Summary: Nurturing Early Learners

From my observations, centre B’s practice is also in line with the other principle, ‘authentic learning through quality interactions’. When children have the opportunities to work with each other, it is another way of learning too. This can be supported by MOE Nurturing Early Learners (2012), which stated that quality interactions with objects and the people around them, such as the teachers and peers, allow children to develop their social skills, for example, bonding their friendships between each other. They also get to understand how others feel and how to control their own emotions along the way as they are exposed to different emotions. Adding on, according to NAEYC’s DAP (2012) principle, ‘Relationships’, it is mentioned that ‘nurturing