Learning in the Early Years 3-7

by Jeni Riley

• ISBN13: 9781412929950
• ISBN10: 1412929954
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781446231210
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-10
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
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Summary

This fully updated Second Edition of Learning in the Early Years 3-7 has been written to help early years practitioners understand and implement the U.K.'s new curriculum guidance document 'The Foundation Stage'. In this book, Jeni Riley clearly explains how to meet the requirements of the new Foundation Stage document and how these relate to the U.K.'s National Curriculum and the teaching frameworks of the National Primary Strategy for literacy and mathematics.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. xv
The child, the context and early childhood education	p. 1
The child	p. 1
Studies of the brain	p. 2
The world which the child will inhabit	p. 6
Views of the child	p. 9
Research evidence on what makes early education effective	p. 16
Personal, social and emotional development: learning to be strong in a world of change	p. 29
Introduction	p. 29
Personal, social and emotional development and the idea of 'well-being'	p. 29
Learning about myself: constructing an identity in early environments	p. 35
Learning about relationships: families, friends and others	p. 45
Learning dispositions: becoming a lifelong learner	p. 54
Summary	p. 61
Communication, language and literacy: learning through speaking and listening, reading and writing	p. 65
Introduction	p. 65
Development in spoken language	p. 67
Children for whom English is an additional language	p. 76
Learning to read and write	p. 80
Conclusion	p. 97
Mathematical development and education: problem-solving, reasoning and numeracy	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
How children begin to think mathematically	p. 102
Learning and teaching in the Foundation Stage setting (3-5)	p. 112
Transition issues from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1	p. 122
Learning mathematics in Key Stage 1 (5-7)	p. 124
Conclusion	p. 129
Knowledge and understanding of the world	p. 133
Introduction	p. 133
Science	p. 134
History	p. 143
Geography	p. 150
Partnership with parents	p. 161
Endnote	p. 163
Physical development and physical education	p. 167
Introduction	p. 168
Movement in the lives of children	p. 168
Physical development and physical education	p. 175
Dance activities	p. 177
Games activities	p. 181
Gymnastic activities	p. 185
Swimming activities	p. 190
Outdoor play	p. 191
Transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1	p. 193
Conclusion	p. 197
Creative development: learning and the arts and design and technology	p. 201
Introduction	p. 202
The nature of creativity: towards a definition	p. 203
Creative development and learning dispositions	p. 206
Drawing and thinking: children observed	p. 207
Creativity and the arts	p. 212
Music education	p. 219
Design technology: creating technological solutions	p. 233
Index	p. 245
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