Support For Children 's Physical Development

Theories of development and frameworks to support development are incredibly important to us working with children and young people. They help us to understand children, how they react to things/situations, their behaviour and the ways they learn. Different theories and ways of working with children have come together to provide frameworks for children’s care, such as Early year’s foundation stage (EYFS) which is used within all child care settings. This encourages us to work together, help and check the development of babies, children and young people, to keep them healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to

The current framework is relation to inclusive play for 0 to 5 years is The Early Years Foundation Stage. The EYFS framework and guidance states that every children can join in play and learning activities at the level that they are able to do so. A good way for early year’s settings to develop inclusive play is to consider the entitlements and needs for each child in their early years setting and to work with practitioners to build up resources to meet those

Effective practice can support children’s well-being and development when looking at a child’s health and physical development. Effective practice means ‘About ensuring that all children get optimum benefit from their experiences in the EYFS. This apparently simple outcome can only be achieved when adults work together to get to know the children s that they can support their play, development and learning.’ (Early years’ matters,2017.) Children’s well-being means the quality of the child and how their life is, and to ensure that they child is happy, comfortable and stable throughout their everyday life. Children all develop at different stages, whether this is through additional needs or family issues or they might have a gap in there learning.

The early years framework emphasises a personal and individual approach to learning and development because valuing a child’s individuality, ideas and feelings is an important part of developing an individual approach to the learning and development. A child has universal physical needs such as food, drink and shelter and psychological needs such as love, affection, security, friendship which are essential to maintaining their quality of life. In recognising and trying to meet an individual child’s needs each child’s age, physical maturity, intellectual abilities, emotional development, social skills and past experiences and relationships need to be considered.

Every child matters agenda and the childcare act 2006, it become an entitlement of all 3-4 year olds in England to receive a free part time early years education of up to 12.5 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. Early year’s provision in school is about supporting very young children it is distinct from key stage 1 in each country within the UK and is best on the concept of learning through play rather than more formal education Play has been show to be an important part for children learning. In Scotland the curriculum is focused around the document curriculum for excellent. This document concerns the curriculum for 3-4 years

Physical activity is an integral part of health and well being in children.Our bodies also require physical activity in order to be healthy.Understanding and supporting physical activity, will help children have the right foundation for a healthy and happy life.Positive experiences with physical activity at a young age promotes the growth if strong bones and muscles, help to develop good posture and balance, obesity risk and chronic disease risk infection are reduced.

‘Early years practitioners have a key role to play in working with parents to support their young children. This should include identifying learning needs and responding quickly to any difficulties. Wherever appropriate, practitioners should work together with professionals from other

0-3 years From the stages between 0-3 year’s children are learning their reflexes, about people around them, how to play alongside others etc. During this stage it is very important that all children get every type development without any problems as this may cause harsh conditions for them in the future.

We provide activities to meet each child’s needs to promote each aspect of development therefore the child can reach their full potential even though they may have found transitioning hard. Under Article 13 in the UNCRC it states that children have a right to express themselves freely, which I agree with especially during transitions children might need someone to talk to or may find it easier to express themselves through play. I believe Article 3 is a good article as it mentions that every decision or plan must be in the best interests of the child and as practitioners we need to provide children with a loving and safe environment and the correct resources to help the child develop while meeting their individual needs. I also favour this article as I provide an inclusive approach to all the children transitioning into primary school by interacting through play and if needs are not being met, they will be met with extra support. (2017 (1996) Convention on the rights of the

This study examined whether physical activity intervention reduces BMI in young children. This study was a randomized control single blinded trial that took over 12 months. It took place in thirty six nurseries in Glasgow, Scotland. Eligible nurseries had to have least 12 children in their preschool year. For this study, 545 children who were in preschool participated, with the mean age 4.2 years. This intervention included three 30-minute sessions for 24 weeks. The staff in the nursery had to attend three training sessions. The nursery-based element of this intervention was intended to increase levels of physical activity and children's fundamental movement skills to meet the requirements of the "physical development and movement" component

Burgeson et al 2001 indicated that many of the teachers are high qualified in general but they lack the specific background, training and pedagogical skills in physical education in early childhood setting (as cited in Wright & Stork, 2013). With the Head Start Body Start Recommended Practices framework and together with other resources would help teachers to become more effective and better prepared to promote physical development. It consists of five different categories which relate to preparation and planning, setting up the environment, facilitating unstructured play, facilitating structured play and teachers interactions.

Children’s participation in early childhood exercise programs plays an important part in the development of the human body, both physically and mentally. Regular physical exercise in youth’s plays an important part of their childhood as it has many beneficial health outcomes associated with growth and development connected with adulthood. These health outcomes include increasing production of bone mineral content (BMC), and the decrease of depression, obesity and cardiovascular disease risks. Early life exposures to exercise influence health outcomes for the duration of adulthood so implications will need to be addressed to keep future generations as active and healthy as possible, taking into consideration that the lack of physical activity in young children is a life long result that cannot be changed nor developed at an older age (Jacka et al., 2008; Zask et al., 2012). Forty per cent of Australian children do not take part in any exercise at all throughout their childhood, therefor researching particular health outcomes from participation in early childhood exercise is an important piece of information that today’s society need to be informed of and need to take aboard, as the benefits of early childhood physical activity clearly outnumber the disadvantages (Victoria state government, 2015; Zask et al., 2012).

Aside from home, children spend majority of their time in their school setting. Therefore, schools have an advantage in instilling the need for physical activity in the daily lives of these children. According to Healthy People 2020 national objectives, schools have been targeted to increase the ratio of children who meet the physical activity engagement guidelines (AAHPERD). They have also been directed to increase the number of students that participate in daily physical education courses and make additional physical activity opportunities available. In addition, schools have been called on to implement strategies that allow children to access high quality activities that are available to them before, during, and after school. Examples for activities

Physical Education is becoming a “special,” along with art, music and other valuable classes that many school districts have decided are not important enough to schedule daily. As a result, America’s children spend most of their school hours sitting still. The lack of physical activity, coupled with overeating, has led to an increase in childhood obesity.

Do you have a child or siblings? What if at age 10 they went for a regular doctor check up and got diagnosed with diabetes. But then ontop of that information, you were told that it could have been prevented with just a little exercise. Diabetes prevention is one of many ways that physical activities benefit children. My name is Kayla Langley and I would like to inform you of the numerous benefits of exercise for children, those with and without disorders.