Psychotherapy, sensitivity, oral quality of life, intervention, dialogue, and group size

and Care (ECEC) for children aged 0 – 5 years, and (2) synthesize the results from included studies to explore how the structural aspects of the ECEC setting (ratio and group size) are perceived to in fl uence the everyday life experiences, development, and wellbeing of children. Findings within the thematic synthesis highlight ways in which group size and caregiver/child ratio in fl uence care-giver/child interactions, children ’ s interactions, behavior, development, and learning as perceived by caregivers and observers, and the caregivers ’ perceptions of what constitutes an optimal group size and caregiver/child ratio in ECEC.