Based on the author's current consultancy and training work, this book helps early childhood practitioners and students understand and develop young children's thinking.

Young children's personal, social and emotional development is of central importance to all those working in the Early Years.

Offering thought-provoking questions and practical suggestions to help readers to reflect on and develop their own practice, this fourth edition of Marion Dowling's much-loved book has been fully updated to include:

Expanded coverage of key topics including independent thinking, living and learning with others, and dispositions for learning A new chapter on 'Vulnerable Children and Fragile Families', with sections on identifying risk, talking...