Teaching about play, hands on experience for childcare/ early years students.
Students can try out the activities to support and start to promote learning how children play, the benefits and how they develop and learn skills. Students could write down how each activity develops personal, physical, social, emotional and social development.
CACHE, BTEC AQA, EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES UNITS
These Cootie Catchers are a super fun revision tool. Including a cootie catcher with a range of questions to promote revision and knowledge of the healthy living Unit 9 in Btec level 2 health and social care (exam/ external assessment). Contains pictures. Also another cootie catcher which has extra pictures added, this supports differentiation and provides extra prompts. Select to suit each individual student!
How to play; Once the cootie catcher is made, one player picks an image from healthy eating, water, running or sleeping, which ever they pick from these, the other player spells out, for example; H E A L T H Y E A T I N G, THEN IT WILL LAND SHOWING 4 OF THE 8 IMAGES;
These are to represent a colour, for example there is a PINK trainer and a PURPLE bed and Black berries etc.
The player then spells out the colour of the image.
This will land on 4 of the 8 images again, the player picks an image to open at this point.
The question is read out by the other player and an answer is attempted, it can be discussed in pairs if required as it all helps with exam revision.
Text books, internet, class notes can assist with the answers and revision.
A blank template has been included for students to create their own.
There is an answer sheet, in some questions there may be more answers available than are on the answer sheet
Good luck and have fun!
Lots of learning opportunities, outdoor play and learning, scavenger hunt pack, try me nature, forest school activities. Children can take it in their own direction and carry out research, a lovely mini mud kitchen included.
Lots of skills to develop!
Also perfect for home education
Childcare/ Early childhood theories, perspectives and inspirations.
Forest school lessons, pack, Montessori workshop and Maslow's Hierarchy game.
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Health and social care unit 2 values assignment assessment learning aim A; written criteria level 2
1A.1
2A.P1
2A.M1
2A.D1
A task for students to follow by imagining they are in a real life situation and their manager has asked them to create an information booklet for visitors, new and existing staff etc.
There are a number od questions and tasks such as completing tables and finding pictures. By completing this, students should be meeting the above criteria
Please note that students can recreate this work book in their own style if they wish, as long as they are following the questions etc.
Straight forward
A great fun and active forest school inspired pack containing; fire safety triangles, scavenger hunt, resource list, focus activity, free flow activity, reflection and purchase ideas.
To explore the importance of play and consider and evaluate types, stages and theorists, also relate self identity to children’s.
This can be used and adapted to suit the needs of your class.
Pick and choose either the whole plans or aspects to suit your specification. Ideal for CACHE, HND, BA Honours in childhood studies.
Technology, outdoors, digital. This magazine containing an activity that is very adaptable to suit the needs of your children and available environment.
Great for integrating technology into the outdoor environment, making a winter potion along the way!
Explore aspects of the UN Convention, particularly; The Right to Play
Evaluate how play can allow children to express themselves and feel free
Convey your thoughts about how children might feel if they could not play
Comprise a leaflet promoting play
Will support CACHE/ Btec/ HND/ Foundation degree/ BA Honours in childhood studies
Identify components of a balanced diet, giving examples of each
This resource has been used to deliver to Health and social care students, Btec Health and socialcare Level 2, Unit 6; The impact of nutrition on health and wellbeing.
Included is a power point with Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, thought shower task, link to an activity and a table.
By completing the work, students will have answered a criteria for their assignment; 1A.1 Identify components of a balanced diet, giving examples of each.
Students work through the Montessori workshop by watching videos, creating brand new Montessori materials for a setting and having a go at activities to build an idea of the learning and development for children involved in the activities, includes clips and images for ideas, an engaging lesson! Has been delivered to childcare students, they created resources which were then used in a local toddler playgroup.
Btec health and social care unit 2 values; Information hunt activity and worksheet.
Teachers notes;
Ensure each group has access to each piece of information to then arrange and create on their sheets to create an information station, they can add extra pictures/ drawings etc if they wish.
Either use a library/ class room etc to hide the information around the room.
Cut out each piece that has a border around.
The smaller boxes, e.g; duty of care, matches to the writing in green. Students can then arrange once they have found.
Students will be;
You will be creating your own information stations.
In your groups, search and collect clues, signs and more to bring back to your information station.
Will support the completion of Learning aims A.1 and 2A.P1
A MASSIVE Childcare and H and SC bundle! Btec, CACHE, Degrees, Hnc's etc
This is our biggest bumper pack for Childcare/ development and Hand SC so far! This is very good value!
Whether you are teaching childcare/ development and Health and social care, this will equip you with a range of power points;
Play and UN convention
Montessori workshop starter activity
Routines
Balanced diet
Supporting teaching and learning in schools starter activity
Nutrition
Also a range of fun games and activities!
All tried and tested in the classroom by a lecturer!
Could tie in with training sessions and Degree qualifications too!
If you are a student, these are useful revision/ study tools!
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Saved so much time on planning!
Explore nature with this fun and interactive worksheet. It can be adapted for different abilities and groups by allowing the children to conduct their own research or providing identification cards. This gets children active and engaged, along with a fun theme.
In addition, there are links to the curriculum including numeracy and more! All in one download!
This super Christmas advent calendar promotes outdoor play, learning and fun! There are 24 activities leading up to Christmas eve, exciting! As the adult, look through the photos to get ideas for any resources needed, please take care if lighting a small fire with cotton wool (very flammable)Print the pages out, the next page with the activities on is the base, you may wish to stick onto card to make more durable. Then choose the cover. Remember to glue in-between the squares so that your child can open the doors. It may be a good idea to score the squares so the doors can be opened.Below are bigger pictures of the activities and a link to a site which is one of the activities.
Enjoy and have fun!
P.s. Take pictures along the way and post them to Forest School Villagers on Facebook, we may share them!
These are booklets to support students when studying about children's speech and language- Understand how to support positive speech, language and communication development for children and young people with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties
This is a great resources, a whole Unit called Caring for children- containing a 44 page power point including learning opportunities to support;
How knowledge of child development can contribute to the recognition of childrens care needs, child development norms, SMART targets, the role of the practitioner, engaging activities and more.
This can be adapted to suit your class/ scheme of work/ plans/ childcare specification!