Working with children in the early years / edited by Carrie Cable, Linda Miller and Gill Goodliff

Contents

General introduction
Part 1 Roles, provision and practices : introduction
1 The roles and responsibilities of leaders
2 A day in the life of a bilingual practitioner
3 Developing professionalism in the early years : from policy to practice
4 Working in teams in early years settings
5 Professional roles in the early years
6 Leadership in a multi-agency context
7 Approaches to curricula in the early years

Part 2 Children's lives : introduction
8 Modern childhood : contemporary theories and children's lives
9 Health inequalities in early childhood
10 "What's it all about?" : how introducing heuristic play has affected provision for the under-threes in one day nursery
11 Exploring the great outdoors
12 "Hi Granny! I'm writing a novel" : literacy in early childhood : joys, issues and challenges
13 Creativity across the curriculum
14 Children growing and changing : the interpersonal world of the growing child
15 Promoting healthy eating in early years settings
16 Playing with song
17 Young children, learning and ICT : a case study in the UK maintained sector

Part 3 Listening to children and adults : introduction
18 The challenges of starting school
19 Listening to young children : multiple voices, meanings and understandings
20 The role of grandparents in children's learning
21 What can we learn from listening to girls and boys talking about their play?
22 Watching and listening : the tools of assessment
23 "It's not like anything Joe and I have experienced before" : family workshops at Tate Modern
24 Parents and practitioners : sharing education
25 Working with parents

Includes bibliographical references and index.