Dear all
I completely missed the deadline for copy for the Nov e-news and then the
mini edition has taken me by surprise. So, apologies that there hasn't been
any Early Years news.
I did come across this relatively new publication however and thought I
would recommend it to those of you interested in facilitating learning
through play. It could provide a little light reading for that post-food
slump in front of the Christmas fire!
³Learning, Playing and Interacting: Good Practice in the Early Years
Foundation Stage²
In October DCSF produced an interesting and useful publication highlighting
good practice in supporting children to learn through play. ³Learning,
Playing and Interacting: Good Practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage²
provides comprehensive insight into how to balance child-initiated activity
with adult facilitation and how to extend childrenıs learning through
playful interaction. Museum educationalists will find certain sections
especially useful, for example there is a succinct one page summary of the
ways young children learn and a very readable (and brief) definition of
play. Perhaps most importantly however, this publication can help museums
who provide staff-facilitated sessions for children in the EYFS to examine
their teaching and learning strategies and to ensure they have the balance
right between adult-initiated and child-initiated activities.
Happy reading.
Jo
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Jo Graham
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