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emotional and psychological development of children
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3291C – Foster the emotional and psychological development of children Learning Outcome 1 & 2 1. - The child’s independence & autonomy are fostered through a range of different self-help skills at various levels. - There is a home corner with dress ups where children can practise dressing themselves or the dolls that are provided. - At meal times there is a pleasant homelike environment where older toddlers are given a spoon and encourages to feed themselves, and preschoolers to serve their own food as well as pour their own water. - Children who are capable are encouraged to dress themselves and get up & down from the change bench. - Lucy (18 months) is encouraged and has her effort acknowledge when trying to put her shoes on and do up the velcro straps. She is made aware of assistance if she needs it so she is not being setup to fail. - Danny (4 years old) is encouraged to get the floor cloth and clean up the paint he spilt, with the help of a teacher. - The children’s independence & autonomy is allowing children to attempt tasks for themselves no matter how messy it may get and they are offered assistance when needed to support the learning process. - Fleur (4 years) is encouraged to wheel her own wheel chair independently throughout the room and encouraged when succeeded (eg you got your chair all the way around all these blocks on the floor!) 2. - Children are given opportunities to make appropriate choices throughout their daily routine. - Children are able to make decisions about what equipment they would like to use because they are put on easily accessible shelves for children to pick and choose. - Infants are encouraged to feed themselves but if they choose not to then a caregiver also has a spoon to feed them with. - Children are encouraged to choose their own food & a plate / bowl. - The children are also able to make the decision about what colour cup they would like to drink their water from. - Lucy (18 months) is able to make the decision to put her own shoes on without help from an offering caregiver. - Three preschoolers, Madison, Shona and Shane are able to solve their problem in the block corner by making choices about how to keep the babies from knocking their structures over and eventually came to a solution. - Being able to make their own choices fosters the children’s independence. IT is important because it gives a child a sense of responsability and a better understanding of decision making and its consequences. 3. - The children are given an opportunity to participate in decision making in their daily routine at the Centre. - At meal time children are able to make decisions about their meal, the colour of the bowl, what they want to eat or perhaps if they would like to eat. - Lucy (18 months) is given the opportunity to make a decision of how to keep the babies away from their bricks.
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