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Go with the ‘flow’: Pedagogy in the EYFS

Pedagogy
The ideal scenario for early years play-based learning is children who are naturally keen to explore and adults who know when to step back and when to intervene. Melody Lowe explains

When it comes to early years provision for play-based learning, there are many elements that have to work together to support, facilitate and enhance children’s learning opportunities. So how do we know when we have got our environment, our provision, and our teaching right?

For me, it’s that indefinable moment when everything comes together and, as leaders and practitioners, we can see: purposeful engagement, enjoyment from children and adults, and “light-bulb moments” of inspiration happening all over the classroom. Sometimes, we can just feel that we have really got it right and everything we and the children are doing is connected in a cohesive educational whole. This is indicative of “flow”.

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