The Specific Areas are:
Literacy is the foundation of learning to read and write. We support Literacy development through story time, mark-making and book of the month. Our Pre-School children also participate in early phonics to ensure they are school ready when they leave us for the next step in their education.
Literacy
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Mathematics develops the understanding of numbers, shape, space and measure and how these can solve everyday problems. You will find Mathematics in our water play, cooking, puzzles, sequencing activities, following routine and mealtimes.
Mathematics
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Understanding the world explores people and communities, the world and technology. We support understanding the world through small world play, computer play, science experiments, music time, visiting the local community and celebrating festivals.
Understanding the World
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Expressive arts and design develops imagination by investigating and using media and materials. Children are encouraged to explore construction, materials, role play, musical movement and creative activities to expand their understanding in this area.
Expressive Art and Design
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The Prime areas of Learning and Development are:
Personal, social and emotional development encourages self-confidence and self-awareness, helps children make relationships, manage feelings and behaviour. This is promoted during circle time, key group time, playing turn-taking games, show and tell and our Pre-School Council.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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Physical development encourages moving and handling and helps develop an understanding of health and self-care. Physical development is encouraged in lots of ways including; obstacle courses, garden games (spatial awareness), mark making, threading and self-care activities.
Physical Development
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Communication and language underpins a child’s understanding, speaking, listening and attention skills. Communication and language is developed through rhythm and rhyme time, messy play, show and tell, group time, small world play and 1:1 key person time.
Communication and Language
3
Early Years Foundation Stage
Children are born ready, able and eager to learn. Every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured. Their development progression will follow an individual path.
The above is why at Bookie's Babes we follow 'In the moment planning'. In the moment planning is a very simple idea- observing and interacting with children as they pursue their own interests and also assessing and moving the learning on in that moment. High level involvement occurs most often when children can pursue their own interests in an enabling environment supported by skilled staff. When children show these high levels of involvement, that is when progress and development occurs and when the brain is at it's most active.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a statutory framework which all early years settings adhere to and it covers seven areas of learning which are categorised as prime and specific areas.
At Bookie’s Babes, we are fully committed to the Early Years Foundation Stage. As of September 2021, the Eyfs changed and it finally began to recognise that all children do not fit into a one size fits all box that can be ticked off and infact all children are unique learners. Bookie's babes use In the moment planning and Birth- Five matters as their curriculum. In very simple terms, we believe that all children need to feel secure to be able to learn and reach their potential and the way do this is explained more below.
Children are born ready, able and eager to learn. They actively reach out to interact with other people, and in the world around them. Every child is a unique child who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured. Their development progression will follow an individual path.
The above is why at Bookie's Babes we follow 'In the moment planning'. In the moment planning is a very simple idea- observing and interacting with children as they pursue their own interests and also assessing and moving the learning on in that moment. High level involvement occurs most often when children can pursue their own interests in an enabling environment supported by skilled staff. When children show these high levels of involvement, that is when progress and development occurs and when the brain is at it's most active.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) 2012, sets the standards for development, learning and care of children from birth to five years of age. All registered Early Years Providers are required to follow the EYFS framework.
Birth to five is a developmental guide to support children's developmental progression across both Prime and Specific areas of learning from birth to five years.