Using a fictious character called Harry, this book offers theories about how children learn and applies the theories to their observations. This book demonstrates that how the character accesses each area of the curriculum through his interests. It also shows how he develops coping strategies when t[...]

Makes explicit connections between young children's spontaneous repeated actions, and their representations of their emotional worlds. This book takes schema theory into the territory of the emotions, making it relevant to the social and emotional development strand in early childhood education.[...]