birth to three confused

[stacie1985]

hello I have recieved my pack and watched the dvd and read through the cards i understand what they say but i dont understand how i can put this down on paper to show ofsted how i will use it could anyone help me or advise me prob being very dumb but finding it hard to get my head round thanku

[carolinel]

Hi
You're not being dumb at all, or if you are then that must mean I am too... I have been on the birth to three awareness course and have got all the books but still am flummuxed as to how to implement the framework. Here's hoping someone can explain it to us in laymans terms!!

[janet]

ALL I DO IS TAKE LOTS AND LOTS OF PICS PLACE THEM ON THE WALL AND LINK TO THE COMPONENTS E.G BABY SIT IN THE HIGHCHAIR EATING, IS A HEALTHY CHILD, GROWING AND DEVELOPING , BEING WELL NURISHED. A PIC OF A CHILD SINGING AND DANCING CAN BE BOTH A COMPETENT LEARNER OR A SKIFUL COMMUNICATOR. I HAVE A BIG NOTICE BOARD AND JUST WRITE IN WHATEVER COLOUR COMPONENT THE SAME COLOURED PEN, NEXT TO THE PIC. MY COORDINATOR HAD A LOOK AT IT AND SHE SAID IT WAS FINE HOPE THAT HELPS IT CAN BE VERY HEAD BASHING

[angeldelight]

They are good points made by Janet

I have a lot more information but it will take me a while to type up so If no one else does it I will come back later this evening and do it for you

I have a hectic day today 5 children

Angel xx

[banana]

I too am a bit confused but i made up a progress folder last night for the little girl I mind and am going to start it from today.

I have a lever arch file and have used dividers for each section of birth to three. I am going to used pictures, observation sheets and any pieces of work she makes in my care to put into the folder. I guess the hardest thing is knowing that you are doing oit correctly - but im sure Ofsted wont hold back in telling me if its wrong!

[angeldelight]

I have not forgot about you all

I will be back later this evening to hopefully give you some advice

Angel xx

[angeldelight]

If you do activities - playing, playing with sand, reading books, building with bricks, singing, playing board games , doing jigsaws and many more of your own ideas and then look at all the pointers and use them and observe to check the child's development during that activity you can then use them in your birth to three

You could use just short notes if you want

So by playing / observing you could ask yourself these type of questions and put the answers after you have observed

Hope this helps it is very difficult to explain what I mean but I hope you understand


There are 4 different components to each stage

A STRONG CHILD
A SKILFUL COMMUNICATOR
A COMPETENT LEARNER
A HEALTHY CHILD

I will post them in the the Birth to Three section separately in each of their headings to make it easier to just read the one you are after

Angel xx