Session 12

• Early years
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Element 7 - Child Development

Session 12 

Manpreet Phagura 

T Level in Education & Early Years 

Learning objectives 

By the end of the session, all learners will be able to: 

1. Understand key numeracy and literacy skills in Early Years 

2. Explain how to support numeracy and literacy skills for children and young people.

3. Recap and discuss Jerome Bruner's theory in relation to support numeracy and literacy

4. Spend time working on your activity plans, we will choose one box to focus on. 

Group Mind map 

In pairs create 2 mind maps to explain activities you can use with children to support numeracy or literacy activities. 

You need 1 mind map for literacy & 1 mind map for numeracy. 

Numeracy Skills 

When playing in the role play encourage children to count the items of play in their shopping baskets​ or encouraging children to count pieces of fruit in their bowl during snack.​

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During circle time count how many boys and girls are at nursery?​

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Introduce number songs into your routine, encourage children to use their fingers to count with​

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When putting coat on count how many buttons​

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Plan a baking session let the children weight the ingredients​

Role of the Early Years practitioner

Commentary​ - This is where the practitioner will talk to the children to see what they are doing. ​​

Questioning ​- Asking the child questions to encourage them to think about how and what they are doing.​

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Repetition ​- Repeating concepts and words, for example: a practitioner might repeat a size to help children understand the difference.​

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Helping to link concepts to experiences ​- Encourage children to think about how what they are doing links with their previous experiences at home or nursery.

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Planning and organising numeracy provision so children receive ample opportunities. 

List 5 numeracy activities & 5 literacy activities you have seen in your placement?

Numeracy Skills 

• Pattern Making 
• Number lines 
• Abacus 
• Counting Bears 
• Shape Sorter 
• Quantities 
• Number bingo 
• Counting rhymes

There are many resources available to support reading development.​

• Sound snap and bingo ​
  
• Matching letter activities ​
  
• Letter identification ​
  

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However, using the EYFS we are able to be more creative therefore are able to use a combination of bought and homemade resources.

• Story sequencing and puzzles ​
  
• Picture ques ​
  
• Decoding games ​
  
• Irregular word and pattern games. ​
  
• Stories and rhymes ​
  
• Sharing a story with adults/peers

What we would expect to see in early years?

Early Writing skills: Role Play, Play dough, cutting & sticking, painting, mark marking, tracing, colouring.

Early mark making occurs from as young as 6 months.​

Recap, review & recall

#In the last few weeks we explored Jerome Bruner's theory of social constructivism. 

 

List in your groups how his theory can be used to support literacy and numeracy skills.

(Refer to Element 2 )

Your Activity Plans 

We are going to work on our activity plans, 

specifically the theoretical perspectives section. 

Your theory box in your activity plan, should link 

to theory that is clearly written with the use

of key words. You need to ensure the theory 

is relevant. Your currently writing about STORY TIME.

Consider a theory that support communication

& language as well as literacy