K26 How to create experiences and opportunities for children informed by the setting's curriculum and pedagogy
This film ‘Engaging pre-k learners by following their interests’ from Edutopia shows how adults can build on children’s curiosity about a topic to guide and extend their learning.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 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
- Reading Materials
- ‘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
- Presentation
- Reading Materials
- ‘Early years pedagogy’ on the Early Education website
- ‘The different pedagogical approaches in the EYFS’ on the Open a Nursery website
- Good Practice Example
- Reading Materials
- Laser reading text: 'Theorist table'
- ‘How to implement child-led learning in your early years setting’ from the Teach Wire website
- Good Practice Example
- Reading Materials
- ‘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’.
- Think And Challenge
- Think And Challenge
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