The Early Years-A Reader

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
List of contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
1 Introduction: What is basic for young children?......Page 12
2 A developmental approach to the curriculum in the early years......Page 22
3 Welcome to our nursery centre......Page 28
4 To play or not to play? That is the question!......Page 32
5 Observing symbolic play......Page 40
6 Louis drawing: Observation notes......Page 42
7 Playing with magnets......Page 44
8 ‘Tricks’......Page 48
9 Supporting young children......Page 54
10 Towards anti-racism: Food for thought......Page 60
11 Raising the status of talk in the classroom......Page 64
12 Developing an anti-racist policy......Page 66
13 ‘I know lots languages’......Page 68
14 Towards equality: Issues of gender for the early years......Page 86
15 Keys to the home corner......Page 94
16 Sand for boys and girls......Page 96
17 Girls as constructors......Page 98
18 If I can’t ask for it, I can’t use it......Page 102
19 Observing children......Page 110
20 Child Study: Kizzy......Page 118
21 The importance of observation......Page 120
22 Child study: John......Page 124
23 ‘Her eyes are flashing and her ears are sore’......Page 128
24 Using schemas in the early years......Page 130
25 Alice drawing......Page 138
26 Talking with and listening to young children......Page 146
27 Louisa makes a plan......Page 154
28 Cooking together......Page 158
29 ‘Let’s make honey!’......Page 160
30 Making ice......Page 162
31 Storytelling to young children: The way and how of it......Page 166
32 Talking in your head......Page 182
33 Ade plays at reading to Charlotte......Page 192
34 Making a big book......Page 194
35 Learning to read made easy......Page 196
36 Hannah and her books......Page 200
37 Early writing......Page 208
38 Extending literacy through play......Page 212
39 Heroes and baddies......Page 214
40 YDUDT—Why did you do it? Young children writing......Page 216
41 Talking through the process......Page 230
42 Scaffolding Caitlin’s learning......Page 234
43 ‘The workshop table: A stepping stone in the visual arts’......Page 240
44 Parents’ commitment to their children’s development......Page 256
45 You and your child......Page 264
46 A last word: The search for the ‘crock of gold’......Page 268
Index......Page 270