3.1 Explain What Is Meant By A Safe And Friendly Environment

I believe that each child is unique individual who needs a secure, caring, and stimulating atmosphere in which to grow and mature emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially. It is my desire as an educator to help students meet their fullest potential in these areas by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invite a sharing of ideas. There are three elements that I believe are conducive to establishing such an environment namely, the teacher acting guide, allowing the child’s natural curiosity to direct his/her learning, promoting respect for all the things and all the people.

No child should be excluded or disadvantaged because of ethnicity, culture or religion, home language, family background, special educational needs, disability, gender or ability, everybody should be treated exactly the same as one another. Parents and practitioners should work together in an impression of mutual respect which children can have safety and confidence. To be effective, an early year’s course should be carefully structured. This includes three strands, provision for the different starting points from which children develop their learning, building on what they can already do, relevant and appropriate content that matches the different levels of young children’s needs, planned and purposeful activity that provides opportunities for teaching and learning, both indoors and outdoors, we do this by having a plan for each week with a theme that changes every week, we have different toys out for each day, this is for construction play, floor play, sensory play also water and sand, we go around these toys for the children so if a child’s next step is to use the potty or toilet we could put out the babies, so they are learning to put the baby on the potty which they can they copy from and encourage them to do the

An enabling environment is made for children to learn, play and relax in a safe and secure place where they feel comfortable to play and learn. It surround and have both physical environment which is indoor and outdoor play which is really important for children's growth and development. for example the layout, the equipment the setting uses by providing suitable equipment according to their age and stage appropriate and the furniture should to down to children's level plus the atmosphere they around the setting especially children with special education needs and disabilities children should also have extra support. children learn and develop well in enabling environments in which their experiences respond to their

Planning is also very important within the foundation phase as all activities and areas must be planned in order to ensure the children are being challenged and that it promotes the child’s holistic development. The activities must be enjoyable but also suitable for all individual children abilities in order for the them to stay focussed learning new things. It is also important that when planning practitioners put the child at the centre of the planning to make sure that children

The environment is a very important factor in supporting children’s play, learning and development. An enabling environment should allow for children to feel safe, comfortable and captivated within the setting. When children feel safe and secure in their environment they are more likely to investigate the area in which they are in and explore the resources they can see, hear and touch. It is the responsibility of the setting provider and the practitioners to ensure that the environment is stimulating and rich in language to help with the development of the children.

Monitoring health and safety is a very important in providing a safe environment for young people to live in and for the staff team to work in. To monitor and maintain health and safety in our home there are many tasks and responsibilities that the staff team must follow. In the morning the staff that are going off shift ensure that the toilets have all been cleaned, the kitchen has been cleaned, all bins have been emptied and house hovered. This also enables members of staff to clear any obstructions from doorways and they will be able to report or rectify if possible any health and safety issues, to evident that they have completed this task sheet must be filled out and initialled by the person who completed the task. The members of staff coming onto the shift will go through the task sheet and anything that has not been done will brought discussed with staff going off shift so that no further incident like this occurs. For example, shift partners have their own routine of how they run a shift and carry out the daily tasks etc. I had been on shift with a member of staff that I was not usually on with therefore we discussed who was going to do what in the home. As I had slept in the sleeping room

The first factor involved in maintaining a healthy environment is forming a good relationship between the early year’s practitioners and the child’s parents. This is incredibly important according to Jane Drake from Nursery World who says “it is parents who know their children best, and unless there is a sharing of information between practitioners and parents, a child’s learning needs will be neither fully understood nor, ultimately met”. Each child in the setting is assigned a key worker who will find out about their child’s likes and dislikes as well as some of their main interests which will contribute to the key person being able to provide for all of the child’s needs, they will also form a trusting relationship with both the child and their parent/carer and keep them informed of their child’s progress. It is vital that children form attachments with their key person as young children are known to flourish when things seem familiar and predictable and this can only be possible if the key person maintains a good personal relationship with the child. If children are loved and cared for then they will be in the right frame of mind to learn,

ENVIRONMENT- Early years learning framework promotes learning environment for children. This fits really well with the Reggio Emilio approach that demonstrates environment as a third teacher (Carter, 2007). For example; through imaginary play, children play different characters what they want to be. Piaget states that real world sets up with limitation, but to a world of imagination. Our program should be based on create and maintain safe, healthy environment, spaces and places which enhance children’s learning, development, engagement, initiative, self-respect, dignity and show respect for children’s contribution in play ( being, belonging, becoming; outcome -4). Educators always ensure that children get safe environment for example, if there is anything sharp or broken, throw these things away or let the director know if there is anything broken need to be fixed by handyman and complete daily checklist (centre policy, 2016) to remove hazards away from the environment. Check doors, gates, locks and furniture regularly. A chemical which is used for cleaning and hygiene purpose, store them out of children’s reach with master data sheet and let management know if there is any reaction from chemical and if there is wet floor put a WET FLOOR sign on. Environment for staff should be safe and secure also, for example to change nappies there should be stairs for children to climb

