Weighting: 40%
Length: Five (5) Resources
Learning outcomes: 3 and 4
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Introduction
This assignment focuses on the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and its role in all early childhood education, care, quality teaching, and learning (Petit, 2020). Five different activities are planned for different age groups. These activities aims to enhance the learning of the children ages 0-5 years and through the school transition (Davis et al., 2015; DEEWR, 2009; Sumsion et al. 2009).These activities will help in the emotional and social development of kids and are meant for mainly in pre-school years (Salamon, 2011). An educator can contribute important educational experiences for all the children in their care with the help of these activities (Sheridan et al., 2009). These activities can enable educator to learn, takes the decision for organization of instructions, and design instructional strategies for early childhood curriculum (Saracho, 2006).
Resource 1 Oral Language - Infants
Name&Picture of resource: (Source: Aussie Childcare Network) Resource Kit: Flashcards Age Group:Infants | Rationale - (refer to literature) This resource will help infants to recognize things and sounds. Using the flashcard will help to teach infants about different things around them, their names, and recognize sounds. The kids will understand the most important aspects of oral language, i.e. phonics, at a very early age. They will recognize new sounds and alphabets ( Urquijo, 2012). | Explain ways resource can be used& teaching strategies that can be used - (refer to literature)
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Literacy Developmental Skills promoted by the resource – (refer to literature)
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| EYLF Learning Outcomes – (refer to literature) •Children will develop knowledgeable and confident self-identities (EYLF 1.3). •This resource is in line with outcome five, which focuses on effective communication and ensures that they interact verbally and non-verbally for various purposes (EYLF 5.1). |
Resource 2Storytelling - Toddlers
Name & Picture of resource: Age Group: Toddlers (2-3 years) Resource Kit: Story puppets and storybooks | Rationale - (refer to literature) The activity is planned to develop kids as a strong communicator and to develop their expressing skills. Storytelling is an effective tool in getting the children to understand circumstances, characters, and plot. They will learn to identify the parts of the story. Get learning at the end and make up their minds why they liked a certain character. It will enable after story discussion and assess how much the child understands the concept and put thought to it (Agosto, 2016). | Explain ways resource can be used & teaching strategies that can be used - (refer to literature)
•The use of pictures, puppets, and toys goes a long way in making an impact on the child, making them not forget the story and be a part of their learning always. Even using music or musical instruments can make it a fun and interesting activity to drive the point home. •The story's narration plays an important part for the child to visualize the story and feel that they live as you read it. It will help them grasp the plot easily and get engaged with what is being readout. •The gestures, mannerisms, and the raising and lowering of the voice will help the child to differentiate each character and how the personality of each of them brings alive a story that they can relate to (Byrne et al., 2019). |
Literacy Developmental Skills promoted by the resource – (refer to literature)•It is a great tool to improve listening skills and build on their grammar and language. •It will also enable children to know more about culture, indigenous, traditional stories that help them learn more about their roots and origins. | Explain how to guide children through the phases of: – (refer to literature)
| EYLF Learning Outcomes – (refer to literature) This activity will help children to share their thoughts, ideas, and views. These activities will fulfil ELYF outcome 5. Children are effective communicators-
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Resource 3 Digital Technology – Pre-schoolers
Name & Picture of resource: (Source: Fairy Tales and Stories for Kids) Resource Kit: A video of the story with drawing sheets. The resource to be used will include a story video with songs and a drawing book. Other resources required are a whiteboard, projector, laptop, and other associated devices. Age group: Preschooler ( 3 to 5 years) | Rationale - (refer to literature) This resource is aimed to use technology to enhance the learning experience of children. They will learn to recollect thoughts and ideasthrough visual aids. Apart from it, the children will learn to express themselves and become effective communicators. The resource tohelp enhance their imagination and creativity (Byrne et al., 2019). | Explain ways resource can be used & teaching strategies that can be used - (refer to literature) The activity includes a video, songs, and a drawing book related to the story. Videos of different stories can be used to teach different concepts. The drawing book is also included with the resource. The educator can plan various activities like enacting characters, storytelling and role-play. Apart from its discussion sessions can also be planned. Teaching Strategies:
