Children should have increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing. Wellbeing explores ways to show care and concern and interact positively with others. F5 Policies, frameworks Relevant national, and local government policies and guidelines influence and regulations, guidelines and frameworks influence and enhance early the operations of early childhood education and care childhood and education services. care services. Early childhood education and care services develop policies and procedures as required by relevant policies, guidelines and frameworks. Practices P1 learning is a Play-based learning values and develops children’s in early context for learning through curiosity, interests, skills, abilities, culture and childhood which children explore, knowledge in order to extend their learning. learning experiment, discover and Play-based learning is inclusive of the developmental solve problems to make milestones, supported by current research and sense of their world as they provides learning environments that foster quality play engage actively with experiences. people, objects and Characteristics of play-based learning are representations. peer initiated, teacher guided/supported/scaffolded and intentional. P2 Responsiveness There are responsive and inclusive ways to interact includes knowing and and communicate with children. accepting children and respecting that they are unique individuals. P3 An active learning High-quality active learning environments have clearly environment encourages identifiable characteristics such as being challenging opportunities for children to and safe, have flexible space and allow time to pursue explore and interact with own ideas, to make choices and experience a variety the environment. of learning opportunities. P4 Observations are used Observation is used to develop a profile of the for gathering information individual child to inform planning for learning through about children’s learning. play. The technique involves Observation requires guidelines for confidential watching and listening to observation and recording of children’s development. children, as well as There are a variety of techniques to be used for interacting with children recording information about children. deliberately and purposefully to interpret children’s learning across a range of contexts. Elective Topic Concepts and ideas Knowledge, understanding and skills Literacy and LNS1 Literacy and There are specific definitions and expectations of numeracy skills numeracy skills enhance literacy skills and numeracy skills for early childhood children’s ability to learn learners. and succeed. Literacy and numeracy skill development is a central component of early childhood programs. Programs to promote literacy and numeracy skill development should be based on an understanding of: child development and appreciation that literacy and numeracy skill development begins in the first years of life and is a continuous developmental process
Children should have increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing. Wellbeing explores ways to show care and concern and interact positively with others. F5 Policies, frameworks and guidelines influence and enhance early childhood and education care services. Relevant national, and local government policies and regulations, guidelines and frameworks influence the operations of early childhood education and care services. Early childhood education and care services develop policies and procedures as required by relevant policies, guidelines and frameworks. Practices in early childhood learning P1 learning is a context for learning through which children explore, experiment, discover and solve problems to make sense of their world as they engage actively with people, objects and representations. Play-based learning values and develops children’s curiosity, interests, skills, abilities, culture and knowledge in order to extend their learning. Play-based learning is inclusive of the developmental milestones, supported by current research and provides learning environments that foster quality play experiences. Characteristics of play-based learning are peer initiated, teacher guided/supported/scaffolded and intentional. P2 Responsiveness includes knowing and accepting children and respecting that they are unique individuals. There are responsive and inclusive ways to interact and communicate with children. P3 An active learning environment encourages opportunities for children to explore and interact with the environment. High-quality active learning environments have clearly identifiable characteristics such as being challenging and safe, have flexible space and allow time to pursue own ideas, to make choices and experience a variety of learning opportunities. P4 Observations are used for gathering information about children’s learning. The technique involves watching and listening to children, as well as interacting with children deliberately and purposefully to interpret children’s learning across a range of contexts. Observation is used to develop a profile of the individual child to inform planning for learning through play. Observation requires guidelines for confidential observation and recording of children’s development. There are a variety of techniques to be used for recording information about children. Elective Topic Concepts and ideas Knowledge, understanding and skills Literacy and numeracy skills LNS1 Literacy and numeracy skills enhance children’s ability to learn and succeed. There are specific definitions and expectations of literacy skills and numeracy skills for early childhood learners. Literacy and numeracy skill development is a central component of early childhood programs. Programs to promote literacy and numeracy skill development should be based on an understanding of: child development and appreciation that literacy and numeracy skill development begins in the first years of life and is a continuous developmental process
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