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Is it odd to think of infants and toddlers as being in the Prime Times of their lives?
Not when prime means fundamental and primary. The early years are when our sense of self and what the world has to offer are shaped. These years are truly prime.
This important text uses the term Prime Times to signify the critical importance of one-to-one interactions in a child’s life in a program. Caring times are Prime Times. The familiar complaint of some caregivers that most of the day is spent in looking after children rather than pursuing an educational program fails to recognise that those caring times are the prime teaching times: the times when a child has his or her caregiver alone and learns through responsive care that ‘I am somebody, I am important.’
Prime Times: A Handbook for Excellence in Infant and Toddler Programs promotes the very best experience for young children in a variety of child care settings. It is practical in approach and acknowledges the realities of child care practice. Accessible and authoritative, it is an invaluable resource for students, lecturers and practitioners of early childhood care and education.
Jim Breenman has been associated with early childhood care and education for over 25 years. He is Senior Vice-President at Corporate Family Solutions in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Anne Stonehouse has worked as a centre director, resources developer, consultant and lecturer in Australia and the US for over 25 years. She is Associate Professor of Early Childhood at Monash University in Melbourne.
Paperback, 313 pages. First edition copy. In very good preloved condition.