Journal of Religious Education 59(3) 2011 1 JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Contents EDITORIAL Jan Grajczonek – Guest Editor Page 2 Early childhood & religious education Annemie Dillen Page 4 Empowering children in religious education: Rethinking power dynamics Joyce Ann Mercer Page 13 Early childhood religious education and Attention Deficit Disorder Jan Grajczonek Page 23 Belonging, being & becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia: Opportunities and challenges for early years religious education Catherine Meehan Page 36 Belonging, being and becoming: The importance of understanding beliefs and practices in the teaching of religious education in the early years Patricia Kieran Page 50 Children negotiating their own beliefs: The religious education of young children in families in the Republic of Ireland Tony Eaude Page 61 Starting from how young children learn: A rationale from psychology for religious educators in the early years Practitioners’ Ideas Page 72 Maureen Hemmings Crossing the threshold into the religious education classroom Beth Nolen Some strategies for prayer with early childhood students Louise Thomas & Jan Grajczonek Shared coffee musings: Essential considerations in holding together the two pedagogical approaches of Intentional Teaching and Play in the early years religion program BOOK REVIEWS Page 79 Richard Rymarz Gail Mayotte. (2010). Let your light shine: A guide for preparing to teach in a Catholic school . Notre Dame, Indiana: Alliance for Catholic Education Press. Brendan Hyde Clive Erricker, Judith Lowndes & Elaine Bellchambers. (2011). Primary religious education – a new approach: Conceptual enquiry in primary RE. London: Routledge.