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| About the book |
This training resource pack supports practitioners working with children from birth to three years in developing high quality provision and practice, in order to meet the needs of our youngest children more effectively. The pack:
Key Times: A Framework for Developing High Quality Provision for Children from Birth to Three is an essential resource for anyone working with, or training others to work with, children from birth to three. |
| About the authors |
Julia Manning-Morton is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at London Metropolitan University. Maggie Thorp is a freelance trainer and a visiting lecturer at London Metropolitan University, as well as an Ofsted nursery inspector. Julia and Maggie are authors of Key Times for Play in our Debating Play series. |
| Table of contents |
Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Section One: The Key Characteristics of Children from Birth to Three 1. Close Relationships 2. Physical and Emotional Dependency 3. Mobility, Dexterity and Independence 4. A Sense of Self 5. Social Relationships 6. Communication 7. Curiosity and Exploration 8. Creating, Imagining and Representing Section Two: Key Aspects of Practice 1. Leading and Managing Provision for Children from Birth to Three 2. Key Working and the Key Person Approach 3. Settling New Children into the Setting 4. Organising Routine Times as Prime Times of the Day 5. Guiding the Behaviour of Children from Birth to Three 6. Diversity and Children from Birth to Three 7. The Role of the Practitioner in the Play of Children from Birth to Three 8. Observing and Recording the Interests, Development and Learning of Children from Birth to Three 9. Play Opportunities for Children from Birth to Three 10. Planning Provision for Children from Birth to Three References and Further Reading Appendix 1: The Key Times Project |
