Foreword / Wendy Scott -- Introduction / Susan Hay -- Section 1: Service values and principles -- Early childhood education and care in context / Philip Gammage -- Early childhood environments: long-term consequences of early childhood education and parenting / Edward Melhuish -- Perceptions of parents / Susan Hay -- Children's well-being / Larissa Pople and Sonia Mainstone-Cotton -- Section 2: Making values visible -- Early years in school and early school life: a personal view / Mark Miller -- The indoor environment at work / Helen Huleatt -- Researching the benefits of the outdoor environment for children / Ian Frampton, Rebecca Jenkin and Philip Waters -- Research into practice / Susan Hay.