Supporting learning and development

Supporting learning and development

You can use these materials to help you develop your work with young children. They focus on children’s learning and the adult’s role in supporting, extending and initiating experiences. These materials are suitable for Early Years practitioners, leaders and managers.

• Children thinking mathematically: PSRN essential knowledge for Early Years practitioners

  Read about important considerations for children’s learning in Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy (PSRN) in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). There are chapters on each aspect of PSRN as well as on enabling environments and children’s mathematical graphics.

• Confident, capable and creative: Supporting boys' achievements

  Find strategies that will help to narrow the gap between boys and girls and support gender equality in Early Years settings. These materials aim to help practitioners support boys and feature examples of effective practice and advice.

• Numbers and patterns: Laying foundations in mathematics

  Find out ways of planning your mathematics provision to help children secure key mathematical ideas. The materials have a strong focus on number, particularly counting, and children’s developing understanding of the patterns that underpin early work within this aspect of mathematics. This is aimed at Early Years practitioners and those working in lower Key Stage 1.

• Learning, playing and interacting: Good practice in the EYFS

  Find out how you can support and enhance young children’s learning by selecting from a range of strategies, matching what you do to the needs of children and identifying the best way for them to learn at that time. This booklet will help you to develop your understanding of Early Years pedagogy and to be able to share this with parents and carers.