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List of Figures ix
Acknowledgements x
About the Author xi
Foreword xii
Introduction xiv
Prologue xvi
Part 1 Introducing Wellbeing 1
1 Early childhood matters 2
Messages from Research: Research reviews
Mother-baby interaction
Children's needs
Policy and Practice for Wellbeing: From birth to three at home
UK Labour's decade of reform
The need for integration
2 Wellbeing themes 14
Four recurring themes: Early relationships
The ecology of early childhood
Being resilient
Wellbeing
Part 2 The Theory of Wellbeing 27
3 The ABC of wellbeing 28
A new model: Defining, determining and ascertaining wellbeing
A new wellbeing model
The four constructs: The construct of 'physical wellbeing'
The construct of 'communication'
The construct of 'belonging-and-boundaries'
The construct of 'agency'
Putting the constructs together
4 Companionable learning 53
Companionable learning: the mechanism of wellbeing: Babies' and young children's companions
Five companionable learning principles: First principle: companionable attention
Second principle: agency in companionable play
Third principle: 'anchored' children
Fourth principle: companionable apprenticeship
Fifth principle: children's personal time and space
Part 3 Everyday Wellbeing 71
5 Children's wellbeing 72
The four 'A's of everyday wellbeing: Anchored attention
Authority
Apprenticeship
Allowing children time and space
About food: Shopping
Growing things to eat
Preparing for meals
Companionable meals
Picnics
Lost 'food' opportunities
Old friends: Companions
Books and stories, songs, rhymes and music
Pets
Odd jobs and fixing things
Lost 'old friends' opportunities
Going out: Getting around
Everyday expeditions
Lost 'going out' opportunities
6 All to play for 96
What sort of play?: Wellbeing play
Freedom to play
Progression towards play: The first level of play: exploration and struggle
The second level of play: achieving competence
The third level of play: imagination and creativity
Thinking patterns in play: The idea of thinking patterns
Making the most of thinking patterns
What children need for wellbeing play: Anchoring
Authority (their own)
Apprenticeship materials
Allowed time and space
Companions supporting wellbeing play
All to play for: Anchored play for wellbeing
Authority in play for wellbeing
Apprenticeship play for wellbeing
Time and space to play for wellbeing
Part 4 Investing In Wellbeing 117
7 Observation, assessment and planning 118
Observation for wellbeing: Purposes of observation
Principles for observation
Doing observations
Recording observations
Word notes
Organising observations
Using still and video cameras
Assessment and planning for wellbeing: Assessing observations
The need for conceptual structure
Introducing wellbeing codes
A reductive process
Connecting observation and assessment with planning for individual children
Wellbeing assessment sheets: what to do: Version 1: 'Child wellbeing' assessment
Version 2: 'One-week special' assessment
Version 3: 'Wellbeing provision' assessment
Pebbles records and charts: what to do: Pebbles records
Pebbles wall charts
Purpose and value
8 Being key companions 146
Being key companions in settings: Impact of companions' wellbeing on each other
Being a child's key person
Supporting companions at home: The main players
Key messages for wellbeing at home
Wellbeing words
Key companions' professional development: Key people's own professional wellbeing
Further sources of professional development material
9 When things go wrong 161
Whose problem? Towards what works: What's the problem? The missing link
Stages of knowledge, understanding and creativity
Taking action: The Four 'A's
Out of balance
Quick fixes: Keeping going
10 Wellbeing and integration 171
An integrating model: Aspects of integration. The three projects: Wellbeing Project 1: action research by groups of practitioners
Wellbeing Project 2: exploring uses for the Wellbeing Framework
Wellbeing Project 3: piloting Pebbles training packs
What we found: About the Wellbeing Framework itself
About using the Framework
Investors in wellbeing: One Children's Centre's journey to integration: first steps
Exploring new paths
Recurring integration themes
Epilogue 182
Appendix to Chapters 9 and 10 185
Glossary 188
References 192
Index 197
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