-A unique child
-Developing positive relationships
-Enabling environments
- Learning and development
The way the child manages their emotions has prolonged consequences for further development of these areas. The setting in which I work in as a childcare practitioner is situated in Co. Kildare, it is a small community based crèche were the majority of the local children have attended. It is opened ten years ago and is a family run service, the setting has a baby, wobbler, toddler, preschool, Naoinra, Montessori and afterschool classes with a total of 120 children in …show more content…
A child with low self-esteem will benefit from group discussions for example circle time and will gain self-knowledge from their friends, this will give the child a chance to share their interests and knowledge about certain topics. Gender, special needs and poverty are some factors relating to self-esteem, children pick up on messages sent by adults they need to hear praise and positive comments about all children consistently. Children do not have to be praised just because they played well with their friends, if a child shares some family news they can be praised for sharing their home news with …show more content…
To support children in developing their friendship we need to praise them when they are working or playing nicely together. As a practitioner, I find circle time is great for group discussions and to play the activities the children are interested in doing. This makes the children develop confidence in directing their own learning by sharing their experiences with their friends, this creates a happy environment for the children to learn and play