Eymp2 Essay

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EYMP 2: Promote Learning and Development in the Early Years From doing this unit I will be preparing myself to work with children and to support their learning and development. The unit will also assess me in my competence in planning for and meeting children’s needs, thus providing and supporting their learning and development activities. 1. Understand the purpose and requirements of the areas of learning and development in the relevant early year’s framework. 2.1 Explain each of the areas of learning and development and how these are interdependent: The EYFS is split up into 7 different areas of learning. These seven areas are then split further into two separate areas – there are 3 prime areas and then 4 specific areas. The 3 prime areas are: 1. Personal, Social and Emotional Development – this is seen as extremely important as confident, secure children are seen as being more likely to cope with the demands of formal education. It’s a requirement that children must be provided with experiences and support that help children develop positive senses of themselves and others, respect, social skills and a positive attitude to learning. Practitioners must make sure they support children in their emotional well-being in order to help the children to know themselves and what they can achieve / do. 2. Physical Development – states that physical learning and development is important, as it allows children to do other things i.e. play, explore and sports, as well as reading and writing etc. This area focuses on children’s health as well, due to the increase in child obesity in this day and age. This is subdivided into three aspects: * Health and bodily awareness – about helping children to make good choices about keeping themselves healthy – in relation to food, hygiene and safety. It’s important that as a practitioner I provide nutritious

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