3rd Edition

People Under Three Play, work and learning in a childcare setting

By Sonia Jackson, Ruth Forbes Copyright 2015
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

Services for young children have gone through a period of rapid transformation in recent years, which have been paralleled by great advances in our knowledge of early child development. However, care and education in the first three years of life continues to be a neglected area. Thoroughly updated to take account of key policy and practice changes in childcare provision, this landmark text... Read more

Preface  Introduction  1. Childcare Policy and Visions of Childhood  2. The Key Person  3. Planning Spaces for Living, Learning and Playing  4. Babies in Day Care  5. The Treasure Basket  6. The Second Year of Life  7. Heuristic Play with Objects  8. Children in their Third Year  9. Mealtimes  10. Out of Doors  11. Leading and Managing a Childcare Centre  12. Building a Staff Team  13. Bridging the Child’s Two Worlds  14. Safeguarding Children  15. Elinor Goldschmied

Biography

Sonia Jackson is Emeritus Professor of Social Care and Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Earlier, she worked as a clinical psychologist, teacher and social worker and has published extensively on early childhood education and childcare. She has a special interest in the education of children looked after away from home.

Ruth Forbes is a Children’s Centre Cluster Manager for Dorset County Council, UK. She has worked in a range of early years settings in the private and voluntary sectors, leading and managing full day care and supporting staff training and development. She is the author of ‘Beginning to Play’ and has also written and lectured on the sector-endorsed Sure Start Foundation Degree in Early Years.