Community, Love, and Connection in Early Care and Education
An Interactive Guide for Holistic, Equitable Early Learning
Mariana Souto-Manning author Lilly Padía author Meghan L Green author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:31st May '27
£22.99
This title is due to be published on 31st May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Learn how to create more just and equitable spaces for the young children you serve. Written by experienced educators, Community, Love, and Connection in Early Care and Education is a call to action for early care and education professionals who are ready to make real change in children’s lives.
Drawing on Maisha Winn’s framework of transformative justice in education, the authors address the harms and challenges embedded in early childhood education, while offering strategies for dismantling systems of oppression and creating spaces where all children can thrive. You’ll uncover how to recognize and confront challenges in the field; implement anti-racist practices that foster a more inclusive and supportive environment for every child; rethink “developmentally appropriate” practices that often fail children from historically disinvested communities; and avoid language that labels and limits children, particularly in relation to race, disability, and multilingualism.
Whether you are an early care provider, teacher, administrator, or community advocate, this book will help you challenge traditional practices. It offers a wealth of practical strategies for fostering spaces that are inclusive and just, so you can contribute to shaping the future of education—one that is more equitable, hopeful, and joyful for all young children and their families.
"Community, Love, and Connection in Early Care and Education is a bold and necessary charge to tell the truth, examine ourselves, and transform practice for our youngest children. It turns equity from a promise into a daily responsibility."
Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, PhD, Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
"With clarity and conviction, Community, Love, and Connection in Early Care and Education insists that histories, race, justice, language, and futures are foundational to young children’s care and education. Centering the brilliance and dignity of children, families, and communities, Green, Padía, and Souto-Manning call educators toward liberation, joy, humanity, and radical imagination. This book offers the grounding and pathways to confront harm, refuse neutrality, and build learning communities worthy of all children—challenging us to imagine and create the equitable early childhood futures they deserve."
Fabienne Doucet, PhD, Professor and Executive Director of the Metro Center, New York University, USA
"Written with deep respect both for children and their educators, this book offers us an opportunity to look at early care and education differently. Green, Padía, and Souto-Manning balance an incisive analysis of how structural inequality is maintained in early education with a transformative vision for how we can build better futures alongside children. This book is a call to action—and I hope all of us listen."
Harper Benjamin Keenan, PhD, Robert Quartermain Professor of Gender and Sexuality, The University of British Columbia, Canada
ISBN: 9781041092070
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184 pages