Understand the impact of the early years environment on the health and well-being of children
In this tutorial you will learn:
- That the ability to provide and create a richly resourced enabling environment is an essential skill which all early years practitioners must develop
- What we mean by the word 'environment' in an early years setting
- That you should involve children in creating a learning environment
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Laser reading text ‘An enabling environment’
- ‘My space: Creating enabling environments for young children’ produced by Oxfordshire County Council
- ‘Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Self-confidence and self-awareness’ by the Early Years Support Service
- ‘How to build resilience and perseverance in young children’ on the Family Blog website
- ‘Early years for everyone’ published by Teach Nursery
- ‘Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years' by the Department for Education
- ‘Effective practice: Health and well-being’ by the Department for Education
- ‘Health matters: giving every child the best start in life’ on the Gov UK website
- ‘UK physical activity guidelines’ on the Gov UK website
- Change 4 Life website
- ‘School fruit and vegetable scheme’ on the NHS website
- ‘Parental engagement’ on the Food A Fact for Life website
- ‘Early movers: Getting parents and carers involved’ by the British Health Foundation
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘How to develop children’s self-esteem’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation ‘Supporting physical activity and healthy eating as a team’.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- ‘Curiouser and curiouser’ from Nursery World. Click to read how children’s curiosity about the world can be supported by the adults around them.
- Click to read an article on the Nursery World website about a nursery wellbeing programme called ‘MyHappyMind’.
- Click to read ‘Excellence and Enjoyment: social and emotional aspects of learning’ by the National Strategies. This document was published under a previous government and may not reflect current policy, but much of the guidance is still relevant today.
- 'Parent power!' by 4Children, published by Teach Early Years. Click to read this article about engaging mums and dads in their children’s learning.
- Click to read ‘A good start’ by Alice Sharp, Experimental Play.
- ‘A simple guide to Healthy Start’ by the NHS. This information about the Healthy Start scheme may be beneficial to pass on to the parents / carers you work with if you’re a care practitioner, or yourself if you’re a parent / carer. Be sure to read the page on ‘Who qualifies for Healthy Start?’ (page 11).
- This leaflet from Education Scotland offers a way to share a positive approach to physical activity with parents and carers.
- Click to launch this presentation on ‘Factors that influence a healthy lifestyle’.
- Think And Challenge
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