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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Principles

Principles

* Finding opportunities to give positive encouragement to children, with practitioners acting as positive role models (p28)

* Ensuring that there is time and space for children to focus on activities and experiences and develop their own interests (p28)

Early learning goals

* Continue to be interested, excited and motivated to learn (p32)

* Be confident to try new activities, initiate ideas and speak in a familiar group (p32)

Stepping stones

* Have a positive approach to new experiences (p32)

* Display high levels of involvement in activities (p32)

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

Principles

* Providing opportunities for children to see adults writing and for children to experiment with writing for themselves through making marks, personal writing symbols and conventional script (p44)

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