Resources and the EYFS 2012

**sarah707** · 03-07-2012, 06:47 PM

We are all going to be busy in August putting together new paperwork for the revised EYFS – we might need to write some new policies, review our risk assessments, update children’s Learning Journey documents to reflect the revised areas of learning, write an information sheet informing parents about the EYFS… and much more.

Now, while things are quiet, is a good time to spend a while looking at your current provision and making sure you are ready for the changes to the learning and development requirements and their focus on 3 prime areas of learning.

Your continuous provision resources are the ones that children use every day… think about how they link to the prime areas. What continuous provision do you have to support children’s…?

Personal, social and emotional development
• Making relationships – cosy corners and dens where children can play together, peer supported activities, games that promote sharing and taking turns… etc
• Self-confidence and self-awareness – mirrors, all about me resources, puppets, stories about children, display boards… etc
• Managing feelings and behaviour – emotions puppets, books about feelings, planned activities for children to express themselves, circle times… etc

Physical development
• Moving and handling – activities to promote fine motor skills eg threading cards, tweezers, messy play, small world characters… etc and gross motor skills eg climbing frames, swing, ride on bikes… etc
• Health and self-care – healthy eating campaigns, children’s input into menus, teeth cleaning, hand washing routines… etc

Communication and language
• Listening and attention – CDs or tape / voice recorders, talking tins, story time with puppets and other small world toys… etc
• Understanding – labels, signs, books and other communication materials in the child’s home language as well as English (if appropriate), key words of the child’s home language and understanding of their special family or personal words, games to play together… etc
• Speaking – adult interactions throughout the day in your routines, meals planned for everyone to sit together… etc

Then think about…
• Do you have enough resources for all the children?
• Remember you are the most important resource so ask yourself – do you have enough time to give one-to-one attention to each child every day?
• Do you have enough resources for all areas of learning?
• Can the children play alone or together every day?
• Are children given plenty of opportunities to be independent?
• Is the environment quiet enough so children can communicate with each other?
• What changes might you need to make to your provision to support all the children’s learning and development?

Resources and the EYFS (mini 75)
A customer asked me to write this mini e-book for her!

It looks at different types of resources you might have in your provision and links them to the revised learning and development requirements of the EYFS (2012).

All mini e-books are priced at £1.99 and are available on my Knutsford Childminding website.

Thank you!