Use examples from your placement to show you have developed positive relationships with children. Choose three from the following and give an example of each. Your examples should include the situation, the people involved

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Use examples from your placement to show you have developed positive relationships with children. Choose three from the following and give an example of each. Your examples should include the situation, the people involved (not actual names but use actual age), what you did and how the child / children reacted.

  • Adapting your behaviour to the age, needs and abilities of the child
  • Make the children feel welcome and valued
  • Negotiated with a child/children to meet their needs and preferences
  • Involved children in decision making
  • Respected confidentiality and its boundaries
  • Practiced inclusive and anti-discriminatory practice
  • Promoted children’s self-esteem

 

Introduction

The relationships young children form with adults serves as a foundation for positive behaviour and strong self-esteem. Preschoolers need to feel good about themselves in order to respect others and behave in socially accepted ways. Children who feel loved and accepted for who and what they are, are more likely to trust and accept other people, thus developing positive relationships.

Negotiated with a child/children to meet their needs and preferences

Every child is different. He/she has different family backgrounds and different history from that of other children. Thus, after having observed each child, the child carer (and I) can then negotiate with them and meet their needs and preferences.

An example from my placement setting is Tom. Tom is 3 years old of age. He is one of the few 3 year olds of the nursery. According to his age he should have started kindergarten but his mother prefers that his son goes to the nursery one more year since he went to the same nursery since he was 1 year old and therefore he feels comfortable with his carer, with the setting, and with the children.

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Every morning, when he enters the nursery, unlike the other children (aged 1½ -2 years of age) he won’t do the simple jigsaws. He is more interested in finding something more complicated and challenging to stretch his skills. He prefers physical play and likes to play with the ball. When it is time for outside play, he is the first one who can’t wait to go and play, and I like very much to play “football” with him. He has great gross motor skills, even superior to that of another 3 year old child.

Unlike Tom, Ashley (aged ...

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