Life At Two:
"This is a delightful study of Ava with her family and in her nursery taken over time. Each different section is very pertinent and useful with the notes on their content and the suggested questions to stimulate discussion on the attachments and key people issues.
Some years ago I used to be a tutor in FE teaching on initial training courses - for this purpose I would have found them especially supportive and well referenced. The sequences of separation and reunions, and the behavior in the supermarket were sensitively filmed and commented on. I specially valued those episodes where practitioners are often unsure of how to respond to children's sad feelings and growing independence.
The references to the literature and the key issues highlighted by Peter Elfer are made in a very accessible style but also give this film rigor and depth that will also have raise important issues for thinking and learning with experienced professionals working to support quality and manage change in nurseries.
The material is very timely as the EYFS requires practitioners to move on from their key worker patter pattern of organization to developing the Key Person approach where children are enabled to form close attachments with staff who are emotionally available to them in the nursery as well as at home.”