Front cover -- Half title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Transition: why is there an issue? -- 2 How do 5-7-year-olds learn? -- 3 Preparing children for the move to Key Stage 1 -- 4 Finding a balance between adult-initiated and child-initiated learning -- 5 The place of play in Key Stage 1 classrooms -- 6 Environments that support different ways of learning -- 7 Using observations as evidence of children's learning -- 8 Planning for adult-initiated and child-initiated learning -- 9 The many different roles of the teacher -- Conclusions and reflections -- References -- Index -- Back cover.