An Appropriate Curriculum An Important Tool For Children

In this essay I am going to identify the structure of the				skills, understanding and attitudes.Early learning goals
foundation				are introduced to help teachers teach, they
stage curriculum, what it is and how it helps				establish expectations for most children to reach by
practitioners plan,				the end of the
assess and teach children. I am going to identify				foundation stage. Practitioners need to know how to
theorists such as				support the
Piaget, Vygosky and Bruner, and their theories that				children in achieving it and progressing.Personal, Social
practitioners use				and Emotional development is all about the emotional
to teach.The foundation stage curriculum commences				well being, children having a sense of themselves.
when a child reaches the age				They need to know
of three until the end of reception. It is used to help				about feeling good about themselves. It provides
educational				experiences to enable
practitioners (those that work with children, for				children to get the best opportunities for personal,
example; nursery				social and
nurses, teachers, child minders) in all the different				emotional development.The early learning goals that
settings,				practitioners need to follow for
whatever their qualifications.The aims for the				personal, social and emotional development are;
Foundation Stage Curriculum are that all child				dispositions and
settings (nurseries, schools) that receive government				attitudes, making relationships, self care, confidence
funding for				and self
children aged 3-5 are required to help children				esteem, behavior and self control and a sense of
progress and develop				community.Communication, Language and Literacy
in their learning and development. This can be				includes the child to read a
achieved through				variety of different books, being able to communicate
planning activities and experiences.Throughout the				in different
Foundation Stage, monitoring and assessing should be				ways, such as facial expressions and eye contact
undertaken to measure each child's progress. It is				used in non verbal
important to make				communication. Children should be able to
sure they are making progress, it is also necessary to				communicate in order for
see if the				them to participate in their society. Children should also
children have any problems and if they do then				receive
practitioners can				simple reading tasks and texts and writing for
identify and solve them before they get worse.The				different purposes.The Early Learning goals that
process of monitoring the child's progress needs to				practitioners need to follow for
commence way				Communication, Language and Literacy are; language
before they join the particular setting. This is where				and communication,
practitioners				language for thinking, linking sounds and letters, reading,
need to listen to parents to find about their child's				writing
development and				and handwriting.Mathematical Development
progress.Practitioners need to listen and take into				encourages children to solve problems,
account what parents say,				counting and sorting out numbers, adding and
for children, parents are their first and most enduring				subtracting, multiplying
educators.				and dividing. By the end of the Foundation Stage,
Parents and educational practitioners need to work				children should be
together as it has				able to say and use number names in order in familiar
positive results on their child's development and				contexts, count
progress in				reliably up to ten everyday objects, recognize
learning. This is what is known as partnership with				numerals 1-9, in
parents. There has				practical activities and discussion begin to use the
to be a two way flow of knowledge and information				vocabulary
and expertise if the				involved in adding and subtracting,The Early Learning
partnership is to be successful.There are a few				goals practitioners need to follow for mathematical
pointers and factors that result in effective				development are; numbers as labels and for counting,
practice, practitioners should listen and take into				calculating,
account the				shape, space and measureKnowledge and
parent's experience of their child's progress and				Understanding of the world, in this area of learning
development. They				children are developing an understanding of the world;
need to understand how important the relationship and				this will help
duty is between				them in later life with subjects such as science,
parent and child in the child's education. Parents need				geography, history.The Early Learning goals for
to feel				Knowledge and Understanding of the world
important and that their presence is welcome through				are; exploration and investigation, designing and making
the range of				skills,
opportunities there would be through interaction				information and communication, and technology, sense
between children,				of time, sense of
parents and practitioners. Parents should be kept fully				place and culture and beliefs.Children learn about
informed about				co-ordination and movement in Physical
any changes in the Foundation Curriculum. This can be				Development. By the end of the reception year,
achieved through				according to QCA,
the use of brochures, booklets or information				"Children should know how to move with confidence,
leaflets.The principles of the Foundation Stage				imagination and in
Curriculum are all found in				safety, move with control and coordination, show
good and effective practice in the early year's				awareness of space,
settings.				of themselves and of others and to be able to use a
Practitioners need to be able to understand the				range of small and
curriculum				large equipment".The Early Learning goals for Physical
requirements and put them into practice. They need				Development are; movement, sense
to learn to				of space, health and bodily awareness, using
understand that children develop rapidly during the				equipment, and using
early years, and				tools and materialsCreative Development is used to
every child should be included and not disadvantaged				enable children to make connections
just because of				between one area of learning and another. This
their culture, gender, ability, family background. In order				includes art, music,
for the				imaginative play and role play.The Early learning Goals
children to have confidence and to feel secure,				for creative development are; exploring
practitioners need to				materials and media, music, imagination, and
make sure they work with parents, as it has a				responding to
positive effect onthe children. The Curriculum should				experiences, expressing and communicating
build on what the children have				ideas.Teachers need to learn the many different ways
already learnt and on what they already know.In order				a child can learn and
for the curriculum to be effective it needs to be well				how they can adapt to teach the children. One of the
planned and organized, content needs to be relevant				few ways children
so that it				learn is through their own mistakes and experiences.
