1. Introduction: young children learning and early years teaching / David Whitebread
Pt. A. Basic principles and approaches
2. 'Our classroom is like a little cosy house!' Organising the early years classroom to encourage independent learning / David Whitebread, Rebecca Dawkins, Sue Bingham, Anthony Aguda and Kate Hemming
3. 'My mum would pay anything for chocolate cake!' Organising the whole curriculum: enterprise projects in the early years / Penny Coltman and David Whitebread
4. 'I'm putting crosses for the letters I don't know.' Assessment in the early years / Rachel Sparks Linfield, Paul Warwick and Christine Parker
5. 'This is the best day of my life! And I'm not leaving here until it's time to go home!' The outdoor learning environment / Christine Parker
6. 'You're supposed to tell me your name now!' Speaking and listening in the early years / Dominic Wyse and Helen Bradford
7. 'It is only a story, isn't it?' Interactive story-making in the early years classroom / Lesley Hendy
8. 'Is there a seven in your name?' Writing in the early years / Sally Wilkinson
9. 'What's that dog thinking, Mrs Bromley?' Picture books and learning to read / Helen Bromley
10. 'We are passing the smile around.' Personal, Social and Health Education in the early years / Helen Broomby and Sue Bingham
11. 'How do I do this better?' From movement development into physical literacy / Patricia Maude
12. 'Can I play the drum, Miss?' Music in the early years / Jane Edden
13. 'Oh ... I'm just IN LOVE with those pots.' Young children's art / Jane Bower
14. 'How many toes has a newt?' Science in the early years / Penny Coltman
15. 'How many shapey ones have you got?' Number and shape in the early years / Sue Gifford and Penny Coltman
16. 'PLEASE can we have another bit?' Information and Communications Technology in the early years: an emergent approach / John Siraj-Blatchford
17. 'Mrs Rainbow told us what things were like when she went to school.' History in the early years / Sallie Purkis and Jayne Greenwood
18. 'If the world is round, how come the piece I'm standing on is flat?' Early years geography / Dianne Conway, Pam Pointon and Jayne Greenwood
19. Whatever next? Future trends in early years education / Mary-Jane Drummond.
