Principles and Practice to Help Young Children Belong

This vital resource for early years and primary school trainees and practitioners explores a range of social and therapeutic strategies and interventions that will successfully support all children's sense of belonging.

Estelle Tarry is presently an assistant professor in postgraduate teacher education in the Middle East. She was previously a lecturer at the South Devon University Centre, Plymouth University, UK, and authored Challenges in Early Years and Primary Education (2022) for Routledge.

0. Introduction Part I: Tackling social inequality and social justice 1. Social Inequality and Social Justice2. Anti-racism in Early Childhood Spaces: Transformative Activism3. Religion, Belonging and Childhood in the Primary Classroom4. Unmasking Toxic Masculinity in Early Years and Primary Schools: Exploring the Impact on Children's Socialisation and DevelopmentPart II: Social interaction; social beings and relationships 5. Supporting Children's Sense of Belonging and Feelings of Mattering Through Relationship-Rich Pedagogies6. (LGBT+) and different family structures; What is a family?7. Fostering Belonging through Compassionate Care in Education8. The Modern Iliad; Asylum Seeker and Refugee Children's Search for Belonging9. Ecology and Embodiment: Engaging Children and Young People with NaturePart III: All Schools and All Practitioners 10. Towards a Needs-Led Approach to Inclusion: Questions and Challenges for the Ideology of Inclusive Practice11. Developing a Mentally Healthy Culture for All in Schools: Issues and Possible Solutions12. Wellbeing in a Modern World