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Child Development

Personal, Social and Emotional Development. (Prime area)

Aspects:

Making relationships

Self-confidence and self-awareness

Managing feelings and behaviour

Personal, social and emotional development involves helping children to develop a positive sense of themselves, and others; to form positive relationships and develop respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to understand appropriate behaviour in groups; and to have confidence in their own abilities.

Communication and Language Development. (Prime area)

Aspects

Listening and attention

Understanding

Speaking

Communication and language development involves giving children opportunities to experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations.

Physical Development. (Prime area)

Aspects.

Moving and handling

Health and self-care

Physical development involves providing opportunities for young children to be active and interactive; and to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement. Children must also be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food.

Literacy.(Specific area)

Aspects

Reading

Writing

Literacy development involves encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest.

Mathematics. (Specific area)

Aspects

Numbers

Shape, space and measure

Mathematics involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures.

Understanding the World. (Specific area)

Aspects

People and communities

The world

Technology

Understanding the world involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.

Expressive Arts and Design. (Specific area)

Aspects

Exploring and using media and materials

Being imaginative

Expressive arts and design involves enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role play, and design and technology.

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Characteristics of Effective Learning

  • Playing and exploring
  • Finding out and exploring
  • Playing with what they know
  • Being willing to have a go

Active learning

  • Being involved and concentrating
  • Keeping on trying
  • Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
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