Continuous Provision: The Skills

Book excerpt: The essential companion to Continuous Provision in the Early Years, the popular guide to getting continuous provision right in your setting from bestselling Early Years expert Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg Newly updated, Continuous Provision: The Skills is designed to show practitioners what effective continuous provision should look like and explain how practitioners can link their provision directly to assessment, with an emphasis on skill-based learning. Bestselling author and Early Years expert Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg shows the difference between 'pure skills', skills related to specific areas of continuous provision like sand, water and role play, and 'facilitative skills' that children can experience in a setting. This book looks at all areas of continuous provision with a view to helping practitioners to identify, assess and teach different 'pure' and 'facilitative' skills. Continuous Provision: The Skills also includes inspiring and creative strategies for making the most of continuous provision as an open-ended experience, to allow children to use their own creativity and curiosity to interpret and use what they see around them. This book is packed with inexpensive ideas for indoor and outdoor provision, and guidance on play-based and child-centred learning. Featuring updated tips and advice in line with the new EYFS Framework, this revised edition is essential for all Early Years practitioners looking to raise the bar with their continuous provision and make a positive impact in their setting.