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Part 1 Young children learning: thinking about young children learning; questions about schemes. Part 2 Children's patterns of behaviour and learning: consistency, continuity and progression in young children's learning; schemes as consistent patterns of behaviour - studies of three children. Part 3 Schemes and the development of knowledge and understanding: children's developing understanding of mathematical and scientific ideas; patterns of literacy; stories - nourishing children's thinking. Part 4 Implications for early childhood education: a curriculum for thinking children; working with parents; the roles and responsibilities of educators.