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T-Level Education and Early Years

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Getting Ahead

T-Level Education and Early Years at Alton Campus

Welcome to the T-Level Education and Early Years. We are looking forward to meeting you in the next academic year. Below are activities that will allow you to make the best start to this subject area. We look forward to seeing them when you start

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‘Play is an essential part of every child’s life and is vital for the enjoyment of childhood as well as social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.’ (https://www.playengland.org.uk/charter-for-play).

Write an essay on the importance of play to babies’ and young children’s learning and development. You should include how play supports the different areas of development you have researched to complete the child development booklet. The essay should be between 500-750 words and should be in your own words. The task should be brought to your enrolment interview.

Research the meaning of the following key words used in Early Years:

Key Term Definition
Development  

 
Growth  

 
Developmental Milestones  

 
Rate of Development  

 
Sequence of Development  

 
Maturation  

 
Developmental Norms  

 

 

Research the definition of each of the following areas of development:

Area of Development Definition
Physical Development, including Fine and Gross Motor Skills  

 
Cognitive Development  

 
Language Development, including  Receptive Language and Expressive Language  

 
Emotional Development  

 
Brain Development  

 

Note what children in each of the age categories below should be achieving at each of the following developmental stages:

Age Social Development
0-1 months  

 
2-3 months  

 
3-6 months  

 
6-9 months  

 
9-12 months  

 
12-18 months  

 
18 months – 2 years  

 
2-3 years  

 
3-4 years  

 
4-5 years  

 
5-7 years  

 

 

Age Physical Development
0-1 months  

 
2-3 months  

 
3-6 months  

 
6-9 months  

 
9-12 months  

 
12-18 months  

 
18 months – 2 years  

 
2-3 years  

 
3-4 years  

 
4-5 years  

 
5-7 years  

 

 

Age Cognitive Development
0-1 months  

 
2-3 months  

 
3-6 months  

 
6-9 months  

 
9-12 months  

 
12-18 months  

 
18 months – 2 years  

 
2-3 years  

 
3-4 years  

 
4-5 years  

 
5-7 years  

 

 

Age Language Development – Receptive and Expressive Development
0-1 months  

 
2-3 months  

 
3-6 months  

 
6-9 months  

 
9-12 months  

 
12-18 months  

 
18 months – 2 years  

 
2-3 years  

 
3-4 years  

 
4-5 years  

 
5-7 years  

 

 

Age Emotional Development
0-1 months  

 
2-3 months  

 
3-6 months  

 
6-9 months  

 
9-12 months  

 
12-18 months  

 
18 months – 2 years  

 
2-3 years  

 
3-4 years  

 
4-5 years  

 
5-7 years  

 

 

Age Brain Development
0-1 months  

 
2-3 months  

 
3-6 months  

 
6-9 months  

 
9-12 months  

 
12-18 months  

 
18 months – 2 years  

 
2-3 years  

 
3-4 years  

 
4-5 years  

 
5-7 years  

 

Throughout your time in placement, you will have many opportunities to read stories to children, this is an essential part of a child’s learning and growing. In year one, you will be asked to choose an age and stage appropriate story to create a story sack alongside this selected story.

Get ahead and design and create a storysack for your chosen story for a child between 4 and 5 years old to increase their interest in reading and love of storybooks

Resources

Meet your Teachers

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    Suzi Gallacher

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