CARE, LEARNING & PLAY

Policy Statement

Children learn when they are in a safe and caring environment where they are stimulated through play.

Babies and young children develop best when they are in a caring relationship with an adult. A baby will learn to walk faster when they have a safe pair of arms to walk towards and learn to talk when they have an adult listening and responding to them.

Procedure

I will strive to provide your child with an environment that will be caring, fun and stimulating. I will implement ideas from the Early Years Foundation Stage and include:

CL - Communication and Language

EAD - Expressive Arts and Design

L - Literacy

M - Mathematics

PD - Physical Development

PSED - Personal, Social and Emotional Development

UW - Understanding the World

These activities will include but are not limited to:

Dressing up

Reading Stories

Small world toys

Construction toys (lego, duplo etc)

Role play (toy kitchen etc)

Water play

Arts and Crafts

Outings

Cooking

Outdoor play and equipment (at the park)

I will regularly observe your child and make records, these will enable me to make plans on how I can help your child move onto the next stage of their development.

If there is a particular activity that you would like me to do with your child, please let me know. I am very happy to support activities that you are doing at home or events that have happened. For example if you have been to a wedding I can continue this theme by providing the children with material to use as wedding clothes and help them understand through books and other resources.