Wellbeing within the early years setting: supporting babies and children under three The relationship between practitioner and child:

This chapter explores how early years settings can support children’s wellbeing through adult interaction, looking at what is meant, for example, by a warm and respectful approach where the practitioner’s tone of voice, their use of expression and their use of appropriate language affect relationships. The chapter also explores carefully the immediate setting environment to include, for example, supporting aspects of the overall wellbeing of babies and children under three such as healthy eating. The importance of a home-setting partnership with parents and carers is returned to in this context. The fi ve umbrella rights from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provide a fi nal structure for consideration and conclusions to be drawn in relation to overall wellbeing for this age group: the right to a childhood, the right to be educated, the right to be healthy, the right to be treated fairly, and the right to be heard.