In her seminar at the Nursery World Show, Helen Moylett of National Strategies provided some thought-provoking guidance on how practitioners can approach observation, planning and assessment under the EYFS. She urged them to observe what children can do rather than what they can't, and to accept that no plan is forever or for all children.
Ms Moylett also addressed ways of thinking. 'Good thinkers don't think in boxes. They return to things and ideas; they are tentative but confident.'
One of her reading recommendations was Peter Hobson's The Cradle of Thought: Exploring the Origins of Thinking (Pan Books). This book features as preparatory reading for the Open University's postgraduate course, 'Understanding children's development and learning'. This distance learning course counts towards an MA. There is no residential school and group tutorials are optional.
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