Explain How To Evaluate Communication Skills With Children

D1 Essay
Criteria: To evaluate your communication skills with children. In this essay I will evaluate my communication skills within placement settings realising the positives and where there is room for improvement. I think my communication with children in both placement 1 and 2 has been very successful. By practising what I have learnt in Positive Relationships I have learnt to communicate in an effective way. By getting down to eye level I have realised that it leads to more effective communication as I can hear the children more clearly. When playing children’s games I use excited body movements and facial gestures. With the elder children in placement 1 I would not touch the children and would keep a small distance while in my 2nd placement in a nursery I am encouraged to give the children hugs, hold hands with them, pat them on the back and more, some early years settings do not accept touching children in this way. “At age five your child will still be
The child will also learn to respect you and to respond positively to guidance about how they behave. Verbally I have learnt about the tone of voice within different situations to reflect what is going on at the time; If I was telling a child how to do an activity I would use the different voice to if I was playing pass with a child as they are two different situations. I try to encourage children to communicate as much as possible by asking questions that need more than a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. Although I know I can communicate affectively within the childcare setting I know there is room for improvement. In both placements 1 and 2 a barrier in the environment has been it being too noisy for me to hear a child and if a child is speaking too fast. I have learnt ways to stop this problem like taking the child somewhere quieter or repeating what I think they said so they can correct me if I heard