People Under Three: Young Children in Day Care

by Sonia Jackson (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $3.28

  It is becoming increasingly necessary for young children to spend at least part of their day away from home and therefore there is an increasing number of private and public nurseries coming into existence to cater to this need. People Under Three concentrates on the provision of group day care for very young children, proposing a new approach to management and translating child development theory and research into everyday practice. All the practical ideas in the book have been developed and tested in nurseries and family centres in Britain and overseas and include detailed guidance on educational play for babies and toddlers, the creation of a learning environment, and the key person' system - caring for children's emotional needs; how to organise meals; how to transform the outdoor area. The authors explore the difficult area of child protection and includes a chapter on the staff group and on ways of reducing th stress which caregivers experience in their daily work. People Under Three will be indispensable reading for managers of child care and family centres and private nurseries, for local authority personnel responsible for registering and inspecting day care facilities and for all those training to work with young children.

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.77

  People Under Three translates child development theory and research into everyday practice. Focussing on the group day care of very young children, it is designed specifically for those who look after them day by day, as well as policy makers, administrators and the managers of child care services. All the practical ideas in the book have been developed and tested in nurseries and family centres. They include detailed guidance on educational play for babies and toddlers and how to care for children's emotional needs. The book also explores the difficult area of child protection and working with parents and children with a variety of problems.
  
  People Under Three is an established text for all those training to work with young children or managing day care facilities. This new edition has been completely updated to take account of the expansion and radical changes which have taken place in child care provision since the book was first published and includes new chapters on assessing the quality of care and short-term and intermittent care.