Early Years Learning Framework

Learning provision for literacy development is important for pupils for several reasons. When pupils are developing their language skills they are learning to communicate with others in a variety of ways through speaking reading and writing. The three areas of language interact with each other to promote the child’s self expression and imagination. Children need to be given opportunity’s to use and extend their language in all subject areas so they can develop higher level thinking. [ Louise burnham, Brenda Baker,2010,pg206]

Learning to read and write as a child is an experience that all can relate to. The average child learns to read and write at the early ages of three and four. Developing literacy at an early age is crucial to academic development as well as to performance in life. Early development can be just what a child needs to stimulate their minds, which in turn is assisting in the evolution of their future. The early and latter stages of development in a child’s literacy journey are the makings for their reading and writing skills. It also plays part in their analysis of obstacles as well as their developed or problematic literacy future. A child

Competence and confidence in literacy, including competence in the three major areas, reading, writing, speaking and listening, are essential for progress in all areas of the curriculum. To broaden and enhance children’s literacy skills, opportunities need to be given by providing them with a wide range of different contexts in which to use and practice there skills. With reference to the aims of the Primary Framework for Literacy ‘To support and

It is essential that educators create safe, welcoming environments that promote learning for all students in a classroom and to do this they must acknowledge issues of diversity and difference and know how to approach these issues. There are two key documents that guide educators in their planning and implementation of curriculum; The Australian Curriculum and The Early Years Learning Framework. Using these two documents to create learning programs, educators must enact an inclusive curriculum that empowers all students, regardless of differences. For educators to understand and address issues of diversity and differences such as socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, language barriers and stereotypes around gender and sexuality, they must look at their own philosophy, values and beliefs around these issues.

The Early Years Learning Framework have recognised cultural competence in the areas of principles and practices the frame work has identified ‘Respect for diversity’ (Commonwealth of Australia, 2009, page 13) as a key principal and ‘Cultural Competence’ (Commonwealth of Australia, 2009, page 16) as a key practice.

Throughout the years from the age of 3 years of age to five years, these may be seen as an exhilarating time for the children and their families. We aim to make the child’s time at the centre educational. The main thing Little Joeys is working towards in the year of 2016 are for them to become confident within themselves and develop their use of communication skills and have the readiness of being able to transition into school. The centres philosophy is coherent with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) which is used with the educators interacting with the children.

It is very important for children to keep them safe and healthy throughout from all ages so early year learning framework is the only key to teach them how to maintain safety and healthy life because whatever children learn from early age remains lifetime with them.

The Early Years Learning Framework, learning outcome 4.1 states ‘children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity,’ in with following this I would go place a variety of dinosaurs/animals in the sandpit while Flynn and Lucy continue to play in the sandpit giving them a variety of items to help further their imagination while playing.

Literacy is one of the most important and sometimes difficult part of education. Many children have no interest in reading and others struggle. Both of these groups of children are often pushed aside so teachers can focus on the children that do not give them a hard time. These children need more attention,

Families are often encouraged to provide a variety of reading material for their children, especially at an early age, to give children plenty of options when learning how to read. When children are provided with a variety of reading material at home, they see that a high value is placed on reading. If parents value reading at home, children tend to value it also, and the more a child is encouraged to read at home, the more they will want to engage in reading in general. By being involved in their child’s reading development, parents can give their children a firm foundation to reading prior to entering grade school which will lead to a lifetime of reading enjoyment and

Literacy is a fundamental skill that all children are required to acquire in order to become effective collaborators and communicators in the 21st century. It is imperative that all children grasp the basic foundational literacy skills such as reading and writing to succeed in today’s world. Children’s first encounters with literacy typically begin in the home environment followed by early childhood education where emergent literacy learning is extended, before, children transition into the primary school environment where they begin to ascertain and further enhance their knowledge and skills in reading and writing. Early childhood settings and primary schools have set curriculum frameworks in place to effectively guide educators in what

The sharing of children’s literature is of vital importance when it comes to the development of children’s language and literacy skills. Carter (2000) says the sharing of children’s literature is the “most important” contribution which is made to both children’s self-knowledge and to their literary development. The National Curriculum (2013) states that by the time children leave Primary school they should be able to read and write “fluently and with confidence”. To allow schools to coincide with these aims the sharing of

Reading – the ability to represent the sounds of language by written symbols has existed for approximately 4000 to 5000 years and is inarguably one of the most fundamental and wonderful technique humans have ever developed. However, despite much effort and funding dedicating to wide literacy development, even now in America for instance, 50% of adults cannot read a book written at an eighth grade level (National Center for Learning Disabilities). In order for the entire population of today’s society to have proper reading skills, scholars and educators around the world realize that literacy movements need to focus on much earlier stages of human development. Researchers in the education field have reached a consensus that reading is crucial in childhood by revealing supporting evidence from studies focused on children aged 0-6 years, 6-12, and young adolescents. Many interesting findings also include that reading proficiency of children is critical because it can reflect society’s criminal and economical status. Moreover, modern studies show that the importance of childhood reading cannot be fully explained without mentioning the environment where children are raised, as the environment greatly affects children’s reading proficiency.

“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imagination—something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.” – Katherine Patterson

Literacy is considered to be an essential life skill. Heckman (2000) simply discussed how literacy can master many other skills. There are different Literacy skills like reading, listening and writing. However, with the importance of technology these days, multimodal and digital literacy practices are also included as a key literacy skill. In addition, literacy is socially and culturally constructed (Hamilton & Barton, 2001; Flint, Kitson, Lowe & Shaw, 2014). When the students are engaged in a group reading or writing activities, they use their social skills to communicate with each other. They also participate with their teachers in different discussions to express themselves by sharing their ideas and thoughts as they read books. Developmental theorists, such as Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky discussed how children construct their knowledge using their social and cultural factors (Flint, Kitson, Lowe & Shaw, 2014). They also emphasized the importance of the children’s active participation in various learning areas as they display their cultural diversities and develop their social skills.