Síolta & Aistear Resources

Environment

• Department of The Environment., Local Government. 2001, Childcare Facilities: Guidelines for Planning Authorities, Stationery Office.
  
• French, Geraldine. 2007, Children’s Early Learning and Development : Background Paper for the Framework for Early Learning. Paper Commissioned by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
  
• French, Geraldine., Murphy, Patricia. 2005, Once in a Lifetime : Early Childhood Care and Education for Children from Birth to Three. Barnardos National Children’s Resource Centre.
• National Children’s Nurseries Association (NCNA). 2002, We like this place… : Guidelines for best practice in the design of childcare facilities, National Children’s Nurseries Association (NCNA).
• Ouvry, Marjorie. 2003, Exercising Muscles and Minds, National Early Years Network.

Health and Welfare

• Barnardos., Border Counties Childcare Network. 2006, Health and Safety in Childcare: A Guide for Centre-Based Services, Barnardos National Children’s Resource Centre.
• Department of Health., Children. 1999, Children first : national guidelines for the protection and welfare of children, The Stationery Office.
• Department of Health. Children. 2002, Our duty to care : the principles and practice of good practice for the protection of children and young people, Department of Health and Children.
• Fox, Geraldine. 2013, Our children first : A parent’s Guide to the National Child Protection Guidelines. Barnardos.
  
• Health Promotion Unit . 2004 Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Pre-School Services.Dublin, Health Promotion Unit.

Identity and Belonging

• Barnardos National Children’s Resource Centre. 2004, Every child matters: developing anti-discriminatory practice in early childhood services.
• Byrne, Tina. Whyte, Jean. 2005, Working with Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Families and Children : A Review of Best Practice and Guidelines, The National Children’s Resource Centre.
• Deegan, Jim (Ed), Devine, Dympna (Ed)., Lodge, Anne (Ed). 2004, Primary voices : equality, diversity and childhood in Irish primary schools, Institute of Public Administration IPA.
• Nagle, Brigid. 2007, Integrating Children of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Ealy Childhhod Settings, OMEP Ireland Journal of Early Childhood Studies, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2007, pp. 101-112.
• Office of the Minister for Children, 2006. Diversity and Equality Guidelines for Childcare Providers.

Legislation and Regulation

• Department of Health., Children. 1999, Children first : national guidelines for the protection and welfare of children, The Stationery Office.
  
• Department of Health., Children. 2002, Our duty to care : the principles and practice of good practice for the protection of children and young people, Department of Health and Children.
  
• Department of Health., Childre. 2006, Child Care (Pre-School Services) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 505 of 2006), Stationery Office, Dublin.
• French, Geraldine. 2008, Supporting Quality: Guidelines for Professional Practice in Early Childhood Services. Book 1 Policy and Governance, Barnardos Training and Resource Service.
  

Organisation

• Byrne, Mary. 2005, Personnel Practice in the Early Years – A Guide, Revised, Barnardos National Children’s Resource Centre.
• Moloney, Mary. 2005, School’s out : A practice manual for providers, Limerick City Childcare Committee.
• Moyles, Janet. 2006, Effective Leadership and Management in the Early Years, Open University Press.
• Rodd, Jillian.. 2006, Leadership in Early Childhood, 3rd ed., Open University Press, Maidenhead, England.

Parents and Families

• Crosbie, Mary. 2006, Parental involvement- A handbook for childcare providers, Barnardos National Children’s Resource Centre.
• Fitzgerald, Damien. 2004, Parent partnership in the early years, Continuum, London.
• Internet Advisory Board. 2005, Get With It! : A Parents’ Guide to New Media: Understanding and Sharing the New Media Technologies with Your Children, Internet Advisory Board.
• Murphy, Rosaleen. 2004, The Parent and Family Involvement Project: Skills for Early Years Educators, OMEP (Ireland).
• Office of the Minister for Children. 2006, National Childcare Strategy 2006-2010 – A Guide for Parents, Office of the Minister for Children.

Planning and Evaluation

• Department of Education and Science. 2003, Looking at Our School – An Aid to Self-Evaluation in Primary Schools.
• Rodd, Jillian.. 2006, Leadership in Early Childhood, 3rd ed., Open University Press, Maidenhead, England.

Play

• Bourke, Jackie. 2007, Inspiring Play in Early Childhood, Irish Pre-School Playgroups Assocation.
• Brennan, Carmel (Ed). 2004, Power of play : A play curriculum in action, IPPA the Early Childhood Organisation.
• IPPA. 2006, Nurture Through Nature: Promoting outdoor play for young children, Irish Pre-school Playgroups Association (IPPA).
• Moyles, Janet R.. 2005, The Excellence of Play, Open University Press.
• National Children’s Office. 2004, Ready, steady, play! A National Play Policy, Stationery Office.
• Tovey, Helen. 2007, Playing Outdoors; Spaces and Places. Risk and Challenge, Open University Press.
• Wood, Liz., Attfield, Jane. 2005, Play, Learning and the Early Childhood Curriculum, 2nd, Paul Chapman Publications.

Professional Practice

• Dally, K. 2007, Code of Ethics for the Early Childhood Profession: A Literature Review, Early Childhood Australia.
• Miller, Linda.., Cable, Carrie.. 2008, Professionalism in the Early Years, Hodder Arnold.
• National Children’s Nurseries Association (NCNA). 2003, To Do or Not to Do : Ethical Practice Guidelines.

Rights of the Child

• Children’s Rights Alliance. 2006, From Rhetoric to Rights : Second Shadow Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
• Department of Health and Children (2000), The National Children’s Strategy : Our Children-Their Lives, Stationery Office.
• Hayes, Nóirín. 2002, Children’s Rights – Whose Right? : a review of child policy development in Ireland, Studies in Public Policy, The Policy Institute.
• National Children’s Office. 2005, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child – Ireland’s Second Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, The Stationery Office.
• Nutbrown, Cathy.. 1996, Respectful Educators, Capable Learners : Children’s Rights and Early Education, P. Chapman Publishers London.

Transitions

• Brooker, Liz. 2008, Supporting transitions in the early years, Open University Press.
• Dunlop, Aline-Wendy.., Fabian, Hilary.. 2007, Informing Transitions in the Early Years : Research, Policy and Practice, McGraw-Hill/Open University Press.
• Horan, Margaret, O’Brien. Geraldine. 2006, Ready for School, Veritas Publications.
• Fabian, Hilary., Dunlop, Aline-Wendy.. 2007, Outcomes of Good Practice in Transition Process for Children Entering Primary School,Bernard van Leer Foundation.
• O’Kane, Mary. 2008, Buiilding Bridges: The Transition from Preschool to Primary School for Children in Ireland, Dublin Institute of Technology.
  
• O’Kane, Mary., Hayes, Noirin. 2006, The Transition to School in Ireland: Views of Preschool and Primary School Teachers.