Why use natural and reclaimed materials? Some settings are inspired by the Reggio Approach and use natural materials in their environment. The reason why settings use these resources is because they are open ended. They also lead to children using their creativity whilst learning rather than creating an end product or
Find your local Education Authority Training Courses Local councils are a great first stop when looking for Early Years training opportunities. Most councils provide an excellent range of Early Years Training courses for their early years workforce, which includes those in all OFSTED registered early years settings. These opportunities can
Practical ways of embedding ICT into Early Years Settings Embedding ICT into every day practice can underpin each area of the EYFS, for some practitioners they see this as a challenge. Its about looking at the children’s level of development and providing them with the necessary resources for them to
Finding ways to promote maths in Early Years Promoting maths in the Early Years can lead to practitioners questioning themselves as to how they can do this?. Mathematical development should be promoted in most if not all areas of your continuous provision, there is no reason why when painting you
Heuristic play offers vast learning opportunities for children of all ages, items used in heuristic play allow children to use their exploratory and imagination skills. Children will explore each item and us these to possibly represent another object. Many of the resources used are everyday objects some of which may
Sharing story sacks with children offers a multi sensory approach to the reading process, it will also help develop their early literacy skills. A story sack is a large cotton bag containing a book and props to support the story, depending on the sizes of the props a story sack
This training video looks at ways to support children’s physical development. Physical development is one of the seven areas of the Early Years Foundation stage, Supporting children’s physical development in the Early Years is highly important as it links very closely with other areas of children’s development. The presentation will look
This training video can be used to share with practitioners to help them understand what Letters and Sounds is and how it can be implemented into practice. Letters and sounds is a great way to introduce early literacy skills . The simple activities within the programme can be tailored to
An online course that will take you through different stages of supporting children’s speech, language and communication. This course will enhance practitioners knowledge and skills in this particular area. Identifying children with speech and language difficulties is highly important as they need to access the correct support, if this is
This free online SEN training course takes your through a four part video introducing you to the reforms to Special Educational Needs(SEN) The course covers: Background and Legislation Introduction to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) The Assessment, Review and Appeals Processes The Local Offer Finding Support Personal Budgets SEN Funding
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