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We’ve all heard of the term school readiness but how many of us understand what is meant by it? What does it mean in the context of child development and wellbeing and what implications does it have for creating enthusiastic lifelong learners? How can we really give our children the best start in their most formative years? This book will ensure you understand school readiness but also understand: – the experiential nature of children’s learning – how future success is affected by the experiences that have gone before – the importance of your role in the child’s journey This book will give you the confidence to deliver practice that exceeds expectations and the knowledge to stand by your approach to teaching and caring for the children you work with.
The Importance Of Play
The Importance Of Play
This Chapter Will
- explore the importance of play as a natural process, intrinsic within the actions and pursuits of children gaining positive, contextual, whole-body experiences that lay the groundwork for ongoing development
- explore the potential of play as a doorway to all areas of development, allowing the features of Lifelong Learning to flourish
- provide practitioners with a broader discourse of the purpose and structure of play and their varying role within it, appreciating its purpose and considering key features such as when and how to engage and the essential nature of outdoor play.
As children move to school from an early years that advocates play as an essential element in promoting effective development across all areas of learning, this chapter will ...
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