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Event & Time Sampling: Observation Technique
This film will support you in understanding what the difference is between an event and a time sample observation. It will also show you how to use them most effectively in your practice and how to evaluate your observations, in a clear and easy to understand way.
Learning how to do Event or Time Sample observatio...
This film will support you in understanding what the difference is between an event and a time sample observation. It will also show you how to use them most effectively in your practice and how to evaluate your observations, in a clear and easy to understand way.
Learning how to do Event or Time Sample observations is as easy as child’s play with this unique film. Throughout the film you will see practical examples of both techniques being use...
This film will support you in understanding what the difference is between an event and a time sample observation. It will also show you how to use them most effectively in your practice and how to evaluate your observations, in a clear and easy to understand way.
Learning how to do Event or Time Sample observations is as easy as child’s play with this unique film. Throughout the film you will see practical examples of both techniques being used and you will have the opportunity to join in and practice your own observations.
The uninterrupted sequences focusing on individual children provides you with the perfect format for observing child behaviour at an increased level of detail, being able to repeat as often as needed.
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Learning through Play: The 3 to 4 Year Old
The insightful narrative and attentive filming thoroughly explores how, through careful observation of children at play, you can gain a deeper understanding of their interests and how they learn best.
Filmed over a whole year, this documentary follows a 3-year-old boy called Seb, busy playing in a wide variety of...
The insightful narrative and attentive filming thoroughly explores how, through careful observation of children at play, you can gain a deeper understanding of their interests and how they learn best.
Filmed over a whole year, this documentary follows a 3-year-old boy called Seb, busy playing in a wide variety of settings – on his own, with his mum, in a group and with a friend enjoying indoor and outdoor play around his home and at nursery. As...
The insightful narrative and attentive filming thoroughly explores how, through careful observation of children at play, you can gain a deeper understanding of their interests and how they learn best.
Filmed over a whole year, this documentary follows a 3-year-old boy called Seb, busy playing in a wide variety of settings – on his own, with his mum, in a group and with a friend enjoying indoor and outdoor play around his home and at nursery. As we follow him over the year, you are able to gain a real insight into his leaps in development and how best to support this.
Each chapter explores how all of Seb’s playful activity involves many aspects of the characteristics of effective learning. So becomes clear and easy to relate to how both his attitude towards learning and all of his areas of development are supported by his rich play experiences. We look at how you can apply this to the EYFS in a straightforward and easy to understand way.
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Life at Two: Attachments, Key People and Development
Life at Two follows Ava, a typical two year old for a year, both at home and nursery. We have captured all of her highs and lows as she deals with the emotional aspects of change involved in being two. You will also see the importance of good relationships with key attachment figures and how they affect overall de...
Life at Two follows Ava, a typical two year old for a year, both at home and nursery. We have captured all of her highs and lows as she deals with the emotional aspects of change involved in being two. You will also see the importance of good relationships with key attachment figures and how they affect overall development. As the year progresses for Ava, we also explore how her independence increases from the security of a safe base.
The film sh...
Life at Two follows Ava, a typical two year old for a year, both at home and nursery. We have captured all of her highs and lows as she deals with the emotional aspects of change involved in being two. You will also see the importance of good relationships with key attachment figures and how they affect overall development. As the year progresses for Ava, we also explore how her independence increases from the security of a safe base.
The film shows her playing, dressing herself, socialising, having tantrums, starting and settling into nursery and how, throughout this year, she becomes increasingly aware of her feelings.
This film will help you come to understand why forming close, trusting relationships with adults is so important to overall development and learning and why key person relationships are vital in the nursery environment.
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Toddlers Outdoors: Play, learning & development
Toddlers thrive outdoors. They’ve just learned to walk and the outdoors for them is filled with new things to discover every day. Their curiosity about the world around them is endless. From the tiniest stone or the smallest hole to the excitement of a hill or the force of the wind, toddlers need the variety and...
Toddlers thrive outdoors. They’ve just learned to walk and the outdoors for them is filled with new things to discover every day. Their curiosity about the world around them is endless. From the tiniest stone or the smallest hole to the excitement of a hill or the force of the wind, toddlers need the variety and stimulation that’s found outdoors. Outdoors they are enthusiastic learners, constantly investigating and experimenting with their wo...
