Publisher's Synopsis
Forty per cent of all four-year-olds are now admitted to infant classes in primary schools instead of going to nursery schools or playgroups. Are they getting the right education and learning experiences for their age? HMI and early childhood educators are concerned that they are not.;This book does four things: describes what head and class teachers feel about the education of four-year-olds in their schools, and the issues it generates; it ascertains in detail what happens to four year olds in infant classrooms, with a particular focus on the quality of their learning experiences; it specifies the problems that arise in class; it provides case study materials for training and in-service courses on the teaching of very young children.
