Resources in Finnish ECEC Centers - Confirming a Solid Ground for Future Readers

Abstract

<p> <span>In this article, we investigate the literature resources in Finnish Early Childhood and Care</span><span>(ECEC) groups. The results indicate that the quality and the number of books vary between </span><span>groups and ECEC centres. In general, it seems that the personnel and administration of</span><span>ECEC centres value children's literature differently: at best, there are high-quality and age-</span><span>appropriate books for children. The literature in the daycare centres mostly concentrates on </span><span>the most popular authors and book series in the timeline of decades as well as books aimed </span><span>at socioemotional learning, which is one of the main aims in the Finnish Curriculum for</span><span>Early Childhood Education and Care (2018). Shortly, the books are broadly quite old and</span><span>do not meet with the diversity of children and their needs in ECEC groups. </span> <br></p>