Unit 4227 - 024 - 4.1 Explain how own practice can affect children and young people's development. Explain three ways in which your own working practice can positively affect the development of children and young people: 1) By having and showing good hygiene practices. Encourage them to wash hands, flush toilets, blow their nose. Try to ensure they do not chew class pencils used by everyone (also explain why) and chewing their clothes. Always lead by example from an early age and then children will continue to have good hygiene throughout their lives.
Policies should be written with the child's emotional well-being at the centre. It is very important to work closely with parents/carers encouraging them to stay and to support their children and ensure that children and their families feel comfortable about being part of the school. The staff should help children to find their way around the nursery, introduce them to different areas indoors and outdoors as well as get children know and make sure they understand daily routine e.g. snack procedures, using toilets, story time, tidy up time, home time. The staff should be aware of the children’s needs, interests, what they like to play with, and provide activities which reflect their needs and interests and support children through group times.
For example, during a cooking activity children are learning many skills through this creative process, they may feel happy and excited about cresting their own food. They are sociable by working with adults to assist them and cooking for their friends or family members. By following instructions either written or verbal and measuring quantities they are being allowed to develop intellectually. Knowing when to ask for help and starting a dialogue around what they are doing and using can help develop communication skills especially listening and taking direction. Finally all the mixing, chopping, kneading and picking up small cut up pieces are physically developing the fine motor skills, hand eye co-ordination and building hand and arm
The teachers will observe the children during free play and during assigned activities so that they can make valid notations and observations about the cognitive development of the child. Reviewers will see the teachers engaged in conversation with the children about the tasks at hand as well as seeing the teacher observing the children engaged in activities with each other. There will be files kept on each child of their progress and on what they will receive extra help on. The folder will also include small observations like if the child shared with another student without being told to do so, or if the student assists another student willingly, all of this information will be available for the parents and
Unit 2 Assignment D1) Describe the expected stage of social development of children aged 4 years Most children at this age feel more settled. They grow in confidence as they are able to make friends and play with other children. They show social skills, for example turn-taking, sharing and concern for others. Strong emotions are still felt and quarrels and temper tantrums may appear at times. During this year most children will be affectionate towards their family, friends and carers and they also want to play with children but mostly pretend play.
D1 A mealtime routine promotes a healthy lifestyle as it effects the child’s development. This effects the child’s social development, as, in this routine, the carer or the practitioners should eat with the child and talk to him/her. This would increase the social development of the child as the child would be talking to the adults and, if the child is eating with their family, possibly talking to other children. As well as this, if the child is talking about the food they are eating to the adults and the adults are telling the child about the food, the child’s intellectual development will be enhanced as children will gain knowledge about food. Also, if a child is eating with an adult and the adult is eating the same food, the child will look up to the adult as a role model as they are eating the same foods.
The benefits include: • Children taking part in activities and joining in with play as they feel secure and happy. • Children happy to separate from their parent or carer and less likely to suffer any separation anxiety. • Practitioners being able to ‘read’ a child’s emotions and understand their needs, therefore lessening unwanted behaviour and responding more effectively. • Children’s speech and language developing more quickly as they are confident enough to converse with practitioners. • Practitioners can plan far more effectively as they know the children’s developmental needs and interests.
SHC 32 Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings Description of the duties and responsibilities of my work role (1.1) Working with children is very interesting and exciting because I learn from them as much as they learn from me. I always look forward going to the nursery and plan a fun and attractive activities for children, and than see how they have enjoyed the activity and what I can do next to improve it or better my practice. Planning these activities according to their age range gives me a good understanding on children’s developmental areas, in order to see their abilities and disability so that I can assess and observe further with the help of the room leader or supervisor. Therefore my duties and responsibilities are: * To contribute on planning of activities suitable to the age range of children with other staff. * Support all staff and engage in a good staff team * Being flexible working in the nursery and to help where needed, including working in different rooms e.g.
First small step is for the child to sit with one or two other children. When this is achieved slowly add more children to the group. This way you are teaching the child a new skill but ensuring success. This may also be a target for the Individual Education Plan. Praise and rewards This ensures everyone is praising the child when they are working towards their new
You must be professional and approachable to children giving them lots of praise and eye contact. If you do this the child feels comfortable around you. If the child feels happy and comfortable and able to trust you then you are making the right impression on them. Allowing the child to come to you when they feel uncomfortable or they need assistance with something. Children tend to role play themselves through play playing schools and playing the role of teachers, playing mums and dads, etc so this proves that the way in which adults behave has a strong impact on how children look up to adults as role models.