Prime and Specific areas

  • Prime: Communication & Language; Personal, Social & Emotional; Physical Development.
  • Specific: Literacy; Mathematics; Understanding the World; Expressive Arts & Design.

Using areas in journals/journeys

  • Plan enabling environment and provocations that invite these behaviours.
  • Tag observations to the most relevant area; link to ELGs when useful.

Practitioner prompts

  • CL: What rich conversations can this provision spark?
  • PSED: How will we scaffold turn-taking and self-regulation?
  • PD: Which fine/gross movements are invited?
  • Lit: Where is purposeful reading/writing embedded?
  • Maths: How are patterns, quantity, and composition explored?
  • UW: What real-world experiences connect here?
  • EAD: Which materials invite creation and imagination?

Links: ELGs Explained · Assessment/Profile · Observations/Next Steps · See also: Learning Journal & Journey

Prime and Specific areas

  • Prime: Communication & Language; Personal, Social & Emotional; Physical Development.
  • Specific: Literacy; Mathematics; Understanding the World; Expressive Arts & Design.

Using areas in journals/journeys

  • Plan enabling environment and provocations that invite these behaviours.
  • Tag observations to the most relevant area; link to ELGs when useful.

Practitioner prompts

  • CL: What rich conversations can this provision spark?
  • PSED: How will we scaffold turn-taking and self-regulation?
  • PD: Which fine/gross movements are invited?
  • Lit: Where is purposeful reading/writing embedded?
  • Maths: How are patterns, quantity, and composition explored?
  • UW: What real-world experiences connect here?
  • EAD: Which materials invite creation and imagination?

Links: ELGs Explained · Assessment/Profile · Observations/Next Steps · See also: Learning Journal & Journey