Planning to teach -- Where do I begin? -- How to teach the young learner -- The daily timetable of a reception class -- Planning the classroom and outdoot play area -- Choosing suitable learning content -- Written planning of teaching in the reception year -- Know the learner -- Why the whole child? -- An inclusive educational approach -- Different learning styles -- Developmental (problems) red lights -- Emergent literacy: language and the beginnings of reading -- Emergent literacy: the beginnings of writing and spelling -- Emergent numeracy: the learner's world of mathematics -- Life skills and exploring Science and technology -- Assessment of the reception year learner -- Putting it all together: a practical example of integarting in context.