Why do you like working with children?
“Working with children has reminded me of how amazing and exciting the world can be. I love seeing things from their eyes. It makes me a happier and more positive person in my day-to-day life. Children also encourage me to use my imagination and find new creative ways to do things!”
What skills and qualities do you need to work in childcare?
Skills and qualities of childcare workers.
- Be creative and imaginative.
- Able to plan and deliver activities that are stimulating and interesting to the children you are working with.
- Be a ‘get-up-and-go’ type of person as well as being eager and having a caring attitude.
What is your strength in childcare?
Patience. Patience is a key strength all child care workers must possess and which many develop on the job. Working with young children all day can be challenging and stressful. A child care worker must be able to stay calm when dealing with both screaming children and protective parents.
What are your duty of care responsibilities in childcare?
Your duty of care is your legal duty to take reasonable care to avoid others being harmed. First, you must take steps to identify risks: any reasonably likely harmful effects of your actions and inactions. (The law calls this reasonable foreseeability).
What are the roles of early childhood?
Share this: Neurological research shows that the early years play a key role in children’s brain development. Children’s early experiences – the bonds they form with their parents and their first learning experiences – deeply affect their future physical, cognitive, emotional and social development.
What are the 7 areas of the Foundation Phase?
The seven Areas of Learning are: • Personal and Social Development, Well-being and Cultural Diversity • Language, Literacy and Communication Skills (revised to include the literacy component of the LNF) • Mathematical Development (revised to include the numeracy component of the LNF) • Welsh Language Development • …
What are the four specific areas of learning?
The four Specific areas are:
- Literacy.
- Mathematics.
- Understanding the world.
- Expressive arts and design.
What are areas of learning?
7 Areas of Learning
- Communication and Language.
- Physical Development.
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
- Literacy.
- Mathematics.
- Understanding the World.
- Expressive Arts.