Children's Play, Learning and Development
Overview
BTEC National Diploma in Children’s Play, Learning and Development
(Equivalent to 3 Advanced Levels)
Units are taught on a rotational basis 9 units in each year.
2017-18 (9 Units)
Unit 1: Children’s Development
Unit 2: Development of Children’s Communication, Literacy and Numeracy Skills
Unit 3 Play and Learning
Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Early Years Practice
Unit 6: Children’s Physical Development, Care and Health Needs
Unit 7: Children’s Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Unit 10: Reflective Practice
Unit 12: Children’s Development Outdoors
Unit 14: Career Development in the Early Years Sector
2018-19 (9 Units)
Unit 1: Children’s Development
Unit 2: Development of Children’s Communication, Literacy and Numeracy Skills
Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Early Years Practice
Unit 5: Keeping Children Safe
Unit 8: Working with Parents and Others in Early Years
Unit 9: Observation, Assessment and Planning
Unit 11: The Early Years Foundation Stage
Unit 18 Working With Children Under 3 Years
Unit 15: Children’s Imaginative Play and Creativity
Sources of information for Unit 3
Text books/Internet
Cooper, L. and Doherty, J., Physical Development (Supporting Development in the
Early Years Foundation Stage), Continuum, 2010 (ISBN 978-1-441192-44-8)
Tassoni, P., Penny Tassoni’s Continued Success with the EYFS, Heinemann, 2010
(ISBN 978-0-435032-59-3)
Tassoni, P., Baker, B. and Squire, G. (ed.), BTEC National Children’s Play, Learning and Development Student Book 1, Pearson Education, 2014 (ISBN 978-1-447970- 96-5)
Early Years Educator (www.earlyyearseducator.co.uk)
Nursery World (www.nurseryworld.co.uk)
Sources of information for Unit 6
Textbook
Tassoni, P., Baker, B. and Squire, G. (2012) BTEC National Children's Play, Learning and Development Student Book 1, Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd., ISBN 978 1 44690 134 2.
Websites
www.bury.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4683&p=0
Guidance for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage supporting children who are learning English as an additional language
www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=119
Website for Earlychildhood NEWS
Website for speech and communication therapy
www.livestrong.com/article/201440-the-effects-of-environment-on-early-language-development/
Article exploring the effects of environment on early language development
