The Pre-Birth to Three Curriculum
Pre-Birth to Three: Positive Outcomes for Scotland’s Children and Families is a document introduced by the Scottish Office, in association with Learning and Teaching Scotland to provide guidance for all those whose work, involves caring for babies and young children. The four key features of Pre-Birth to Three are closely linked:
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Rights of the Child
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Relationships
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Responsive Care
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Respect
Our nursery staff work very closely with the Pre-Birth to Three documents to provide the quality experiences children under 3 years need: from feeding, cuddles and nappy changing to sensory experiences, outdoor play and music.
Parents can keep up to date with their children's learning and development through their learning journals. Once your child has commenced their placement, we will forward you details in how you can login to your child’s individual journal.
Your Child’s Progress (Pre-Birth to Three)
The staff members at Babes in the Wood Nursery monitor and record each child’s progress. For children aged 0 to 3 years the following areas of development are observed by our staff:
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Physical Development – the most important area of physical development for very young children is to have their physical needs met: warmth, nutrition and health care. Children from birth to three will go through many stages of large physical development including: learning to roll over, sit up, crawl, walk, run and jump. Fine motor skills are also very important beginning with grasping rattles through to holding a pencil or crayon.
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Social Development – from birth children enjoy social interaction through cuddles, eye contact and facial expressions. Social development also involves your child becoming more independent in feeding, dressing, toileting and expressing their thoughts and feelings.
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Cognitive Development – very young children use all 5 senses to make discoveries about the world around them. Repetitive learning experiences are very important for children under 3 years old as their memory is still developing. Cognitive development includes: language development, recognition of colours, simple problem solving, basic counting skills and matching and sorting skills.
All children are treated as individuals. We recognise that each child will develop at their own pace therefore developmental stages are used as guidance only.
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