“…Of the wide range of studies of humour in education over the last four decades (Raskin, 2008), few have explored humour within early childhood education, focusing instead on school-aged children (Banas et al, 2011). Of those that have taken early childhood education as their focus (for example Bergen 1992;Reddy 2001;Loizou 2007;Hoicka and Akhtar 2011), many adopt a cognitive approach.…”