EYMP 1 - Context and principles for early years provisions 1.1 Explain the legal status and principles of the relevant early years framework/s‚ and how national and local guidance materials are used in settings In recent years successive governments have recognised the importance of good quality early years learning and have put in place structured legal frameworks that must be followed by all settings. Practitioners are required to understand how this works on a local and national level. The four
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set forth that will encourage all families to feel welcomed‚ all children to feel loved‚ and everyone to want to work together as one in order to aid in a child’s optimal development. It all began in preschool and kindergarten while attending a Montessori School in my town. My preschool and kindergarten experience has had a great impact on my ideas towards education. I felt safe‚ secure‚ and special in school. I remember specific activities that at my new school‚ when I transitioned in the 1st
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philosophers it has been found that in order to do so effectively‚ it is best accomplished using an emergent curriculum and consideration for the individual child. Determining the best approach for implementing the proposed curriculum is guided by the Montessori‚ Gardner and Vygotsky theories focusing mainly on the ideas of scaffolding‚ open ended play and multiple intelligences. When introducing the PA Early Learning Standards to the proposed plan‚ it is found that a variety of presentations of information
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edu.au Maria Montessori developed three developmental stages within the primary school setting. These stages serve as a guide and help teachers in considering the education approach they need to take. In order for children to achieve each of these stages they need to start with a foundation in order for teachers to reach higher ideals with their students (Gobbi‚ 1998‚ pg76). A child’s intelligence is continually increasing as they complete each developmental stage. Montessori states that these
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The Montessori approach to education takes its name from Dr. Maria Montessori‚ an Italian physician and educator (1870-1952). Dr. Maria Montessori developed her educational philosophy as a result of her observations of the way children naturally learn. Dr. Maria Montessori’s first class consisted of 50-60 children‚ ages 3-6‚ and most of them suffered from problems in nutrition and were shy and fearful since they lived in the slums of Florence‚ Italy. Montessori found that the children needed very
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Sensitive Periods Table of contents Sensitive Periods Main points Characteristics Sensitive period for Order Sensitive Period for Perfecting Movement Sensitive Period for Language. Sensitive Period for the Senses and small objects. Sensitive Period for Social Relations Significance For Education Adults Role. SENSITIVE PERIODS Main Points The term "Sensitive Period" was first used by Hugo De Vries
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programs were created. Interestingly‚ the Montessori approach is a specialized method created by Maria Montessori. The Montessori Method; which is widely used today was created with the focus of children learning from their environment (Morrison‚ 2009). Montessori’s are not aimed at talented and gifted children; this method is expressed in public and private school settings in conjunction with children attending up to age 18. In addition‚ Montessori serves the needs of children of all levels
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Dr Montessori identifies four planes of development. Describe these. Discuss their importance to the educator? Montessori was a product of the historical past and inherited the intellectual and progressive tradition in education from Rousseau‚ Pestalozzi and Frobel. From these inspirations Montessori took this inheritance of ideas and developed them further. During her lifetime she discovered and formulated original ideas about child development through her observation of the child. Montessori
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As part of this assignment I will write about the historical developments of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) sector in Ireland‚ History of ECCE provision in Ireland Pre-school education did not really exist in Ireland apart from a few exceptions until the 1980s and 1990s. This was largely due to the fact that until quite recently the majority of Irish women did not work outside the home. Even if they did the childcare was usually provided by family members or childminders located in
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