Toddlers thrive outdoors. They’ve just learned to walk and the outdoors for them is filled with new things to discover every day. Their curiosity about the world around them is endless. From the tiniest stone or the smallest hole to the excitement of a hill or the force of the wind, toddlers need the variety and stimulation that’s found outdoors. Outdoors they are enthusiastic learners, constantly investigating and experimenting with their world.
In this film we follow six children as they explore their outdoor world as we closely observe what things interest them most and why. We explore how the outdoors perfectly supports their physical, emotional, social and cognitive development. Throughout each of the toddlers adventure we examine the importance for a ‘safe base’ from which the young can explore secure in the thought that a trusted adult is always close by to offer reassurance and support.
Made in collaboration with with Jan White an early years outdoors specialist, we present all current research and theories on outdoor play in a straightforward, easy to understand way. The comprehensive accompanying notes, written by Jan White, help link the developmental theory with practice, expanding on information given in the film and include lots of prompts for developing practice.
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The wonder year: First year development & shaping the brain
You will gain a real insight into how Orson’s interactions with those closest to him really support his learning and development as we expand on what is behind simple, everyday events. Sensitive filming throughout the first year enables you to witness the attachment relationship grow and develop between Orson, h...
You will gain a real insight into how Orson’s interactions with those closest to him really support his learning and development as we expand on what is behind simple, everyday events. Sensitive filming throughout the first year enables you to witness the attachment relationship grow and develop between Orson, his mother, and his close family members. The warm and loving relationships he experiences is evident.
We take an in depth look at all key...
You will gain a real insight into how Orson’s interactions with those closest to him really support his learning and development as we expand on what is behind simple, everyday events. Sensitive filming throughout the first year enables you to witness the attachment relationship grow and develop between Orson, his mother, and his close family members. The warm and loving relationships he experiences is evident.
We take an in depth look at all key stages of his development, covering topics such as early brain development, understanding a baby’s needs, parents’ or carers responsiveness, relationships and emotional attachments, how a baby begins to explore their world and develop a sense of curiosity, communication, attention, gesturing, object permanence, learning, play and exploration. With clear commentary, animations of brain activity and interviews with Maria Robinson – the theory jumps into life in an engaging and comprehensive way.
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Attachment & Holistic Development: The first year
The development of a secure attachment relationship is a crucial part of early development. Through careful observation of early relationships all other areas of development are observed as well. This film shows baby Orson as he develops through his first twelve months. The sequences show mum, dad, 6 year old son,...
The development of a secure attachment relationship is a crucial part of early development. Through careful observation of early relationships all other areas of development are observed as well. This film shows baby Orson as he develops through his first twelve months. The sequences show mum, dad, 6 year old son, and their new baby boy, Orson. They stretch over a whole year and show a wide range of development – from the first primitive reflex...
The development of a secure attachment relationship is a crucial part of early development. Through careful observation of early relationships all other areas of development are observed as well. This film shows baby Orson as he develops through his first twelve months. The sequences show mum, dad, 6 year old son, and their new baby boy, Orson. They stretch over a whole year and show a wide range of development – from the first primitive reflexes to the grasping of object permanence and from the first eye contact after birth to fully developed attachment relationships.
These sequences can be used to observe the main shifts in skills and abilities – physical, social and cognitive – common to babies in their first year. You can analyse how attachment relationships build up and how affection, responsiveness and consistency affect them. At the same time you can see how development is holistic and that cognitive development is not separate from emotional, social development and communication.
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Exploratory Play
This kind of play is commonly called ‘heuristic play’ and is often presented as a treasure basket. By observing these sequences of children at play you will see various examples of developing concentration which in turn indicates the development of each child’s cognitive ability at each stage. This study mak...
This kind of play is commonly called ‘heuristic play’ and is often presented as a treasure basket. By observing these sequences of children at play you will see various examples of developing concentration which in turn indicates the development of each child’s cognitive ability at each stage. This study makes it easy for you to analyse and record the evolution of each child’s learning processes taking place during these heuristic play sessions.
