Understanding schemas in young children : again! again! / written by Stella Louis and Sally Featherstone with additional material by Liz Magraw ... [et. al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Louis, Stella.

Contributor:

Magraw, Liz.

Featherstone, Sally.

Series:

Early years library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education--Activity programs--Great Britain.

Early childhood education.

Early childhood education--Curricula--Great Britain.

Schemas (Psychology) in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

New ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Featherstone Education, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What are schemas and why do they matter? Again! Again! provides an introduction to understanding and supporting schemas and schema play in young children. Practitioners will find an overview of schemas with guidance on where they fit within the EYFS. There are examples of schemas, with illustrations and descriptions of common behaviour patterns, and these are set within the general context of child development. The intention is to help early years practitioners identify schemas and to understand both how important they are and the vital role they play in the growing child's learning. The aim i

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; 1 What is a schema?; 2 Schemas - the theory; 3 Schema play in the Revised Early Years Foundation Stage and therevised version of Development Matters; 4 The development of schemas in children's play and learning; 5 Supporting children's schema play; 6 More than one schema; 7 Look, listen and note; 8 Using observations of schemas in planning - an example of practice; 9 Examples of planning and observation schedules used at Merrivale; 10 Working with other practitioners and settings; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Previous ed.: published as by Stella Louis ... [et al.]. 2008.

ISBN:

1-4081-9435-X

OCLC:

845255625