Interactions between children, staff and parents/guardians in early childhood education and care centres

Building on a rich set of information on practices used by staff in early childhood education and care centres, this chapter examines the types of interactions between staff and children and staff and parents, as well as the differences across countries in the use of these practices. It also discusses how activities are organised by groups of children, in terms of the size of the group, the number of staff and the composition of the group. The chapter ends with a section on how staff work with a diversity of children and investigates how the workforce adapts their practices to children with different backgrounds and needs.