ABSTRACT
This chapter is designed to provide the theoretical framework for the chapters to follow. The concepts of health and well-being will be explored in the contemporary context of early childhood development. Key insights from Positive Psychology and a Positive Educational perspective are considered as they relate to early childhood education. It is at this point that expanding understandings of what attitudes and skills need to be developed to ensure that young children flourish. For example, translating the work around coping will be considered in the context of early childhood education from the perspective of helping teachers to support children and their parents to take an active role in developing their self-concept, resilience and positive attitudes to learning.
