Includes bibliographical references. Part I: Cognitive development from birth through age 8 -- Cognitive development in the first three years of life / Zero to Three -- Cognitive development in the preschool years / Heather Biggar Tomlinson & Marilou Hyson -- Cognitive development in the kindergarten year / Heather Biggar Tomlinson -- Cognitive development in the primary grades / Heather Biggar Tomlinson -- Becoming enthusiastic and engaged / Marilou Hyson -- Part II: Approaches for promoting cognitive development in the early childhood classroom -- Section 1: Symbolic thought in the early years -- Chopsticks and counting chips: do play and foundational skills need to compete for the teacher's attention in an early childhood classroom? / Elena Bodrova & Deborah J. Leong -- Moving into uncertainty: sculpture with 3- to 5-year-olds / Carol Anne Wien with Bobbi-Lynn Keating, Annette Coates Comeau, & Barbara Bigelow -- Building foundations for spatial literacy in early childhood / Susan L. Golbeck -- Section 2: E