Review

Parents as Partners - Positive Relationships in the Early Years

by Jennie Lindon (Practical Pre-school Books, 12.50, ISBN 978-1-90457-593-1)

This guide on how to work effectively with parents is divided into three sections: the meaning of partnership; relationships and communication, and different kinds of involvement. It combines the principles and ethos of good practice with practical advice, points for reflections and case studies.

Early Childhood Matters - Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education project edited by Kathy Sylva, Edward Melhuish, Pam Sammons, Iram Siraj-Blatchford and Brenda Taggart

This book documents the rapid development of early years education and care from the late 1990s and chronicles the contribution of the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education (EPPE) research. The EPPE project is the largest European study of the impact of early years education and care on children's outcomes and has had a major impact on policy and practice.

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