Laser Lessons - Lesson

K26 How to create experiences and opportunities for children informed by the setting's curriculum and pedagogy

Watch ‘Slow pedagogy - making time for children's learning and development’ produced by the Froebel Trust. What benefits do you think there are in taking a slower approach to early childhood education? What concerns do you think there might be among practitioners and parents to the idea of a slower approach?

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Find and read your setting’s policies, procedures and resources for the curriculum and the pedagogies that are used.
‘Early years foundation stage statutory framework’ from the Department for Education’.
‘Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)’ from The British Association for Early Childhood Education

Good Practice Example
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‘Curriculum planning’ on the Help for Early Years Providers website
‘Study of Early Education and Development: Good Practice in Early Education’ from the Department for Education

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‘Early years pedagogy’ on the Early Education website
‘The different pedagogical approaches in the EYFS’ on the Open a Nursery website

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Laser reading text: 'Theorist table'
‘How to implement child-led learning in your early years setting’ from the Teach Wire website

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‘Age-appropriate pedagogies for the early years of schooling’ from the Queensland Government
‘Meaningful mathematics, a focus on EYFS pedagogy’ on the Early Excellence Inspirational Learning website
‘A Comprehensive Guide to Scaffolding Learning’ from The Early Years Network.
‘What Are the Different Pedagogical Approaches to Learning?’ on the Learning Journal website

Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

This article from Community Playthings is on ‘Drawing inspiration from the Reggio Emilia approach’.
‘Pedagogy in early childhood education and care (ECEC): an international comparative study of approaches and policies’ by the Department for Education Click to read this research brief.
The document ‘Lets talk about pedagogy’ is part of a series of Perspectives produced for early years education in Scotland.
Click on this link on the Early Education website to access this ‘Research on early years pedagogy’.
Click to read this research paper ‘Pedagogy: The silent partner in early years learning’ by C Stephen at the University of Stirling.
This section of Queensland Government’s Early Childhood Education and care provides ‘Age-appropriate pedagogies professional learning materials’.

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