Alison Clark through this book, points to alternative practices in Early Childhood Education and Care that enable a different pace and rhythm, against the backdrop of the acceleration in early childhood and the proliferation of testing and measurement. Diverse approaches are explored to enable an 'unhurried child' and less hurried adults.

Alison Clark is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of South-Eastern Norway and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

Foreword by Michel Vandenbroeck. Preface. Acknowledgement. Part One: Reasons to be slow. 1. Accelerated childhood. 2. Clock time. 3. Play time. 4. Slow pedagogies and slow knowledge. Part Two Slow pedagogies and slow practices: What does slow look like in Early Childhood Education?. 5. Slow Practices in Place. 6. Slow practices and pedagogical documentation. 7. Slow practices and the everyday. 8. Slow practices and stories. 9. Slow listening in research and practice. Part Three: Moving forward. 10.Time for a rethink. Appendix. References.