# The Whole Child: Development in the Early Years (Budzyna and Buckley)

- By: Deirdre Budzyna and Doris Buckley
- Publisher: Northern Essex Community College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Early_Childhood_Education/General_Child_Development/The_Whole_Child%3A_Development_in_the_Early_Years_(Budzyna_and_Buckley))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Early_Childhood_Education/General_Child_Development/The_Whole_Child%3A_Development_in_the_Early_Years_(Budzyna_and_Buckley)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-233961/pdf

The Whole Child is a textbook for Child Psychology or Child Growth and Development that is both comprehensive and concise. Students do not need a lengthy volume to digest, but they do need a strong understanding of how a young child develops. Only with this understanding can developmentally appropriate practice emerge in the classroom and in other places that are loving and caring spaces for young children.