14 episodes

How do young children learn, and how can adults help them? This album looks at how nursery teachers support children in their development. We follow a practitioner’s day, looking at how she works with children, observes and plans for further activities while she also records her thoughts and ideas using a video camera. Further video tracks reveal how creativity is nurtured in young children to develop their abilities, how an artist in residence works with nursery children, as well as how the work of bilingual and special needs assistants mean that no child is excluded from the learning process. The audio tracks cover the importance of parental input, and the fantastic opportunities available to develop children’s creativity using technologies. This material forms part of The Open University course E124 Supporting children’s learning in the early years.

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How do young children learn, and how can adults help them? This album looks at how nursery teachers support children in their development. We follow a practitioner’s day, looking at how she works with children, observes and plans for further activities while she also records her thoughts and ideas using a video camera. Further video tracks reveal how creativity is nurtured in young children to develop their abilities, how an artist in residence works with nursery children, as well as how the work of bilingual and special needs assistants mean that no child is excluded from the learning process. The audio tracks cover the importance of parental input, and the fantastic opportunities available to develop children’s creativity using technologies. This material forms part of The Open University course E124 Supporting children’s learning in the early years.

    Supporting children’s learning in the early years

    Supporting children’s learning in the early years

    An introduction to the contents of this album.

    • 1 min
    Transcript -- Supporting children’s learning in the early years

    Transcript -- Supporting children’s learning in the early years

    An introduction to the contents of this album.

    • video
    Learning with “mini-beasts”

    Learning with “mini-beasts”

    A teacher observes and reflects on the learning patterns of the children she works with.

    • 11 min
    Transcript -- Learning with “mini-beasts”

    Transcript -- Learning with “mini-beasts”

    A teacher observes and reflects on the learning patterns of the children she works with.

    • video
    Planning in teams

    Planning in teams

    How planning for children’s activities requires flexibility and adaptation.

    • 9 min
    Transcript -- Planning in teams

    Transcript -- Planning in teams

    How planning for children’s activities requires flexibility and adaptation.

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