Child Development
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Does anyone know why a child would flap (hands) stamp (feet) at times. It's mostly when sitting eating lunch and waiting to do something. The child is 3 y 8m. He is a chatty child (although mostly out of context) enjoys playing alongside friends mostly outside. He is not able to follow instructions very easily. I have asked our area SENCO and she has seen him doing it but didn't give a reason. Any ideas?
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Hi, For my uni assignment we have to describe how we would include a child with SEN. I have chosen Down's Syndrome as it really interests me. How could you ensure you include a child with Down's Syndrome in daily activities? (nursery/pre-school) I also need to link it to the ECM be healthy outcomes - any ideas please help. Thanks
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Hello - can anyone offer help with this? I am the key worker for a child who comes to our setting twice a week. When he started I believed he was learning English as a second language as one parent is eastern European and the other is French. I looked for appropriate resources but they were mainly about supporting the languages at homes and inclusion, and at a recent meeting with his mother she was adamant that only English is used at home and that it is his first language. We are respecting this choice, and although the boy is not at the same stage as his peers, he is making good progress and we have no concerns about him. He is happy, settled and his comprehension is go…
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Child Development
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Can anyone direct me to a good child development website for 0-19 years? This is for the new Diploma for the Children and Young Peoples Workforce
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Wandering Children
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We have two children in our setting who have a tendency to wander around, not really engaging in any of the activities for any length of time. Child A is a 4 year old female, due to start school in September, Child B is a 3 year old male who relies heavily on his two friends from outside the setting. He does a full day when his friends aren't in and it is on this day we notice it more. As Child B's key person, I did a narrative obs on him and his wandering tendencies were extremely obvious. In my discussion of this obs with his parents, Mum said he was a bit like this at home, tearing from one toy to another, very rarely spending any real time playing with it. I h…
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Can anybody offer some words of wisdom (again!) for me? We have a child attending pre-school who is not just over 4. She has been coming for 18 months now and is the most charming, clever, interested child you would wish to meet. Would come bounding into the classroom every day with a smile and news, etc. However, since we came back after the Easter she has cried every day when mum leaves, (nothing happened at home as far as we have been told), to the point where she becomes hysterical.... mum is really worried, and says that whenever she mentions pre-school or any of the children there her daughter starts crying and says she doesn't want to come. Nothing ha…
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Minibeasts Plus Observation From Lea
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Hi everybody, hope you are all ok. Can't really think about school work right now as getting v excited for Royal Wedding. But......to keep us early years lot on our toes my head has announced today that she and our LEA advisor will be in next Weds to observe Early years. Great!!!! So looking for some great ideas/activities for my lovely, lively reception class on good old minibeasts. We have already a tuff spot area in place that the hildren helped set up yesterday with NN. weve been on a minibeast hunt, which we will be doing daily at this rate, they are loving it. Was hoping for an interactive activity we could do. Was thinking possibly doing spiders next wee…
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Music In The Early Years
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Hi all I'm halfway through my dissertation into music in the ealy years (Started off as "A Study into the Benefits of Music in the Early Years" but now thinking of changing it to "A Look Into The Use of Music in the Early Years Curriculum" or something... not sure) Now I'm not asking anyone to write my dissertation for me (the chance would be a fine thing!) but I've really been struggling to find literature, especially things like websites that are academically sound, on music in the early years... there seems to be some on primary and secondary education but it seems that it's not something that's been researched very well in the EY? So, I'm just wondering wh…
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Early Childhood Development
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I have been reading up on different educational and psychological theories about how children learn (5 different approaches to teaching and learning). I am trying to develop a perspective of the Italian approaches to early childhood development against the EYFS Guidance materials in particular. Although I follow the guidance materials, some of the methods used in my setting "weave in" aspects of the Reggio Emilia approach- the idea of open-ended questioning and posing problems, in addition to placing myself in a role as a "learning partner". I have to say, I am favouring much of this approach, but am aware this has not had a favouring response to the forum before! …
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Elective Mute And Interview
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Hi, I have an interview coming up and have been told that I will be having an elective mute in the group of children I am teaching. I am doing a small world activity with the children putting animals in enclosures and counting their animals and their friends (at least this is my current thought as the lesson is about addition/subtraction and needs to involve small world play) I have never taught an elective mute before, and am just looking for some advise, as I don't want to ignore the child, and want to involve them fully, but am not sure the best way about it. Please can someone come up with some advise Thanks Emily (By the way the lesson is for …
