In this paper, we argue for two propositions: children are socialised and guided to become
competent members of school mealtime community, and children have the capacity to …

School mealtime research in England has been preoccupied with the nutritional composition
of a meal in relation to children's bodies and health education. Underlying these concerns is …

Mealtimes and their associated rituals are recognised as important aspects of human
socialisation; however, much of the research about mealtimes in early childhood education …

Today, in the field of early childhood education and care in the UK we do not always
demonstrate a constructive attitude towards humour and laughter. We have seemingly stood …

It is important that the field of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) continues to
develop a pedagogical interest in humor and laughter. Research suggests that children …

School mealtimes in England are highly orchestrated practices that have a specific temporal
order of when and how the meal should be eaten. At the same time, the social conditions of …

This article presents findings from a pilot study offering an alternative framing of children's
humour and laughter in an early childhood education setting. It employs a Bakhtinian …

The aim of our study is to identify elements of young children's shared humour by observing
children's own expressions in the everyday life of early childhood education and care …

Arguments over the future of school playtime continue back and forth. Opinions range from
theinterval period envisaged as a waste of teaching and learning time to sentiments …

Children attending early childhood education and care centres spend a lot of time fitting in
with institutional routines. This paper uses ethnographic methods and sociocultural activity …