co-insides with the different abilities of children.				Psychologist
Practitioners				Piaget believed that children learnt by 'doing', they
need to learn how to have an understanding of how				construct their own thinking by acting in their
children develop and				environment. Anning (1996) page 21 cites that Piaget
learn and how to move the children onto the next				thought all
level of development				children are seen to develop through a series of
and learning.In order for the children to progress in their				clearly defined stages towards logical thinking. He also
learning, practitioners				believed that children are lone scientists, meaning they
need to make sure what they teach is well planned;				develop
intervention by the				through experience, discovery and investigation, and
practitioners needs to be appropriate. The learning				adults should
setting of the				provide stimulating and varied experiences.Vygotsky
child needs to be caring in order for the children to				was a psychologist who challenged Piaget's views. He
have learning				believed
experiences that are stimulating. Practitioners need to				that teachers should help children learn by guiding
know that high				them through
quality care and a good education develops effective				concentrating and learning effectively, Gross, (1998).
learning and				Vygotsky
development of the child.The diversity of needs that				believed in the child centered approach, he thought the
children acquire need to be met by the				idea of sitting
practitioners who need to set out realistic opportunities				at desks and completing exams were totally irrelevant
for the				for children and
children. Early learning goals need to be set for their				their learning. Children worked with their peers who
level of				were maybe more
ability. Practitioners need to know, meet and				or less advanced than themselves, this is known as
understand the range of				Collaborative
special educational needs that children may have.				Learning. The child is seen as an apprentice meaning
Diversity may				they learn
include children with disabilities, children from different				through others. Vygotsky believed that the support of
ethnic				teachers and
groups, culture and religion, refugees and				other children builds on the child's understanding; this is
travelers.Stepping stones were introduced to help				formally
practitioners plan. In order				known as scaffolding.It is cited in Anning (1996) page
for children to achieve the early learning goals for				22 what Bruner thought of children's
each area of				learning; "It is only when research helps one to see
learning, knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes				with ones own
are the main				eyes that it gets beneath the skin". He believed
focus of what children need to learn. This has to				children's learning
occur during the				could be enhanced through adult intervention. He
foundation stage. Stepping stones is not age related,				agreed with Vygotsky
meaning it				that they support and structure children's
allows children to progress at their own rate of ability.				thinking.Children are entitled to be provided with an
Three				appropriate curriculum,
colors are used to show the progress made - yellow,				the Foundation Stage provides children with an
blue and then				education that
green. Most three year olds would be best suited to				practitioners can provide allowing them to progress at
the yellow,				their own rate
progressing through blue then green at the reception				of ability whilst setting them realistic goals in order for
year.Practitioners need to know how to assess; the				children
guide helps them by				to have a head start in life.The article was produced
identifying when the main focuses are being achieved				by the member of
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