Development Activities in the Early Years of a Child

A) development activities of an early years setting. For each one explain how both the parents and the children can benefit.

We always make parents welcome to stay and help in any of our sessions. This would give the parents a chance to see their child in a different environment and also to help parents gain the knowledge on how to progress the child in a steady way. It would be good for the child to be able to show their parents around and all the work they do, the child might gain pride in their work. This would also give the parents a chance to ask questions and to join in on a session. You could also get the parents/ carers to bring in baby photos to help with the all about me activity within the sessions, you could also ask parents from a different ethnic background to come and talk to the children about their culture and festivals they may celebrate. This would help the class to understand the different cultures of their friends and why they might do things in a different way to how they would maybe expect. The child would be proud of their parent/carer for talking to the class and would help them to understand that everyone is different and that you might need to help your friend to understand with explaining the different thing in a culture. Parents are also given the opportunity to volunteer to help in all activity but especial the off site ones like the sponsored bike ride we do every year to help raise funds for new equipment within the pre school. This would be good for the children to see their parents / carers supporting them and cheering them on to keep pedalling. Parents / carers are also asked to help with the off site Christmas church session we do singing Christmas carols which the children have learnt within the class. A parent/ carer would find this emotionally pleasing to watch and listen their child whilst joining in with their peers to sing. A child would be happy and might even sing louder so to make sure parents/ carers can hear