Baby Quality Toolkit Taster Pages
Baby Quality Toolkit Taster Pages
Baby Quality Toolkit Taster Pages
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Contents<br />
• Foreword 2<br />
Section 1<br />
• Introduction 5<br />
• What is it like for me here grid 8<br />
• Top Tips for practitioners working with babies 10<br />
Section 2 – Activities<br />
• Introduction 12<br />
• Developmental quiz 13<br />
• How well do you really know your babies? 14<br />
• Tuning into the environment 15<br />
• The role of the key person 17<br />
• What is it like for me here? 18<br />
• Holistic observation 19<br />
• Partnership with parents/carers 20<br />
• The role of the practitioners 21<br />
• Attachment 22<br />
• You can’t do that with babies, or can you? 23<br />
Section 3 – Audits and Resources<br />
• Introduction to the audits 25<br />
3.1 Leadership and Management<br />
• Audit 27<br />
• Amazing babies 29<br />
• Growing and supporting your baby room 30<br />
• Observing adult/babies communications 31<br />
• Reflecting on daily routines 33<br />
• Top Tips for daily routines 35<br />
• Resource Directory 36<br />
3.2 Inclusion<br />
• Audit 38<br />
• Inclusion resource 40<br />
• Top tips for identifying and supporting babies 41<br />
• Inclusion audit 42<br />
• Resource directory 43<br />
3.3 Environment<br />
• Audit 45<br />
• Reflecting on the environment 47<br />
• Outdoors 49<br />
• Books for babies 50<br />
• Collections to support mathematical<br />
development 51<br />
• Resource Directory 52<br />
3.4 Learning and Development<br />
• Audit 54<br />
• Experiences for babies 56<br />
• Treasure baskets 59<br />
• Long term planning for routines<br />
Nappy changing 60<br />
• Blank long term planning 61<br />
• Resource Directory 62<br />
3.5 Characteristics of Effective Learning<br />
• Audit 64<br />
• Top Tips for Characteristics of<br />
Effective Learning 66<br />
• Schemas 67<br />
• Resource Directory 69<br />
3.6 Personal and Social Development<br />
• Audit 71<br />
• Role of the key person 73<br />
• Observing an effective key person system 74<br />
• Reflecting on grouptimes 76<br />
• What is it like for me at group times 78<br />
• Resource Directory 80<br />
3.7 Communication and Language<br />
• Audit 82<br />
• Communication friendly audit 84<br />
• Top Tips for communications 85<br />
• Traditional songs and rhymes 86<br />
• Top tips for engaging babies at singing times 88<br />
• Resource Directory 89<br />
3.8 Physical Development<br />
• Audit 91<br />
• What is it like for me at mealtimes 93<br />
• Top tips for snack and mealtimes 95<br />
• Top tips for physically active play<br />
environments 96<br />
• Resource Directory 97<br />
3.9 Working in Partnership<br />
• Audit 99<br />
• Building relationships with families 101<br />
• Top tips for working in partnership 102<br />
• Wow stars 103<br />
• Resource Directory 104<br />
3.10 Transitions<br />
• Audit 106<br />
• Evaluating transitions 108<br />
• Top tips for transition 109<br />
• All about me 110<br />
• All about me guidance 113<br />
• Resource Directory 119<br />
Section Four –<br />
Development Planning<br />
• Development planning introduction 121<br />
• Development Plan 122<br />
• Case study format 125<br />
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