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Images in the ECAT section of our website come from the National Strategies pdf documents: Every Child a Talker: Guidance for Early Language Lead Practitioners.
These documents are available from The National Strategies website.
ECAT Gypsy Roma Traveller Project Activity Evaluation
The examples in this section (see links on the right) are examples of activities which typically occur every day in Early Years settings and describe ways in which they can be used to promote children’s language development.
The activities are described using the four themes of the EYFS and they can be adapted to suit different ages. Each page outlines the ways in which practitioners can use the activity to support children’s language development at an appropriate level by recognising the Unique Child, building Positive Relationships, creating Enabling Environments and supporting the child’s Learning and Development.
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Planning
Learning and Development
Why these activities? What speech, language, communication skills are the focus?
- To talk about how they made their model in the correct sequence.
- To begin to evaluate their model, talking about how they could make their model even better.
A Unique Child who is valued and listened to:
How will you take account of the child’s development and experiences?
- To provide John with picture symbols and a board to sequence events.
- To take Jamie Lee into a quiet space to talk about his model as he finds it very distracting to work in the classroom.
Positive Relationships that build and support communication:
What will the adult do to support communication and learning? How will families be involved?
- What will the adult do to support communication and learning? How will families be involved?
- To ask questions to support the children when recounting the events and give them time to process the questions being asked. Again provide John with appropriate picture symbols to use when answering questions.
- For the children to take their models home along with a talking postcard describing what they have made and how they did it.
Enabling Environments
How will you use the resources? What activities will you use? Will you involve colleagues?
- Photos of the children have been taken making their models. Int the large book the photos have been displayed along with the children’s design sheets. Allow the children time to talk about how they made their model and how they could make it even better. Children to then record something to be played with their page of the book. Chn to be encouraged to extend their sentences where possible. Jamie Lee and John to both complete this activity on a one to one basis giving visual support where needed.
Evaluation
Resource Used
- Large photo book
Activity
- Children to talk about and evaluate their paper mache mini-beast models – recording something to go alongside the page with their design and photos of them making their model.
Evaluation
What worked well?
- Children loved talking about their models and by having the models to look at the children talked in detail about what they had done in the correct sequence.
- Children were highly motivated seeing their models/photos displayed in a book and all enjoyed looking at it on other occasions.
- They loved listening to their voices when played back and trying to guess who they could hear.
What changes would you make?
- Having the children in a quiet room to record their pieces as was hard to hear them with the background noise.
- Giving the children plenty of time to practice what they wanted to say as many of them forgot what they wanted to say when it came to recording.
Areas of Learning & Development
Which aspects and developmental stage did this provide evidence towards?
- FSP
- PSED
- DA 6, 7
- SD 3, 4
- ED 4
- LCT 3, 5
For more information please contact:
Sue Gold: Leeds Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement Service
0113 274 8050
Leeds Early Language Consultant; Tricia Bell
0113 295 118
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Project Examples
Further information
What is ECAT?
A national initiative to:
- raise children’s achievement in early language
- raise practitioners’ skills, knowledge and understanding
- increase parental understanding and involvement in children’s language development
22 early years settings across Leeds are now working with Leeds Early Language Consultant, Tricia Bell to implement the programme in its initial stages.