As a wave of early years books hits the educational market, Julia Manning-Morton has written this accessible handbook, which can rightly be seen as a bible for practitioners who teach and guide those aged from birth to three.
The publication stands out as an exemplary account of everything educators would need to know about the practice of early years education for this very young age.
Yet the handbook is not short of theoretical input, and unlike some contemporary publications, the author takes on board an approach based on theory enhancing our understanding of the development of young toddlers. There is, for example, no shortage of reference to traditional theorists, such as Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) or the influence of more modern analysts in the same vein as Susan Isaacs (1885-1948). But Manning-Morton does not lose sight of the practical perspective of the teacher, and provides excellent guidance on how they are to deal with all elements of the child’s experience and development.
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