Learning in the Early Years: A Guide for Teachers of Children 3-7

This book will help early years educators understand the nature, form, and content of the curriculum for children aged three to seven years and the most appropriate ways of presenting it. Expert contributors address issues surrounding continuity, progression, subject knowledge and age-phase specific pedagogies. Individual sections deal with subject knowledge and age-phase specific pedagogy and a substantial introduction provides an overview of learning and teaching in the early years.

The book also deals with: recent theories of child development and learning, effective provision, appropriate ways of working with young children, and contemporary issues relating to subject teaching.

Jeni Riley is Head of School of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.