Young Children Playing

Part I. Introduction and Methods: Relating and Feelings at the Heart of Play

1. Framing: Young Children Relating and Playing
Sophie Jane Alcock

2. Research Methods: Observing Experience in Two Projects (Parts II and III)
Sophie Jane Alcock

Part II. Young Children Being Playful in Three Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: Connecting and Communicating

3. The Intersubjective in-between-ness in Young Children’s Playfulness
Sophie Jane Alcock

4. Words Connecting Children Playfully Together
Sophie Jane Alcock

5. Becoming Selves Relationally
Sophie Jane Alcock

6. Imagining While Playing
Sophie Jane Alcock

7. Feelings Felt in Bodies
Sophie Jane Alcock

Part III. Infants and Toddlers Relating and Playing: Layers of Holding

8. A Holding Environment
Sophie Jane Alcock

9. Relational Fields and Context
Sophie Jane Alcock

Part IV. Implications for Teachers: Observing Subjectively, Reflectively, Relationally and with Feeling

10. Implications: Teachers Being Relationally Aware
Sophie Jane Alcock

Keywords: Education, Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology