Nursery World - Positive attitudes

Personal, social and emotional development underpins all of a young child's learning Every one of us is born with a personality - with our own package of attributes that helps to determine what sort of a person we become. But perhaps it's not so much what we are born with, it's what we do with our innate qualities that shapes us as a person. The type of person we become colours all else that we do in life.

Every one of us is born with a personality - with our own package of attributes that helps to determine what sort of a person we become. But perhaps it's not so much what we are born with, it's what we do with our innate qualities that shapes us as a person. The type of person we become colours all else that we do in life.

Positive personal, social and emotional development (PS&ED) is fundamental if a child is to lead a happy and successful life. PS&ED is intentionally placed as the first of the areas of learning in the QCA's Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, as it underpins all other learning.

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