Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction Overture 1. Welcome, wonder and magic: words on the fence of a Romanian Kindergarten Making time and space Dancing on the decking: an observation 2. Listening more and talking less: nurturing children's creativity 3. Enriched environments: a dialogue with people, places and materials Story-making 4. Creative conversations: the Talking Table The A-Z of children who visit the Talking Table 5. From scribble to story: making meaning from marks in pencil and paint 6. Storytelling and story-acting: putting positive interaction into action Music-making Music round a cloth 7. Musical movers: creative ideas for using movement with young children 8. The Sounds of Leaping: exploring relationships between music and movement The Jam Jar Project: a conversational account Coda 9. Conversations for change Reading and resources |
