Channelside – Early Years and Education

Considering a career in education or childcare? Complete the tasks below to get a head start in the exciting world of early years education.

Click here to download a Word document of these tasks.

Please bring your completed work to your first lesson.

In every area of education and childcare, we need to have an understanding of how children develop, and the sequence in which this happens.

This allows us to plan learning to enhance each area of development through play or structured lessons, and also allows us to see where children may struggle in certain areas, allowing us to put extra support in where needed.

Task 1: Name the areas of development

1. P…………..
2. S…………….and E…………………
3. C……………………
4. C……………….and L……………………

Task 2: Write a sentence to explain what each area of development means.

Task 3: Using the internet, research each area of development and show the sequence, or pattern, of how children develop from birth to 5 years old.

For example, at what age do children sit up without support?