Everything you need to know about child development and play based pedagogy

Upstart invites you to join our fantastic Kym Scott 9 part course:

‘Everything you need to know about child development and play based pedagogy’

All 9 sessions for £50.

You will learn about the role that physical, linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional development play throughout early childhood and will explore the complex influences that shape the lives of children including how play supports children’s development and learning, and the impact of enabling adults and effective environments, and how these can look in practice.

Particular focus will be paid to how adults can assess and support the learning of young children in developmentally appropriate, naturalistic ways, through play and meaningful real-life experiences.

In these nine sessions, Kym will take delegates through a journey of establishing what children really need from their settings and schools to support their learning; how they develop; what to look for when observing children’s play, and how to use the information gained to impact on children’s learning both immediately and going forward.

Practitioners will gain a blend of child development theory, neuroscientific insights, literacy and mathematics subject knowledge, strong pedagogy in terms of the environment and the adult role, and lots of practical examples of what excellent play-based practice looks like in reality, through numerous videos and photos. There will be opportunities for interaction, reflection, questions and the sharing of good practice, plus a gap task between each session.

Target audience: All practitioners and leaders working in EYCs, schools, and daycare with children from 0-8.

Full course information available here: https://upstart.scot/kymscott/

Course dates and themes:

Mon 18th September 2023 4-5.30pm

Session 1 - Play, assessment and learning

Mon 23rd October 2023 4-5.30pm

Session 2 - Engaging environments

Mon 20th November 2023 4-5.30pm

Session 3 - Enabling adults and their role in supporting children’s play

Mon 4th December 4-5.30pm

Session 4 - Emotional Development

Mon 22nd January 4-5.30pm

Session 5 - Social Development

Mon 5th February 4-5.30pm

Session 6 - Language

Mon 4th March 4-5.30pm

Session 7 - Cognitive Development

Mon 22nd April 4-5.30pm

Session 8 - Physical Development/Outdoor learning

Mon 20th May 4-5.30pm

Session 9 - Literacy and mathematics

Full course information available here: https://upstart.scot/kymscott/

About Kym Scott:

Kym is an established conference speaker, trainer and consultant in the field of early years education. She began her career over 30 years ago, working in a rural pre-school and then as a nanny in London before going on to train as a teacher. She went on to head up the Early Years team at Lewisham council, with responsibility for the quality of education and care of all children from birth to 5 across the authority.

She is now a freelance consultant, working with schools and settings across the UK and overseas. As well as running her own online early years professional learning platform, The Place to Learn, Kym is also co-founder of PressPlay, an international learning network that supports schools to take play into primary age phase and beyond. She is a passionate advocate of play and the impact that high quality relationships, interactions and learning environments have on children’s learning and life chances. A key feature of Kym’s work is her ability to adapt her work carefully to her specific audience, incorporating local curricula, documentation, and issues. As a result, she is in demand as a speaker in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as in the international community.