(Book Review) Vitalizing Vocabulary: Doing Pedagogy and Language in Early Childhood Education

Doing Pedagogy and Language in Early Childhood Education byNicole Land (Toronto Metropolitan University) and Cristina Vintimilla (York University), examines how language shapes reading, writing, citing, and speaking as active, relational, and pedagogical practices within early childhood education (ECE) in Canada.The authors encourage readers to critically reflect on language and consider how vocabulary shapes pedagogical thinking and practice.In this way, the book highlights language as an active element that influences relationships, knowledge creation, and everyday pedagogical work in early childhood settings.Although this book is not lengthy, the readers sometimes might struggle with uncommon, yet intentional and strategic vocabulary used in the book.The strategic use of language shapes how pedagogy is conceptualized, positioning reading, writing, and speaking as relational and ethical practices rather than neutral skills.The authors were highly successful in providing provocations within the text, guiding readers to invent or create new meanings through their interpretations.Rather than elaboration with extensively detailed writing, the creative concise language used in the book gave an opportunity of exercise for readers to develop their progression in thinking and comprehending the contents of the book.