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Framing: Young Children Relating and Playing

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Young children’s emotional wellbeing in early childhood care and education settings is the overarching focus of this book. Children’s play is at its heart. Narrative events, thematically arranged and presented throughout the chapters of this four-part book, illustrate issues related to emotional wellbeing in young children playing and relating, in ECCE settings in Aotearoa- New Zealand. Themes, issues, and the case study settings are introduced in Part I. Parts II and III respectively explore significant themes and theory through narrative events that are grounded in two research projects. Chapter titles and headings pick up on the complexities observed in these play-based events.

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Alcock, S.J. (2016). Framing: Young Children Relating and Playing. In: Young Children Playing. International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, vol 12. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1207-5_1

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