Assessment is needed to determine if a program is a quality-learning environment. The learning environment plays an important role in the development of children. Early childhood classrooms should be set up to promote learning. “Arrangement of space into clearly defined places to play using visible boundaries to separate play areas, helps children to focus on the play materials in each area and promotes complex play and interactions with peers” (Doctoroff, p. 105). A quality classroom environment positively impact children. Classrooms that are separate play areas communicate what activity occurs in each area. Materials matter too. Each area should provide different materials to enhance their development. Materials furnished should encourage all types of play (e.g., functional, constructive, dramatic, games, solitary, parallel, and group) and all aspects of development in young children (e.g., motor skills, social competence, cognitive abilities, creativy, language skills, literacy) (Doctoroff, p.106). In order to assure the children are in a quality-learning program educators can choose from the following assessment tools for classroom

Planning for individual children’s needs is the easy way of observing children, easy of looking at of children’s practice, listening to children to find out how the children is developing his/herself, what the children like to do and what children is learning through his/her play and the experiences of offer. It is very important that parents and practitioners sharing what they know about these things so that they can agree whether the child’s development is at the expected stage. They can also agree if the resources such as toys and equipment are suitable for the child and to focus them on what to offer in coming to support the child to develop new interests, learn new skills and get new knowledge. The observations of children are extremely important, because every single child has a unique set of abilities and talents and

Well planned space is arranged to meet the needs of the children in the classroom. The Core of DAP suggests the teacher should consider what is known about child development, learning, individual children, and social/cultural contexts when designing a classroom. Many pieces of the environment can influence how a child feels in the classroom. The text Planning and Administering Early Childhood Programs states that “aspects such as color of the walls, type of

Throughout my observation, I was able to see some child-child interactions and child-teacher interactions. The teachers are there to guide them on activities and let the students create things with the materials that are provided. When there is a conflict between two students, the teacher would guide them to resolve the problem on their own. The students feel safe in the classroom by how the area is set up since it wasn’t crowded, enough space to walk and everything is organized. That type of environment lets a child feel comfortable and willing to play. As an observer, even though I am not in the classroom, i can feel the warmth atmosphere that the classroom gives out and the natural lights from outside make it less dim and dull for the people who are inside the classroom. Overall, the classroom I’ve observed have good spacing and materials for the student to manipulate. And i can see that it is a safe environment to be in to play

A positive environment is an environment which has a happy and friendly feel to it. It is important that a child in a setting feels safe as this will mean they will be happy to continuously come back. If a child sees adults and other children being happy then it will in turn help them feel happy. It is important to focus on the positives in every situation to help build a child’s confidence. For example, even if a child has done something wrong, it is better to turn the situation round and make it positive rather than tell a child off. If a child comes into a setting that has a clear routine of the day, has interesting activities, and happy and smiley people, not only will them make them want to learn, but it will also make them feel as if

Another aspect of creating an enabling environment is the indoor environment. Rich indoor environments have a positive impact on the children's learning and development. An enabling indoor environment is a place where children who spend their time their feel comfortable, interests them and is appropriate for the children's age. It is important that practitioners plan the indoor environment carefully so that it is flexible and accommodates the children's interest and their needs. Also practitioners should make sure that the resources that they are providing are interesting, attractive and to a high quality standard. Practitioners should also make sure that all resources such as building blocks, colouring pens and pencils, dressing up clothes,

I learned a lot about children’s development, whether physical, emotional or mental development this all depends on the child. Every kid is different and develop at own speed. We can aid the kid to acquire a lot more by merely having different learning opportunities for the child at different areas in the room. A room should be structured, offer to collaborate with others, and it affords the kid a chance playing with tangible targets. It gives children an active approach to learning this age group consist of preschool, kindergarten, and primary classrooms. (Marion, 2015). No matter what the age of the children should be able to talk to the adults that are skilled in teaching the children. This can deliver a positive impact on children’s behavior. The kids demand a sensory faculty of order and is comfy for work and fun. The social interaction of the children the room needs to be set up where the children can interact easily with others and with the instructor. There are three powerful steps for powerful interaction and it is being present, connect and extend the learning this will help build strong, caring relationships with your children and their families. Powerful interactions are the direction the teacher connects with a child and holds out their learning. Guidance helps to keep the room a positive climate. Making choices the children need to find out by learning to make smart selections. The need active learning which the room should encourage. Kids can benefit from