Parents can top up the hours by paying themselves for any extra hours. Some 2-year-olds in England can also get free early education. You must be getting one of the following: • Income Support • income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance ( JSA ) • income-related Employment and Support Allowance ( ESA ) • support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act • the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit • Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income not over £16,190 • the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit) Children looked after by a local council are also entitled to a place. If your child’s eligible, you can start claiming free early education after your child turns 2. The date you can claim will depend on when their birthday is.
Play has been shown to be an excellent vehicle for young children’s development and learning .Early year’s provision in school is all about supporting very young children and is based on learning through play rather than a more formal education. Children also work independently and they can choose from a wide range of activities inside and outside the class room. This encourages them to develop and build up their self-confidence. Under the National curriculum of England there are four key stages to education: Foundation school = 3 –5years old Key stage 1 = 5 to 7 years old Key stage 2 = 7 to 11 years old Key stage 3 = 11 to 14 years old Key stage 4 = 14 to 16 years old Early Years Foundation Phase in Wales extends from the ages of 3 to 7; it combines Early Years and key stage 1. Scotland curriculum is focused around the document called the Curriculum for Excellence.
1a In the Childcare Act 2006, it became an entitlement for all 3 and 4 year olds in England to receive free part time education of up to 15 hours a week for at least 38 weeks of the year. The government has funded local authorities to ensure every child receives free education before reaching school age. Early year’s provision is really about supporting very young children in school, this is different to the way children learn in Key Stage 1. The difference is, the concept of Early Years is based on learning through play rather than a formal education. The Early Years Foundation stage was revised in England in September 2012, this was to set out one standard framework for learning, development and care for all children from birth until the children reach the age of end of Reception year.
Scotland is very similar in the sense that children receive their early years education along with their early primary stage education. This is good as it means any child that is not ready to move on would stay within the early years phase until they became ready. Northern Ireland's set up for the early years education is different in the sense that any child within years 1 and 2 receive their foundation stage education. Whichever way the EYFS is set out it all leads to the same hopeful
A child is usually with their parents for three to five years before they enter into the public schools. Those three to five years are crucial in a child’s life. Their parents have already molded and shaped many ideals and beliefs their child will subconsciously have forever. I agree with the reading in regards to the statement that, “social and cultural practices of a family are key considerations in the family literacy program.” I think that students learn best when it’s associated to prior knowledge. If an instructor or program allowed for students to learn based on the home’s cultural views, the child would more than likely understand the material better and also do better in school.
The EYFS, while being different in each country, allows children to learn to work and play on their own initiative. In England children follow a standard framework, which includes all learning, care and development and is assessed regularly until their year in Reception comes to an end. Scotland presents a difference in their way of delivering their Early Years education. Children start the curriculum at ages two and three, and follow it through to the age of eighteen. Schools in Wales deliver the Early Years Foundation Phase, which is started from the ages of two and three, and continued through to Key Stage One at age 7.
Bleile (2004) explained that speech is the foundation of language. Approximately 60% of brain growth occurs during the first few years of life, during this time the brain is shaped by children’s environment. Up to this point in a child’s life, parents have been the primary source of sounds and expressions. Once children are of school age this responsibility becomes shared with an educator who will become the primary source of learning for young children therefore they need to possess the knowledge surrounding speech and sounds to effectively teach children and avoid communicative and cognitive delays that occur through decreased environmental stimulation and appropriate examples of speech
In this article it talks about how Working with families is one of the most important aspects of being an early childhood professional and still an area in which many educators have received a little practice. Teachers spend hours learning about child development, developmentally appropriate practices, health and safety, playgrounds, and play. At times it seems that teachers focus on children as if they appear from nowhere, land in their classrooms, and merely disappear at the end of the day. Teachers may ignore the settings in which they spend their time away from the classroom, believing they are not very important. But the home environment is influencing what goes on in school.
Unit 1 1. Know the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education A. Summarise entitlement and provision for early years. The entitlement for early year’s education is that every three and four year olds are entitled to free education in an Ofsted inspected setting as part of the childcare act 2006. The funding is available for 15 hours per week, over 38 weeks of the year over 2 years, free places are available in a number of setting including school nurseries, child minders and private day nurseries, all the funded by the local government. The early years provision is very different to KS1 and KS2 in a primary setting, the EYFS (early years foundation stage) teaching is based on the learning through play scheme rather than a formal way of learning they will start once in KS1, the child initiated learning covers some of these areas by the child learning through games.
Also, preschool helps children transition from being with mom and dad to spending time without them. "Kids in preschool discover that they are capable and can do things for themselves -- from small tasks like pouring their own juice and helping set snack tables to tackling bigger issues like making decisions about how to spend their free time," says Angela Capone, PhD, senior program manager at Southwest Human Development's Arizona Institute for Childhood Development, in Phoenix.” (Kanter, n.d.) Preschool helps children with self-help skills, lets them learn to follow directions.