Provides early years practitioners with guidance on how to articulate and understand their own practice and encourages reflective practice, wherever possible. This title is suitable for early years practitioners working in early years settings for children aged 0-8 years.[...]

Most people accept that early years education should aim to develop children's creativity, but this raises a number of questions: What is creativity? How does it relate to such concepts as imagination, self-expression and intelligence? Why is it valuable?--and in what ways? Can creativity be taught?[...]

Young people today need to be flexible, imaginative and resilient and to use their creativity holistically and appropriately. "Close Encounters" shows how creativity and the special relationships that facilitate it can be nurtured within education through dance. Dance Partners for Creativity, an int[...]