Working with the under-threes : responding to children's needs / edited by Lesley Abbott and Helen Moylett. - Buckingham : Open University Press, 1997. - xi, 157 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Early interactions .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series introduction - why focus on the under-threes? -- Introduction -- 'It's not nursery but it's not just being at home' - a parent and childminder working together / Helen Moylett -- 'The child should feel good enough' - nurturing a sense of self in young children / Brenda Griffin -- 'This says "Happy New Year"' - learning to be literate: reading and writing with young children / Caroline Barratt-Pugh -- 'Why d'you speak funny?' - supporting all children learning to talk and talking to learn / Caroline Barratt-Pugh -- 'Couldn't put Dumpy together again' - the significance of repetition and routine in young children's language development / Julia Gillen -- 'It's a princess - fostering creative and aesthetic development in young children / Hilary Renowden -- 'What's it all about?' - how introducing heuristic play has affected provision for the under-threes in one day nursery / Ruth Holland -- 'You really understand what I'm saying, don't you?' - partnership with parents of children with special needs / Brenda Kyle -- 'I listened carefully to the way children were spoken to' - equality and the under-threes / Fiona Fogarty -- Concluding thoughts - drawing the threads together / Helen Moylett.

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Early childhood education
Toddlers--Care.
Language arts (Early childhood)
Children and adults.

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