5 July 2001
Use these ten key points as possible lead-ins for
discussion at a staff meeting or with parents and carers: 1 What experience of
print do children have outside of the...
5 July 2001
Short of ideas for a kids' outing? You can use the net
to find out what's on in your local area, says Jenny Benjamin Somewhere in the
dusty recesses of...
5 July 2001
What does a big (the biggest?) entertainment
corporation do when it wants to suggest quality and a commitment to learning,
without sacrificing kid-appeal? Well, in Disney's case, it seems to...
5 July 2001
Listen in * The importance of consulting with children
- By Peter Moss, professor of early childhood provision at the Thomas Coram
Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London
5 July 2001
The idea of listening to children is bandied about with
growing frequency, but it is not as easy as it may sound. Peter Moss explores
its importance and its difficulties...
5 July 2001
The Mosaic approach for listening to and consulting
with young children offers a multi-faceted way of finding out children's views.
Researcher Alison Clark shows how it is done Children express...
5 July 2001
The different 'pieces' of the Mosaic approach revealed
children's perspectives on a wide range of people and experiences.
Observations
5 July 2001
Consulting with children can have surprising results,
as Linda Kinney tells how you can get a different perspective Ensuring that
children'svoices are heard and that their involvement in decision-making is...
5 July 2001
Consulting children should underpin daily practice,
says Lina Fajerman, co-author of Save the Children's Children as Partners in
Planning Consulting with children should not be seen as an extra chore;...
5 July 2001
Recently we received a letter advertising a 'daycare
nursery web camera system'. Nurseries can have cameras installed in their rooms
which film the activity in the room during working hours....