Being with Babies

Amanda Norman is a Senior Lecturer (Childhood) at the University of Winchester, UK.Caroline Guard is a Researcher, Senior Lecturer, and Consultant who most recently worked at the University of Oxford, UK.

• Foreword Introduction Section I: The Awe and Wonder of Babies and Quality Care 1. Ethics of education and care: supporting baby's learning and development 2. Beyond milestones: thinking, learning and laughing with babies and infants 3. Patterns of communication in infancy: bringing the voice of babies to life in early childhood settings4. Creating attachments and attunement through symbolic gesturing Section II: The Community of Relationships 5. Relationships, resilience and recovery: trauma informed practice 6. Professional loving relationships with babies7. Flourishing Relationships and Agency of Voice (Power) 8. Being with Babies: Connecting with parents and Families through a person-centered approach 9. Being with Babies: A social work perspective Section III: Pedagogical Environmental Spaces 10. Exploring the Montessori Nido Environment: Fostering Optimal Early Childhood Development 11. Freedom to play, freedom to move, freedom to be me: The Pikler approach to autonomous play 12. Being with babies in a Froebelian way 13. Mana Whenua Belonging: Enacting a bicultural curriculum with babies and their families 14. Creating pedagogical spaces for professional reflection Section IV: Routines and Rituals15. Exploring relationships within formal day care: effective settling systems 16. Creating pedagogical spaces for sensory and sustainable play 17. Rest and Sleep: The value of therapeutic play and transitional objects in supporting rest and sleep 18. "We're moving out!": Using action research to navigate the transition to outdoor early years provision for babies and toddlers during Covid-19 and beyond 19. Babies, Voice and Pedagogy in Home Based Childcare Conclusion