First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Introduction: Young children learning and early years teaching David Whitebread Part A: Basic principles and approaches 1. Organising the early years classroom 2. The whole curriculum: Enterprise projects at KS1 Penny Coultman and David Whitebread 3. Assessment in the early years: some examples from science Rachel Sparks Linfield and Paul Warwick Part B: Play and Language 4. Play, role-play and dramatic activity Lesley Hendy 5. Young children and narrative play Jenny Daniels 6. Picture books and learning to read Helen Bromley 7. Using information texts in the early years Helen Arnold 8. Writing in the early years Sally Wilkinson Part C: the wider curriculum 9. Movement development into early gymnastics Patricia Maude 10. Music in the early years Jane Edden 11. Children's drawing John Lewis 12. Early years science Penny Coltman 13. Understanding numbers Annie Owen and Laurie Rousham 14. Developing awareness and understanding of the past Sallie Purkis 15. Early years geography Dianne Conway and Pam Pointon Part D: the way forward 16. Future trends in early years education Mary Jane Drummond