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Be able to plan work with children and support children’s participation in planning

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In this lesson you will learn:

About using different sources to plan work for an individual child or group of children
How to engage effectively with children to encourage the child’s participation and involvement in planning their own learning and development activities
How to support the planning cycle for children’s learning and development

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This article ‘Observing, recognising and responding to children’s funds of knowledge and interests’ is by Liz Chesworth and is on the Birth to 5 Matters website. It looks at how young children’s interests develop.
The Birth to 5 Matters website also contains this article ‘Using the observe-plan-cycle to co-construct the curriculum with children’ by Liz Chesworth and Elizabeth Wood.
Click to read ‘Child’s voice’ from the Hygge in the Early Years website and reflect on how children in your setting are encouraged to participate and being involved in the setting’s activities.
The Educater website include an article on ‘EYFS assessment, observation and planning’.
The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (Pacey) has produced this practice guide ‘Child observations and learning journeys’ that explores the importance of child observations and provides a step by step guide to the observation process.

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