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An Appropriate Curriculum An Important Tool For Children

In this essay I am going to identify the				skills, understanding and attitudes.Early
structure of the foundation				learning goals are introduced to help
				teachers teach, they
stage curriculum, what it is and how it
helps practitioners plan,				establish expectations for most children to
				reach by the end of the
assess and teach children. I am going to
identify theorists such as				foundation stage. Practitioners need to know
				how to support the
Piaget, Vygosky and Bruner, and their
theories that practitioners use				children in achieving it and
				progressing.Personal, Social and Emotional
to teach.The foundation stage curriculum				development is all about the emotional
commences when a child reaches the age
				well being, children having a sense of
of three until the end of reception. It is				themselves. They need to know
used to help educational
				about feeling good about themselves. It
practitioners (those that work with				provides experiences to enable
children, for example; nursery
				children to get the best opportunities for
nurses, teachers, child minders) in all the				personal, social and
different settings,
				emotional development.The early learning
whatever their qualifications.The aims for				goals that practitioners need to follow for
the Foundation Stage Curriculum are that all
child				personal, social and emotional development
				are; dispositions and
settings (nurseries, schools) that receive
government funding for				attitudes, making relationships, self care,
				confidence and self
children aged 3-5 are required to help
children progress and develop				esteem, behavior and self control and a
				sense of community.Communication, Language
in their learning and development. This can				and Literacy includes the child to read a
be achieved through
				variety of different books, being able to
planning activities and				communicate in different
experiences.Throughout the Foundation Stage,
monitoring and assessing should be				ways, such as facial expressions and eye
				contact used in non verbal
undertaken to measure each child's progress.
It is important to make				communication. Children should be able to
				communicate in order for
sure they are making progress, it is also
necessary to see if the				them to participate in their society.
				Children should also receive
children have any problems and if they do
then practitioners can				simple reading tasks and texts and writing
				for different purposes.The Early Learning
identify and solve them before they get				goals that practitioners need to follow for
worse.The process of monitoring the child's
progress needs to commence way				Communication, Language and Literacy are;
				language and communication,
before they join the particular setting.
This is where practitioners				language for thinking, linking sounds and
				letters, reading, writing
need to listen to parents to find about
their child's development and				and handwriting.Mathematical Development
				encourages children to solve problems,
progress.Practitioners need to listen and
take into account what parents say,				counting and sorting out numbers, adding and
				subtracting, multiplying
for children, parents are their first and
most enduring educators.				and dividing. By the end of the Foundation
				Stage, children should be
Parents and educational practitioners need
to work together as it has				able to say and use number names in order in
				familiar contexts, count
positive results on their child's
development and progress in				reliably up to ten everyday objects,
				recognize numerals 1-9, in
learning. This is what is known as
partnership with parents. There has				practical activities and discussion begin to
				use the vocabulary
to be a two way flow of knowledge and
information and expertise if the				involved in adding and subtracting,The Early
				Learning goals practitioners need to follow
partnership is to be successful.There are a				for mathematical
few pointers and factors that result in
effective				development are; numbers as labels and for
				counting, calculating,
practice, practitioners should listen and
take into account the				shape, space and measureKnowledge and
				Understanding of the world, in this area of
parent's experience of their child's				learning
progress and development. They
				children are developing an understanding of
need to understand how important the				the world; this will help
relationship and duty is between
				them in later life with subjects such as
parent and child in the child's education.				science, geography, history.The Early
Parents need to feel				Learning goals for Knowledge and
				Understanding of the world
important and that their presence is welcome
through the range of				are; exploration and investigation,
				designing and making skills,
opportunities there would be through
interaction between children,				information and communication, and
				technology, sense of time, sense of
parents and practitioners. Parents should be
kept fully informed about				place and culture and beliefs.Children learn
				about co-ordination and movement in Physical
any changes in the Foundation Curriculum.
This can be achieved through				Development. By the end of the reception
				year, according to QCA,
the use of brochures, booklets or
information leaflets.The principles of the				"Children should know how to move with
Foundation Stage Curriculum are all found in				confidence, imagination and in

good and effective practice in the early				safety, move with control and coordination,
year's settings.				show awareness of space,

