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Originally Posted by hafsah.patel
Hi, I have just started my level 4 and in need of help. I have no motivation to do my work and find the questions difficult to answer. It would be helpful if I could get some help with these questions. 
Discuss how babies and children are safeguarded in setting
Understand the influence of pedagogical approaches on early years practice
Plan an enabling environment for babies and children in the following age ranges:
Under 2 years of age
2-3 years of age
3-5 years of age
Analyse how enabling environments can be influenced by pedagogical approaches
Also is anyone doing their Level 4 or completed it? |
An enabling environment is a safe environment where children can play, explore
and learn. This contributes to children’s learning and development in the early
years. It is also an important tool which supports children’s learning and
development across all 7seven areas in the EYFS. Practitioners should consider
and think about the physical and emotional environment for indoors and outdoors,
because children should feel safe and also feel like home in the setting.
Staff should make sure that the environment is safe and the toys and
equipment is safe to use, also the resources are age suitable. When
doing the planning you must plan according to the the 7 areas of the
EYFS for learning and development, also the staff should acknowledge
the importance of any child that has an attachment with their key
worker, in our nursery there is a buddy system, the reason because if
any of the key workers are not onsite then the buddy can take care of
the key group. It will also be beneficial to have a 1:1 with the babies. In
our setting we have displayed photos of family members and those
people that are special to the young children.
Play games that include names of the babies, in our setting at circle
time in the morning and in the afternoon we sing the hello song saying
the children’s names so that they can recognise each other, staff can
give the opportunities to the babies so they can play alongside the staff
in a cooperative way. Provide toys that are suitable for their age, for
example musical laptops, pulleys, construction toys such as mega blocks, soft toys, rounded crayons, soft book, feeling books with
different textures & painting opportunities, etc.
Before children start it is important they have settling in sessions, in my
setting we do 3 settling ins the first day the parent and child both stay
for 1 hour, the next day the parent stays for 1 hour with the child and
then leaves the child alone with staff and on the 3rd day the child stays
without the parent, sessions are important because staff need to make
sure that the environment is enabling and feels home to home. Also the
staff should be welcoming babies with the parent, if possible speak to
the child in home language, display pictures of family members so that
the children can see, staff should be speaking to the parents/carers
about any needs and interests the child has, so that you can plan
activities according to the interests & needs of the child. Staff should
also consider providing opportunities for imaginative play, also provide
resources for dressing up in the role play area, such as doctor kits,
builders tool and kits, hair dressing etc, but we have to keep in mind
that the tool kits and resources have to be age suitable and not too
small for them to choke on, etc. Staff should plan for outdoor play for
babies on a daily basis also activities for babies can be, sand and water
play, ball play, slides, baby walkers, mats to play on, baby bikes and
tricycles, tents, etc.
Hybrid Mode