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This kind of play is commonly called ‘heuristic play’ and is often presented as a treasure basket. By observing these sequences of children at play you will see various examples of developing concentration which in turn indicates the development of each child’s cognitive ability at each stage. This study makes it easy for you to analyse and record the evolution of each child’s learning processes taking place during these heuristic play sessions.
Following the same children as they grow older also offers a you a wonderful opportunity to observe how their learning and schematic processes develop and evolve over time. The sequences are suitable for practicing various observational techniques, several objectives for observations are suggested in the user notes that are supplied with the film.
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Falling Out
Clashes are very frequent for the under 5′s and adults often find children’s disputes hard to cope with. But sometimes moving in and breaking up conflicts denies children the essential experience of learning how to deal with these situations themselves. By standing back and watching, this documentary film enco...
Clashes are very frequent for the under 5′s and adults often find children’s disputes hard to cope with. But sometimes moving in and breaking up conflicts denies children the essential experience of learning how to deal with these situations themselves. By standing back and watching, this documentary film encourages practitioners to reflect on what social skills children need to have to be able to deal with conflicts effectively. It is also a...
Clashes are very frequent for the under 5′s and adults often find children’s disputes hard to cope with. But sometimes moving in and breaking up conflicts denies children the essential experience of learning how to deal with these situations themselves. By standing back and watching, this documentary film encourages practitioners to reflect on what social skills children need to have to be able to deal with conflicts effectively. It is also a great platform to generate discussion and thought about whether conflict can actually aid social development.
This delightful piece is from the original Siren archives, filmed in a street in Gateshead, in the mid 1980’s. Not only does this study provide an excellent opportunity to analyse how children, with a varying range of social skills, behave – it also offers an opportunity to generate discussion about how behaviour and attitudes of both children and parents may or may not have changed over recent decades. A must see for training with a difference!
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Physical Development: The First Year
Watch a complete guide to physical development through the first year. This pictorial guide with it’s myriad of absorbing sequences brings many of the characters to life. Children everywhere seem to pass through the same sequences of development, and although children are all unique, a sound understanding of typ...
Watch a complete guide to physical development through the first year. This pictorial guide with it’s myriad of absorbing sequences brings many of the characters to life. Children everywhere seem to pass through the same sequences of development, and although children are all unique, a sound understanding of typical patterns and time scales will give you an understanding of how best to promote individual children’s future holistic development.
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Watch a complete guide to physical development through the first year. This pictorial guide with it’s myriad of absorbing sequences brings many of the characters to life. Children everywhere seem to pass through the same sequences of development, and although children are all unique, a sound understanding of typical patterns and time scales will give you an understanding of how best to promote individual children’s future holistic development.
The selection of sequences filmed during this rapid period of development, starts with the newborn and gives examples for every 3 month stage until the children reach 12 months. Information about each stage is shown on the screen before each of the 46 examples. You will be able to observe, in detail, the following aspects of physical development:
Primitive reflexes – Gross motor skills – Fine motor skills – Vision
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Play & Learning at School: Five Year Olds
Most people are clear about the importance of play, it is essential for children’s development and features prominently in the EYFS, Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence and in the foundation Phase for Wales. However, there still exists a tension about how it is managed in the classroom in a climate of the att...
Most people are clear about the importance of play, it is essential for children’s development and features prominently in the EYFS, Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence and in the foundation Phase for Wales. However, there still exists a tension about how it is managed in the classroom in a climate of the attainment of targets and testing.
By carefully observing a class of 5 year old school children, it becomes clear that they are capable of fan...
Most people are clear about the importance of play, it is essential for children’s development and features prominently in the EYFS, Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence and in the foundation Phase for Wales. However, there still exists a tension about how it is managed in the classroom in a climate of the attainment of targets and testing.
By carefully observing a class of 5 year old school children, it becomes clear that they are capable of fantastic self-directed play that superbly supports their development. You will witness purposeful play in abundance as you get to know individuals and see what really motivates them to learn.
Learn how to provide the best kind of support and stimulus including the environment, adult involvement and peer groups. Look at how to foster motivation to persist, leading to the satisfaction of their own intended outcomes. All of the prime and specific areas of the revised EYFS are in evidence, showing you the real breadth of learning that is taking place.
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