As early years practitioners, we need to reflect on how what we provide on a daily basis and the surroundings we offer can support and strengthen young children's thinking.
We are on the right lines if we trust children, encouraging them to work together and giving them time and space, real problems to solve and a rich range of stuff to work with, while providing an environment that makes thinking prominent.
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
We know that young children are more likely to invest their energies, ideas and initiative when they are trusted to take responsibility and are making their own decisions and choices, rather than simply responding to adult requirements. This implies that a programme should include plenty of scope for child-initiated activity on a daily basis.
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