Child Care and Early Education: Good Practice to Support Young Children and Their Families

by Lindon, Jennie

• ISBN13: 9781861527226
• ISBN10: 1861527225
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-10
• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA Higher Education

Summary

Child Care and Early Education has been written as a course companion to all major level 3 childcare qualifications including the CACHE Diploma in Early Years Care and Education, S/NVQ Early Years Care and Education and BTEC National in Early Years. Written from a more practical angle than existing childcare texts, Child Care and Early Education successfully covers the theory associated with all aspects of care and education for the under eights. Suitable for use as a course textbook with a supervisor, college tutor or NVQ assessor, Child Care and Early Education will also be valuable for practitioners who want to extend their own practice. It offers advice on building your own portfolio, learning to use resources and continued professional development. Written in an accessible and lively style, Child Care and Early Education is up to date on current childcare practice. It offers support, information and practical suggestions for practitioners in all types of early years and out of school care settings and also for readers working in a family home as nannies and childminders. Highly successful and established author Jennie Lindon offers different perspectives on some challenging issues often omitted from childcare texts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	x
The early years of childhood	1	(39)
The experience of childhood	1	(9)
Making sense of child development	10	(6)
Early childhood services in the UK	16	(10)
The legal framework for services	26	(5)
Principles and values in working with children	31	(5)
Anti-discriminatory practice	36	(4)
Caring for children -- caring about children	40	(36)
The central importance of care and caring	41	(4)
Promoting self reliance through routines and sharing care	45	(10)
Cleanliness and personal hygiene	55	(8)
Rest and activity	63	(5)
Self reliance with toileting	68	(8)
Promoting health and well being through food and mealtimes	76	(32)
A well balanced diet for children	77	(15)
Supporting diversity in diet	92	(5)
Learning around food and mealtimes	97	(8)
Helping children with tooth care	105	(3)
Keeping children well and healthy	108	(35)
Keeping children safe	108	(10)
Dealing with accidents	118	(7)
Health and illness	125	(14)
Taking care of yourself	139	(4)
Conception and birth	143	(17)
From conception to birth	143	(9)
Postnatal care	152	(8)
Care and development of babies	160	(28)
Meeting the needs for physical care	161	(22)
Health and well being of babies and toddlers	183	(5)
Supporting children's personal and social development	188	(23)
Early attachment and later relationships	189	(4)
The development of children as individuals	193	(8)
Social skills and friendships	201	(10)
Children in a social world: emotions, thinking and actions	211	(28)
Understanding the development of emotions	212	(5)
When children need extra support	217	(11)
Children's moral development	228	(4)
Children's spiritual development	232	(7)
Physical development and skills	239	(27)
Physical development and well being	239	(7)
The development of physical skills	246	(20)
Learning opportunities through physical activities	266	(23)
Learning within physical development	267	(16)
Activity and attention	283	(6)
The development of communication and spoken language	289	(34)
The development of communication	290	(15)
Supporting the development of children's communication	305	(11)
Difficulties in language development	316	(7)
Supporting children's development of literacy	323	(30)
The development of literacy	324	(13)
Learning about reading and writing	337	(16)
Thinking and intellectual development	353	(39)
Learning to think in early childhood	354	(3)
Observation of children thinking	357	(10)
Helping children to think	367	(8)
How children understand mathematical ideas	375	(8)
Using Information and Communication Technology	383	(9)
Supporting children's learning within the curriculum	392	(26)
Developing a positive disposition to learn	393	(5)
Learning within a curriculum	398	(11)
Flexibility for learning: a curriculum in practice	409	(9)
Planning for children's learning	418	(24)
Planning for children's learning -- under threes	418	(6)
Planning for children's learning -- over threes	424	(18)
Observation, record keeping and assessment	442	(33)
Good practice in observation	443	(4)
Approaches to observation of children	447	(11)
Recording information about children	458	(10)
Assessment of children's learning	468	(7)
A positive approach to children's behaviour	475	(39)
Children learn ways of behaving	476	(6)
Positive ways to guide children's behaviour	482	(6)
Promoting the development of prosocial behaviour	488	(13)
Dealing with unwanted behaviour	501	(8)
Tactics that adults should not use	509	(5)
Children with disabilities and continuing health conditions	514	(37)
Different types of disability and health conditions	515	(7)
The role of the early years practitioner	522	(11)
Supporting children's learning and behaviour	533	(9)
Children who are ill or in hospital	542	(9)
Child protection in the early years	551	(37)
Understanding child protection	552	(5)
The role of early years practitioners	557	(4)
Causes for concern about children	561	(13)
Supporting children and families	574	(14)
Developing good practice as an early years practitioner	588	(32)
Working in a professional manner	589	(4)
The development of teamwork	593	(7)
Skills of communication and problem solving	600	(13)
Policies and practice in a setting	613	(7)
Partnership with parents	620	(31)
The importance of partnership with parents	621	(12)
Good practice in communication with parents	633	(11)
Involvement of parents in early years settings	644	(7)
Appendix 1: Working towards an early years qualification	651	(18)
Links with different qualifications	651	(8)
Key skills/core skills	659	(4)
Building a portfolio	663	(1)
Using a range of resources	664	(5)
Appendix 2: Useful organisations	669	(5)
Glossary	674	(6)
Index	680