Young children's perspectives of the material learning environment / Alison Clark and Solveig Nordtømme -- "It will be difficult to practice something we don't know how to do" : listening to children as they transition to school / Sara M. "lafsdóttir and Jóhanna Einarsdóttir -- "Can you shout a little louder?" : listening and hearing children's voices through play / Natalie Canning -- Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking / Catherine Patterson and Laurie Kocher -- Children and families outside the mainstream : ensuring inclusion for all / Katey De Gioia and Marina Papic -- Lingering in artistic spaces : becoming attuned to children's processes and perspectives through the early childhood studio / Sylvia Kind, Tahmina Shayan and Cheryl Cameron -- Teachers learning to recognize the voice of the child / Derval Carey Jenkins -- Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking / Catherine Patterson and Laurie Kocher -- Project Work as a tool for intercultural pedagogy / João Formosinho, Júlia Oliveira-Formosinho and Hélia Costa -- "No one ever listens to me, not even my daddy" : listening to children described as having "special educational needs" and disabilities (SEND) / Caroline Jones -- Working with and listening to families / Josephine Bleach -- Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking / Catherine Patterson and Laurie Kocher -- Leadership of professional learning : essential for innovation and change / Kaye Colmer -- Upholding children's rights in a landscape of legislation, regulations, curriculum frameworks, accreditation, teacher standards and policies / Wendy Shepherd -- When dialogue transforms a system : dynamic democratic systems that listen / Randa Khattar and Karyn Callaghan -- Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking / Catherine Patterson and Laurie Kocher -- Coda : thinking forward / Alma Fleet and Michael Reed.