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Exploring Writing and Play in the Early Years (second edition) By Nigel Hall and Anne Robinson

By Nigel Hall and Anne Robinson

(David Fulton, 16.50, ISBN 1 84312 010 0, 020 8996 3610)

Reviewed by Marian Whitehead, language and early years consultant It is good to be able to welcome a new edition of a book that was highly successful and influential when it first appeared in 1995. There have been many changes in early years education since then, and the authors now aim to offer far more practical advice for those who are trying to develop or extend play and literacy provision in their settings. This is particularly significant for the many early years workers who are not qualified teachers or nursery nurses and have limited experience of creating opportunities for socio-dramatic play.

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