Front cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- The contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Definition of terms -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Historical perspective -- Every Child Matters -- The Early Years Foundation Stage -- Research -- Provision -- Part 1 A Unique Child -- 1 Child development -- 2 Inclusive Practice -- 3 Keeping Safe -- 4 Health and well-being -- Part 2 Positive Relationships -- 5 Respecting each other -- 6 Parents as partners -- 7 Supporting Learning -- 8 Key person -- Part 3 Enabling Environments -- 9 Observation, assessment and planning -- 10 Supporting every child -- 11 The learning environment -- 12 The wider context -- Part 4 Learning and Development -- 13 Play and Exploration -- 14 Active learning -- 15 Creativity and critical thinking -- 16 The welfare requirements -- Part 5 Areas of Learning and Development -- 17 Personal, social and emotional development -- 18 Communication, Language and Literacy Development -- 19 Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy -- 20 Knowledge and understanding of the world -- 21 Creative Development -- 22 Physical development -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Reference List and Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.