However, once my supervisor and I had ensured that health was to be taught to children at the age of 4-5 years, we began to plan out the activity. Another factor was that the activity also linked into the Every Child Matters Programme. The activity did in fact link into the programme’s framework, which we found out by researching. The programme has 5 possible outcomes, including ‘Be Healthy’ which the activity itself links in to. Once we had gathered all the necessary information, we then had to plan how to deliver the information to the children in a way that all abilities could understand.
The collages will be collected upon the backpack return and displayed around the classroom once all the students have had their turn. Nutrition: This section we are asking you to play the grocery store challenge. How this is played is each family member is given five (5) minutes to run into the kitchen and come back with as many healthy and nutritious items they can find, the person with the most items wins. A book has been provided to help with understanding what are the good choices to make. Mama Bear notices Papa and the cubs are getting chubby so they change their eating habits to be healthy.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), (2012) states that the role of the practitioner is crucial in observing and reflecting on children’s spontaneous play, building on this by planning and providing a challenging environment which supports specific areas of children’s learning and extends and develops children’s language and communication in their play. (See appendix 1 note 2) Another role of the practitioner is to work professionally and responsibly such as to ‘work as part of the team, work with parents and partners, participate in providing an environment that is welcoming and stimulating’ (Tassoni P, et.al, 2007 page 137) and to meet the learning needs of each individual child by providing a range of activities and experiences. A1 While attending placements I have worked to support the learning needs of children in this particular role by working with my supervisor, other staff members and parents or carers. When doing this, practitioners should always be professional, for example using a polite tone of
For example, a learning environment could be; classroom, science lab, art studio, playground or sports field. An important factor to remember when planning an activity, inside or outside, is that all children and young people should be given equal opportunities. All children, including those with special needs, need to be considered when planning the learning environment. This means the environment may have to be adapted to meet specific needs. Four factors that need to be considered when planning a safe learning environment are: Cleanliness – whilst outdoors it is important to ensure that the learning environment is hygienic to use, ensuring the area is clean, free of litter, animal excretion, etc.
UNIT 016 – Provide Displays (016–K1) – How to select materials to include in the display. When you select materials to include in the display you need to have a good quality of backing paper and border. All the selected materials need to be relevant to a topic that the children are learning about. Where appropriate, 3D materials and textiles can be used to add interest and help to value classrooms and display areas. Often, the display should be the representation of the children’s own work.
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We have to work with social workers and other outside agencies and share good practice to make the placement a positive situation for the child in our care. 302.1.2 Explain expectations about own work role as expressed in relevant standards Standards for foster carers are outlined in our yellow booklets for each pay scale. I am a core carer and the expectations are as follows: : To keep all information about the children in my care confidential at all times. : To contribute to child care reviews and other meetings as required for the children in your placement. : To plan and provide a safe, secure, stable environment which is stimulating to the child and also flexible in line with the individual child’s needs.
Playing and learning in children’s education E1/A In (appendices 1), the Nursery World article written by Fisher. J (2012) talks about how the role of the practitioner should plan for a balance between adult –led learning and child –led learning. This means that the adult needs to observe children closely to see how they are developing. When the practitioner stands back during child-led play, they can gain lots of information about a child, how they use their environments and resources. This helps to meet their learning needs if the practitioner then uses this information to plan the next steps.
It is also important to have the right materials for teaching and making sure everything is developmentally appropriate. Do not lay out a broken ball for the children to play with and expect them to be happy or not fight about it. Make sure that all the material in the classroom has a home and it is clearly marked for children to see to encourage clean up and independence. "When you’ve finished arranging everything, you should be able to survey the whole room from anywhere you stand. If all the children can see you, your very visibility will deter challenging behavior; if you can see all the children, you’ll be well situated to detect early triggers and head off challenging behavior before it starts" (Rasminsky, 2012, p 153).
Understanding and supporting the development of a child is an important obligation for all carers. The holistic approach to a child’s development seeks to simultaneously address the physical, linguistic, intellectual, social and emotional aspects of a child’s life. The important fact of the holistic approach is that the child is given the ability to learn different things at his/her different stages of development. This essay will explore why play is important for the holistic development of a child, how playing has an impact on the child’s maturation and how play changes in the first six years of a child’s life. Because of its multi-faceted nature and the fact that it is an intrinsically spontaneous and unpredictable phenomenon, ‘play’ has proved to be extremely difficult to define and research.