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Development Matters
7 Key features of effective practice
High quality care
The child’s experience must always be central to the thinking of every practitioner.
The curriculum: What we want children to learn
The curriculum is a top-level plan of everything the early years setting wants the children to learn.
The best for every child
All children deserve to have an equal chance of success.
Pedagogy: helping children to learn
Children are powerful learners. Every child can make progress in their learning, with the right help.
Assessment: checking what children have learnt
Assessment is about noticing what children can do and what they know. It is not about lots of data and evidence.
Self-regulation and executive function
Executive function includes the child’s ability to:
– hold information in mind
– focus their attention
– think flexibly
– inhibit impulsive behaviour
Partnership with parents
It is important for parents and early years settings to have a strong and respectful partnership. This sets the scene for children to thrive in the early years
The characteristics of effective teaching and learning
In planning and guiding what children learn, practitioners must reflect on the different rates at which children are developing and adjust their practice appropriately. Three characteristics of effective teaching and learning are:
• playing and exploring – children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’
• active learning – children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements
• creating and thinking critically – children have and develop their own ideas, make links between ideas, and develop strategies for doing things
Communication and Language
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design