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Supporting babies and toddlers

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The first two years of a child’s life are a time of incredible change and development. This free course helps practitioners to understand these changes and explore how they can support babies and toddlers in early childhood settings. This course draws on research and expertise from early childhood academics at The Open University and professionals at Early Years Wales.Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University’s Early Years courses and qualifications.

Syllabus

  • Introduction and guidance
  • Introduction
  • Moving around the course
  • Acknowledgements
  • Week 1: The incredible years
  • 1 What babies can do
  • 1.1 Reflexes
  • 1.2 Senses
  • 1.2.1 Proprioception
  • 1.2.2 Vestibular
  • 2 Listening to babies’ voices
  • Summary of Week 1
  • Further resources
  • References
  • Week 2: Building the brain
  • 1 How babies learn
  • 1.1 Piaget
  • 1.2 Vygotsky
  • 2 The brain–body connection
  • 2.1 Supporting children to get moving
  • 2.2 Physical development
  • 3 Risk and challenge
  • Summary of Week 2
  • Week 3: Playing
  • 1 Learning to play: schema
  • 2 The importance of floor play
  • 3 Treasure Baskets
  • 4 Loose parts
  • Summary of Week 3
  • Week 4: Making connections
  • 1 Why relationships matter: attachment
  • 2 A sense of self
  • 3 Self-regulation
  • 4 Identity and belonging
  • Summary of Week 4
  • Week 5: Building relationships
  • 1 Building positive relationships
  • 2 Children’s relationships
  • 3 Families and friends
  • 4 Key person
  • Summary of Week 5
  • Week 6: Putting it into practice
  • 1 Observing, planning and recording
  • 1.1 Types of observation and recording
  • Narrative
  • Sampling
  • Checklist
  • Tracking
  • Observation descriptions
  • 1.2 Using and sharing observations and records
  • 2 Reflective practice
  • 2.1 What is reflective practice?
  • Summary of Week 6
  • Course summary

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