related literature; It is supported by the statements of gifted children, teachers, mothers and fathers.
Some of the questions you can find answers to in the book are:
• What characteristics do gifted children have?
• How are gifted children recognized?
• What is the number of gifted people in Turkey?
• What are the needs of gifted children?
• Which models are used in the education of the gifted?
• What are the problems experienced by gifted children?
• How can these children be happy?
• What can teachers do in the education of these children?
• What can we do as families?
• What policies should be developed for these children?