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Understand influences on children’s learning and development

This Teachers TV video looks at practical and effective strategies for helping reception children deal with uncomfortable feelings about difficult issues. Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything you can use in your setting?

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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

'A Better Start: Supporting child development in the early years’ from the Local Government Association.
'Developmental issues that affect behaviour’ by Karen Miller on the Community Playthings website
'Well-being for Children in the EYFS’ from the Cache website.

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Click to read ‘How culture influences children’s development’ by Ching-Yu Huang, Lecturer in Psychology, Bournemouth University.
This second research from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) looks up ‘Up to 7: Family background and child development up to age 7 in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children’.
The charity Barnardo’s has produced ‘Stronger Families: Mental Health and Wellbeing’ that contains information about risk factors and protective factors for children.

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