Take the bold step into leading pedagogy and play to enhance quality practice. Take time to create your own palette of pedagogy for each individual setting. Move forward confidently and intrinsically weaving together knowledge, theory, skills and practice. Your team will be inspired to co-create a magical place to learn with children.
Volume Three
This volume of Adventures was created by Alice Sharp, June O'Sullivan, Moyra Boland & Anne Paterson. All experts in the early years sector, watch this video to meet these incredible practitioners and click any adventure below to learn more about what each entails.
Contents:
Adventure 13
As early years staff we should always ensure that we put the child at the heart of everything we do. Yes, that is right for curriculum learning but it is also imperative for early development too. There has to be excitement, motivation as well as purpose for leading a child to learn and reflection from staff, parents and the children on the learning taking place. If not, how can we truly know the learning and progression for each child. There is investigation and discussion on the environment for a child to learn as well as the values agreed within the setting and does this meet the values of staff and parents. And as with all Adventures with Alice, there are links to theory, curricula and current thinking.
Adventure 14
There is a plethora of information, guidance, expectation, support and strategies around language, speech, vocabulary as well as verbal and non-verbal communication. This issue informs on all of these in the context of early years. There are magic moments of how to develop adultchild interaction, there are links to language and self regulation. The importance of the homecorner and small world play and the benefits of keeping it familiar for children to practice language as well as play. Communication can also be the stimulus for imagination and thinking for both the staff and the children. An opportunity for staff to learn from the children, learn new books together, new language too if English is a second language. To always walk alongside the children when learning. Skills are also introduced and explained, dialogic reading and scaffolding.
Adventure 15
Again there is a wealth of discussion around exploration, not only for the children but for the adults too. When planning for experiences and activities do staff have effective discussions around pedagogy and play? Prepare, practice and participation should be the daily tune for staff to ensure active listening, evaluation and purposeful play is available to all children. The debates within this issue include colouring in, plastic v’s natural resources and the importance of imaginative play within home corners, construction areas and outdoor play. Bob Hughes’ Taxonomy of Play and Fairy Dust Teaching’s Authentic Play are highlighted within exploring pedagogy as is Belbin’s Team Roles.
Adventure 16
Again there is a wealth of discussion around exploration, not only for the children but for the adults too. When planning for experiences and activities do staff have effective discussions around pedagogy and play? Prepare, practice and participation should be the daily tune for staff to ensure active listening, evaluation and purposeful play is available to all children. The debates within this issue include colouring in, plastic v’s natural resources and the importance of imaginative play within home corners, construction areas and outdoor play. Bob Hughes’ Taxonomy of Play and Fairy Dust Teaching’s Authentic Play are highlighted within exploring pedagogy as is Belbin’s Team Roles.
Adventure 17
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Adventure 18
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