Practitioners need to be able to understand				of themselves and of others and to be able
the curriculum				to use a range of small and

requirements and put them into practice.				large equipment".The Early Learning goals
They need to learn to				for Physical Development are; movement, sense

understand that children develop rapidly				of space, health and bodily awareness, using
during the early years, and				equipment, and using

every child should be included and not				tools and materialsCreative Development is
disadvantaged just because of				used to enable children to make connections

their culture, gender, ability, family				between one area of learning and another.
background. In order for the				This includes art, music,

children to have confidence and to feel				imaginative play and role play.The Early
secure, practitioners need to				learning Goals for creative development are;
				exploring
make sure they work with parents, as it has
a positive effect onthe children. The				materials and media, music, imagination, and
Curriculum should build on what the children				responding to
have
				experiences, expressing and communicating
already learnt and on what they already				ideas.Teachers need to learn the many
know.In order for the curriculum to be				different ways a child can learn and
effective it needs to be well
				how they can adapt to teach the children.
planned and organized, content needs to be				One of the few ways children
relevant so that it
				learn is through their own mistakes and
co-insides with the different abilities of				experiences. Psychologist
children. Practitioners
				Piaget believed that children learnt by
need to learn how to have an understanding				'doing', they construct their own thinking by
of how children develop and				acting in their

learn and how to move the children onto the				environment. Anning (1996) page 21 cites
next level of development				that Piaget thought all

and learning.In order for the children to				children are seen to develop through a
progress in their learning, practitioners				series of clearly defined stages towards
				logical thinking. He also believed that
need to make sure what they teach is well				children are lone scientists, meaning they
planned; intervention by the				develop

practitioners needs to be appropriate. The				through experience, discovery and
learning setting of the				investigation, and adults should

child needs to be caring in order for the				provide stimulating and varied
children to have learning				experiences.Vygotsky was a psychologist who
				challenged Piaget's views. He believed
experiences that are stimulating.
Practitioners need to know that high				that teachers should help children learn by
				guiding them through
quality care and a good education develops
effective learning and				concentrating and learning effectively,
				Gross, (1998). Vygotsky
development of the child.The diversity of
needs that children acquire need to be met by				believed in the child centered approach, he
the				thought the idea of sitting

practitioners who need to set out realistic				at desks and completing exams were totally
opportunities for the				irrelevant for children and

children. Early learning goals need to be				their learning. Children worked with their
set for their level of				peers who were maybe more

ability. Practitioners need to know, meet				or less advanced than themselves, this is
and understand the range of				known as Collaborative

special educational needs that children may				Learning. The child is seen as an apprentice
have. Diversity may				meaning they learn

include children with disabilities, children				through others. Vygotsky believed that the
from different ethnic				support of teachers and

groups, culture and religion, refugees and				other children builds on the child's
travelers.Stepping stones were introduced to				understanding; this is formally
help practitioners plan. In order
				known as scaffolding.It is cited in Anning
for children to achieve the early learning				(1996) page 22 what Bruner thought of
goals for each area of				children's

learning, knowledge, skills, understanding				learning; "It is only when research helps
and attitudes are the main				one to see with ones own

focus of what children need to learn. This				eyes that it gets beneath the skin". He
has to occur during the				believed children's learning

foundation stage. Stepping stones is not age				could be enhanced through adult
related, meaning it				intervention. He agreed with Vygotsky

allows children to progress at their own				that they support and structure children's
rate of ability. Three				thinking.Children are entitled to be provided
				with an appropriate curriculum,
colors are used to show the progress made -
yellow, blue and then				the Foundation Stage provides children with
				an education that
green. Most three year olds would be best
suited to the yellow,				practitioners can provide allowing them to
				progress at their own rate
progressing through blue then green at the
reception year.Practitioners need to know how				of ability whilst setting them realistic
to assess; the guide helps them by				goals in order for children

identifying when the main focuses are being				to have a head start in life.The article was
achieved by children,				produced by the member of

individually or with groups of children. The				Sharon White is a senior writer and writers
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An Appropriate Curriculum An Important Tool For Children