help each child enjoy their learning and make progress towards the early learning goals. provide a balance of adult led and child led activities that help children to think critically, play and explore and be active and creative learners. have good expectations for children and enthuse and motivate them. plan for individual children, taking into account their culture and background, including any children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those learning English as an additional language and those who achieve beyond what is expected to ensure that you are offering an inclusive service and that each child receives an enjoyable and challenging experience across all areas of learning. support each child in their learning and work with parents and carers as partners in children’s learning and development.
I will focus on how parents influence and support play and the very important role practitioners have once children start nursery. This essay will also draw on key Montessori principles and practices where work and play are unified and show how much play contributes and is vital to children’s physical, social, cognitive and emotional development. In conclusion I hope it becomes clear how play is an absolute key factor in learning and preparing children for tackling more demanding tasks in the future. TASK 3 QUOTES According to Macleod-Brudenell and Kay (2008, p207) “play underpins all development and learning for children young and old”. A child naturally wants to perform various tasks he sees happening in his environment and this is not seen as purely copying, but acquiring “social and cultural mores and expectations, as well as absorbing different ways of overcoming problems or accessing learning” (Morris-Coole, 2009).
Homework 4th October Zoë A child centered approach promotes the right of the child to choose, make connections and communicate. It allows freedom for children to think, experience, explore, question and search for answers. It presents a creative celebration of children's work also It means that the needs of the child are the main focus when planning all aspects of the setting, for example Environment, Meals, Activities and experiences, routines, taking children’s views into account. Settings can achieve a child cantered approach by taking on a new role in seeing how play develops, rather than directing play; children therefore become more creative and enhance communication skills with one another, another way is by dong learning activities and seeing how they learn etc so they can achieve their full potential and develop in to confident, and resilient individuals, food and drink, hygiene needs, exercise.
CYP 3.6: Working Together for the Benefit of Children & Young People Understanding integrated & multi-agency workings 1.1: Explain the importance of multi-agency working & integrated working Importance of Multi agency working & integrated working The key principles of Multi agency & integrated working are: • Openness • Trust • Honesty • Agreed shared goals & values • Regular communication Once these principles are fulfilled this ill enable the professionals and agencies involved to work their best and focus on the child. Before Multi agency and integrated working came into practice a family with special or additional needs would have to appointments with various professionals and had to shuttle between them with the reports from the respectively. Now with this way of working a lot of precious time is saved and appropriate and quick intervention follows timely support. Multi agency working is a holistic approach to child care and education and is an important feature of the EVERY CHILD MATTERS frame work. The outcomes of Every child matters are: Benefits of Multi agency working & integrated working An important aspect of multi agency working and integrated working is that children and young people who are at risk can be identified and the organizations involved can quickly ensure that the child is safe and protected.
Parents who get involved and play interactive games with their children see much better results. Books, music and interactive toys all stimulate and play an active part in brain development. It is important that children have access to these things at home, as they stimulate expression. Childcare Prolonged interactions with other adults and children can have a significant impact on a child's early language development. Therefore, working parents should give careful consideration to the facility and the people that will be spending a large chunk of the day with their children to ensure a positive outcome.
Basically, children can be described as a good observer because what they do and what they say is from adults. Tomasello (1999) said ‘children thus attain many of their most important social and cognitive abilities by observing and copying what others do.’ That kind of situations is called as imitation. Furthermore, any adult may serve as model, those whom children view as having high prestige or importance peoples in their live such teachers and parents (Seafealt, 1998). Children imitate or model their teachers and parents to gain acceptance. When it comes to imitation, children are the good imitators among other people.
Outcome 1.2 Explain current theoretical approaches to creativity and creative learning in early childhood. Creativity is more about the process rather than the end product. This process is useful for many reasons like develop confidence, good relationships, find out what talents do they have and teaches us about what can we give it to others. Being involved in creative activities is fun and absorbing for children. It helps children to have positive experiences and develop important abilities like Collaboration- being happy to work together Concentration- focusing on what they are doing Communication and language- developing good communication through talking, listening and writing Developing good relationships- working together and making new friends Imagination- bringing ideas to life Physical activity- participating in activities that encourage movement Problem solving- being able to explore different solutions Outcome 1.3 Critically analyse how creativity and creative learning can support young children’s emotional, social, intellectual, communication and physical development.
In the nursery setting it open plan which leads onto free flow into the play ground out side which is used for reception children and nursery children. The areas which are set up in nursery Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and all areas of Learning and Development are equally important and inter - connected. The EYFS is made up of six areas of Learning and Development. All areas of Learning and Development are connected to one another and are equally important. All areas of Learning and Development are underpinned by the principles of the EYFS.
It is critical to link his theory to practice as it encourages/allows children to communicate with other children using their social skills which they have developed and allows children to build self-confidence. This theory shows us that the child’s social and emotional development/skills will increase as they learn from others when interacting. (Meggitt et al, 2012) As we use the theories above to plan activities/lessons we “Ensure that every child, young person, adult or learner is given equal of opportunity to access education and care by meeting their specific needs.” (Meggitt et al, 2012,
All students have the right to be provided with the opportunity to explore and engage in activities, which enrich their learning. When developing a meaningful curriculum, many factors need to be considered. Some of these include the learning styles of individuals and the environment in which the learning takes place. The curriculum approach that I believe best supports my personal philosophy and is most suited in providing children with the best opportunities to learn and grow is that of the “Constructivist Approach” along side aspects of “Maria Montessori”. The constructivist approach is the theory that children construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences (Jonassen, n.d).