Play to learn.
Early Years Workshop takes a look at how children learn through play and how practitioners can value and develop children's play. Presenter Sheila Sage poses the following questions:-What can we learn about children by watching them at play? How do you as a practitioner best plan for, observe,...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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[London] :
Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education,
2006.
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| Series: | Early years workshop ;
1-2 Education in video |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Early Years Workshop takes a look at how children learn through play and how practitioners can value and develop children's play. Presenter Sheila Sage poses the following questions:-What can we learn about children by watching them at play? How do you as a practitioner best plan for, observe, support and extend children's play? With guidance from Diane Rich of our Early Years Workshop team, we visit Astwood Bank First School in Redditch to see how they incorporate play into an average morning in their reception class. Headteacher Chris Rider and reception class teacher Jo Haynes place a high importance on allowing children to develop their own stories through their play. With a storybook starting point, the children are then free to play in the role-play area, puppet theatre, science lab or outdoors with the dressing up box! Chris finds some interesting play happening in the Bug Café whilst Jo observes a group of children as they explore the world of superheroes. Led by adviser Sheila Sage, the Early Years Workshop panel look at how practitioners can best support and value children's play. Joined by experts Jan Dubiel from QCA and Diane Rich from Rich Learning Opportunities, the panel invite headteacher Chris Rider from Astwood Bank First School in Redditch to discuss how she values play in her reception class. Looking back at a typical morning in Chris's reception class, the panel discusses how practitioners can best create the time and space for play and develop a play culture in their setting. By providing the right resources and environment for children, they can encourage children to create their own stories through their play. By observing these stories, practitioners can then extend the play further and offer more play opportunities. Through their play, the panel looks at how children address the issues that are important to them such as gender issues, the natural world and even death. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (30 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:15:23 |