Session 10

• Early years
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Performance outcome 1

Support and promote children's play, development and early education.

Session 10 

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T level in Education & Early years 

Learning Objectives 

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

Understand the importance of how holistic development can affect play and early education opportunities.

Research and understand dialogic reading and its benefits.

Begin planning and working on project 4 for this performance outcome.

Research - Starter activity 

Research the definition of dialogical reading

& how we may see this used in Early Years practice. 

Dialogic reading 

This form of reading is more than just the average process of reading stories during circle time. The intention of this approach is to adopt a multifaceted approach that encouraging reading that triggers imagination.

Often the simple use of props, resources and practitioners altering their tone of voice is imperative to make this successful. 

Dialogic reading enhances the flow of the story, keeps children engaged and is now becoming a key tool in meaningful reading to support literacy and language development. 

With the dialogic reading, it intentionally ignites children to engage in conversations related to their reading experiences, further encouraging them to respond creatively. 

Practitioners can embed scope for opening ended questions, adapted reading to meet the diverse needs of the children.

Discussion 

Discuss how you will  use this information for structured observation 1 or assignment 1.

The importance of holistic development for any activity 

As children grow and develop, their play becomes more meaningful, the often progress in all areas in developmental stages. 

It is important to consider that 1 activity will support numerous areas of development, this is known an interlinked development.

Task: You will now in pairs be allocated an activity, you will work together to link this activity to all areas of holistic development. Im not looking for milestones but I'm looking for reasoning. 

For example: 

Role play can support physical development as it encourages children to develop self efficiency through active role play experiences that are individualised to the child engaging.

Recall - Do you remember Tina Bruce?

Bruce identifies 12 “Features of Play”

1. Children use first hand experiences from life;
   
2. Children make up rules as they play in order to keep control.
   
3. Children symbolically represent as they play, making and adapting play props.
   
4. Children choose to play – they cannot be made to play.
   
5. Children rehearse their future in their role play.
   
6. Children sometimes play alone.
   
7. Children pretend when they play.
   
8. Children play with adults and other children cooperatively in pairs or groups.
   
9. Children have a personal play agenda, which may or may not be shared.
   
10. Children are deeply involved and difficult to distract from their deep learning as they wallow in their play and learning.
    
11. Children try out their most recently acquired skills and competences, as if celebrating what they know.
    
12. Children coordinate ideas and feelings and make sense of relationships with their families, friends and cultures.

Performance outcome 1

Project 4

Create a booklet individually that clearly explains 

the following theoretical and philosophical

 perspectives.

You must clearly explain: 

- Key concepts of the theory 

- How it supports play and learning in Early Years 

- Benefits of practitioners embedding concepts 

of the theory in their strategies in early years. 

2 x references for each 

1 x big reference list. 

Janet Moyles – Spiral of Play

Elinor Goldschmied – Heuristic play

Tina Bruce – Features of free-flow play

Maria Montessori – Self-directed play

Forest schools – Risk and challenge

High scope – Active learning in the natural environment

Margaret McMillan – Outdoor play for health and wellbeing

Rudolf Steiner – Creativity and expression