Topic work in the early years: Introduction

This book arises out of our own experience of teaching young children, our work with students in teacher education and our in-service work with teachers. All these experiences have led us to the conclusion that topic work has and should continue to have an important role to play in the curriculum for young children. We wish to share with our readers our reasons for coming to this conclusion. Topic work is widely used. This book attempts to justify and exemplify its use.