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Literacy Developmental Skills promoted by the resource – (refer to literature)
| Describe how you will use the resource to explore Multiliteracies: – (refer to literature) Functional User: They will understand to function to attain final goals by relating to the story. Meaning Maker: children will learn various lessons from the stories, thus can learn to understand the meaning. Critical Analyser: They will learn to analyse different situation and can use them in their life. Transformer: They will learn to initiate the change and importance of good deeds. | EYLF Learning Outcomes – (refer to literature)
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Resource 4 Critical Literacy – Pre-schoolers
Name & Picture of resource: (Source: Eslkids, 2020) Resource Kit: It contains various worksheets of analytical skills Age Group: preschoolers (3-5 years) | Rationale - (refer to literature) The resource is targeted for preschoolers, and it aims towards developing critical thinking and cognitive skills in the children( Rogers, 2015). These worksheets will help in developing reasoning, analytical skills, and logic. | Explain ways resource can be used & teaching strategies that can be used - (refer to literature) Resources used will be various worksheets with the picture. These worksheets can be matching picture, finding the odd one out, or searching the similar pictures. Teaching Strategies: The educator can use various sheets which will help in developing the thinking and analytical skills of the kids. The educator can use these sheets to teach opposites, action words, naming words, commonly used things, and many more. Further, these sheets can be used in teaching many other aspects like seasons, festivals, etc. For example, the sheet can be used to encircle things used in winters and so on. Thus this will help enhance the knowledge of the kids. |
Literacy Developmental Skills promoted by the resource – (refer to literature) The resource will help in developing cognitive skills, reasoning, and intellectual aspects of the kids (Ewing, 2016; Fellowes et al., 2014). | Describe how the resource can teach 3 critical literacy approaches: – (refer to literature) Deconstruction: they will learn to answer questions like what, why when and thus learn construction. Reconstruction: They will learn to answer various questions and thus learn this critical literacy milestone. Juxtaposition: They will learn to compare things, opposite and other aspects. | EYLF Learning Outcomes – (refer to literature)
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Resource 5 Writing – Foundational Year
Name & Picture of resource: (Source: 1989 Generation Initiative) Resource Kit: Writing sheets Age Group: Preschoolers (3-5 years) | Rationale - (refer to literature) The sheets are useful in helping children to write their thought in words. These sheets will also help in recollecting their thoughts and observations of their surroundings. | Explain ways resource can be used & teaching strategies that can be used - (refer to literature) Here children will be encouraged to practice writing about themselves, their surroundings, friends, and family. Teaching Strategies:
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Literacy Developmental Skills promoted by the resource – (refer to literature) The activity will help kids to learn basic writing skills.This will develop basic writing skills like spellings, correct pronunciation,and correct formation of alphabets (Olivia, 2017). | How to guide children through the four components of writing: – (refer to literature) The writing context: They will learn to write about themselves, friends, family and surrounding. The text form: They will learn new words and writing skills. The process and strategies: The will learn to form sentences and express their thoughts in words. The conventions: They will be accustomed with the basics of writing . | ACARA Learning Outcomes (Australian Curriculum) – (refer to literature) Learning Outcomes
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Conclusion:
The period from birth to age five is recognized as a crucial time for the development of the basis for thinking, behaving, and emotional well-being. It is suggested from child development experts thatin this duration, children develop cognitive,emotional,linguistic, social, and regulatory skills, and these skills also predict their later activity in various domains. The EYLF is based on Belonging, Being, and Becoming and formulated to improve the learning of children from 0-5 years of age. This framework significantly influenced the learning environment of all the children below five years of age. Early childhood teachers are asked to possess an understanding of child development and different issues related to early education.The activities for the children are planned according to different age groups. In this framework, the educator plays an important role in the proper development of early childhood learning skills. There is high accountability for the outcomes and limited resources for professional development.