Assessing the Quality of Early Years Learning Environments Abstract This article describes a means of evaluating early years classrooms from the perspective of the child’s experience. Nine key themes‚ such as motivation and independence‚ are identified as representing significant aspects of a high-quality environment for learning. The manner in which these manifest themselves in relation to the three elements of the interactional trianglethe children‚ the adults‚ and their physical environmentis
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Many researchers have taken time to learn more about how factors in an infant’s life can affect the way they develop and how it can affect their school years and adulthood. The vast majority of our development occurs in the first years of life‚ so what happens to us as an infant can be an indicator as to what kind of person we will become later on in life. If one experienced infancy being nurtured by loving caregivers who met their needs‚ researchers can predict that he or she would turn out to
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Why might children develop at different rates in different areas? All children are different in sequence of development depending on events of what will happen while growing in age‚ as like Maslows hierarchy of needs are shown you need all acpects to develop‚ you need (qouting from Maslows hierarchy of needs) basic needs such as physiological needs (Health‚food‚sleep)‚ safety needs (shelter‚ removel‚ belonging and love needs (love‚ affection‚ being a part of groups)‚ esteam needs (self-esteem
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Understand Child and Young Person Development 2. Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice. 2.1 Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors. Personal factors are those which are part of the genetic make-up of a child (nature‚ not nurture). As such‚ they cannot be changed‚ although their influence upon development can be addressed to give children the best possible chance to achieve
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play in promoting learning and development in the early years Play is an essential part of every child’s life and is vital for the enjoyment of childhood as well as social‚ emotional‚ intellectual and physical development. Though play children learn about themselves and the world that surrounds them. They also learn to express themselves and form relationships with others. Play in early childhood education is not considered as a kind of fun activity where children spend their energy on some sorts
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An effective early childhood educator knows and understands the principles‚ practices‚ outcomes and implementation of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)’Being Belonging and Becoming’‚ and strives to establish effective teachings to children between birth to eight years old‚ the most important time in brain development for young children. This paper centers around the EYLF and current research that argues‚ teachers need to create suitable environments to implement the curriculum in accordance
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to safeguard the children in their care‚ it is also necessary for children to learn how to protect themselves in a sensitive‚ age appropriate manner without resorting to scare tactics. Although much of the responsibility for protecting children lies with the adults caring for them‚ practitioners and parents/carers must ensure that children learn some basic rules about how they can be responsible for their own safety‚ and how they can protect themselves from abuse. All children have a right to be
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The Role of an Early Years’ Professional It is the role of the teacher in a primary school to ensure that their ethos and culture values all identities. Additionally‚ it is an essential legal requirement that they provide an inclusive setting for all children to participate in without facing any challenges. In accordance with the Equality Act‚ it is important that early years’ teachers do not discriminate against any of the following “Protected Characteristics”: Age‚ Disability‚ Race‚ Sex‚ Religion
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Children Need to Play Tracy R. Collins Early Childhood Education Capstone ECE 430 Instructor Kathryn Shuler November 8‚ 2010 All children need to play it is an integral part of learning and coping with the realities of everyday life. While children need physical activity to stay healthy and fit they also need unstructured‚ child centered‚ imaginative play that they control. Many parents today enroll their children in as many structured activities as possible everything from art classes
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Early Childhood Development Abstract The early childhood development subject is explored by using findings from the cited sources. I studied and analysed the concepts relating early childhood development and reported my learning under different sections predominantly featuring the human brain. There are six headings including an overview and a brief conclusion. The four main areas being examined are as follows‚ brain development‚ motor development‚ infant memory and the cognitive development
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