Work with babies and young children to promote their development and learning
This video from Psychology Tricks looks at ‘The prenatal environment and hazards to healthy prenatal development. Make notes of the potential effects on development of these pre-conceptual experiences.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Child development’ on the Birth to 5 Matters website.
- ‘Overview – characteristics of effective learning, and areas of learning and development’ on the Birth to 5 Matters website.
- Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
- ‘InBrief: The science of early childhood development’ from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
- ‘Observation, assessment and planning’ on the Birth to 5 Matters website.
- ‘My space: Creating enabling environments for young children’ from Oxfordshire County Council
- ‘Attachment and the role of the key person’ on the Birth to 5 Matters website.
- ‘Parents as partners’ on the Birth to 5 Matters website.
- 'Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five ' from the Department for Education.
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click on the link to read more about ‘7 main development theories’ from the Very Well Mind website.
- This article looks at ‘Meeting the needs of all children’ and is on the UK government’s Help for early years providers website. You will find other resources on this website relating to development of children three and under.
- This article from the Early Years Alliance looks at development and learning in ‘ The Early Years Foundation Stage’.
- The Froebel Trust has produced research on ‘Nursery attachments and the key person role’.
- The Raising Children website contain sections on ‘Newborns’, ‘Babies’, ‘Toddlers’, and ‘Preschoolers’. It covers sections such as ‘Development’, ‘Sleep’, and ‘Play and Learning’.
- This sections of the NSPCC website covers ‘Attachment and child development’.
- The Oxford Owl website contains ‘Fun activities for 0-3s’.
- Think And Challenge
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