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Course overview

Young children rapidly grow and develop in the early years, but the complexity of what is happening is often misunderstood which may lead to inappropriate or unrealistic expectations for progress.

In this course we will explore:

·       Why physical development is so important in the early years and how society has impacted on children’s physical development

·       Sensory processing.

·       Gross motor movement from birth - 5 years (including the importance of tummy time, crawling and core stability and an introduction to motor phase development).

·       Fine motor movement from birth to 5 years (including pivot development and in-hand manipulations needed for an effective pencil grip and ocular development needed for hand-eye coordination).

  • Who is this course for?

    Anyone who works with children from birth to the age of five in an early years or childcare setting.

  • What you need to know

    You can access at a time and in a place that best suits you as you have 90 days to complete the course from the point of purchase. You can also log into the course over several days if you’re not able to complete the course in one session.

    Your student dashboard enables you to download certificates for completed courses.

  • How long will it take?

    This course will take approximately 2.5 hours to complete.

Course content

  1. 1

    • Welcome

    • Physical activity and current research

    • Qu. 1

    • Societal and parental impacts on development

    • Qu. 2

    • What does physical development support?

    • Qu. 3

    • What is proprioception?

    • Qu. 4

    • The movement phases

    • Qu. 5

    • Core stability and how to support its development

    • Qu. 6

    • The importance of crawling

    • Qu. 7

    • Fine motor development

    • Qu. 8

    • Thank you

    • Just before you go...

Your Trainer

Nicola Brown

I’m Nicola Brown; Early Years Consultant and SLE (Specialist Leader in Education) Teacher specialising in the birth - five age phase. I am a mum to 2 teenagers as well as 2 crazy dogs, and a wife to an ultra running (equally crazy) husband. As a family we are extremely active and love to travel as much as possible in our old motorhome. I have been an early years teacher and senior leader for over 20 years working with babies through to reception age children. I now support early years practitioners within schools and the PVI sector to improve their teaching and learning practice through writing and delivering high quality evidence based CPD, as well as in an associate role of Early Years Quality Improvement Officer for a Local Authority. My particular areas of interest and expertise are Communication, Language, Literacy and Physical Development where I have led and delivered many local and national CPD programmes.

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