| Early learning and development: Cultural-historical concepts in play M Fleer, M Hedegaard Cambridge University Press, 2010 | 476 | 2010 |
| Play in the early years M Fleer Cambridge University Press, 2021 | 465* | 2021 |
| Studying children: A cultural-historical approach M Hedegaard, M Fleer McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2008 | 421 | 2008 |
| Early childhood education: Society and culture A Anning, M Fleer, J Cullen Sage, 2008 | 351 | 2008 |
| Play and pedagogy in early childhood: Bending the rules S Dockett, M Fleer Harcourst Brace, 1999 | 296 | 1999 |
| Early childhood curriculum: Planning, assessment and implementation C McLachlan, M Fleer, S Edwards Cambridge University Press, 2018 | 292 | 2018 |
| ‘Conceptual play’: Foregrounding imagination and cognition during concept formation in early years education M Fleer Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 12 (3), 224-240, 2011 | 282 | 2011 |
| Pedagogical positioning in play–teachers being inside and outside of children’s imaginary play M Fleer Early Childhood Pedagogies, 87-100, 2018 | 270 | 2018 |
| Supporting scientific conceptual consciousness or learning in ‘a roundabout way’in play‐based contexts M Fleer International Journal of Science Education 31 (8), 1069-1089, 2009 | 243 | 2009 |
| Understanding the dialectical relations between everyday concepts and scientific concepts within play-based programs M Fleer Research in Science Education 39, 281-306, 2009 | 228 | 2009 |
| Perezhivanie as a Theoretical Concept for Researching Young Children’s Development N Veresov, M Fleer Mind, culture, and activity 23 (4), 325-335, 2016 | 209 | 2016 |
| Children's development as participation in everyday practices across different institutions M Fleer, M Hedegaard Mind, Culture, and Activity 17 (2), 149-168, 2010 | 199 | 2010 |
| Early childhood education as an evolving ‘community of practice’or as lived ‘social reproduction’: Researching the ‘taken-for-granted’ M Fleer Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 4 (1), 64-79, 2003 | 199 | 2003 |
| Play and learning in early childhood settings: International perspectives IP Samuelsson, M Fleer Springer Science & Business Media, 2008 | 184 | 2008 |
| Scientific Playworlds: a Model of Teaching Science in Play-Based Settings M Fleer Research in Science Education 49 (5), 1257-1278, 2019 | 178 | 2019 |
| Working technologically: Investigations into how young children design and make during technology education M Fleer International Journal of Technology and Design Education 10, 43-59, 2000 | 154 | 2000 |
| Affective Imagination in Science Education: Determining the Emotional Nature of Scientific and Technological Learning of Young Children M Fleer Research in Science Education 43, 2085-2106, 2013 | 152 | 2013 |
| The demands and motives afforded through digital play in early childhood activity settings M Fleer Learning, Culture and Social Interaction 3 (3), 202-209, 2014 | 151 | 2014 |
| Identifying Teacher-Child Interaction Which Scaffolds Scientific Thinking in Young Children. M Fleer Science education 76 (4), 373-97, 1992 | 142 | 1992 |
| Science for children M Fleer Cambridge University Press, 2015 | 133 | 2015 |
