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BRETON'S APPROACHES IN YOUNG CHILDREN'S

DEVELOPMENT

Learning, practices and points of views in Brittany's child care

centres.

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Learnings, practices and point of views in Brittany's child care centres...

. Contributing to a better understanding of each other among this group of countries.. Enhancing our experiences and propositions aiming towards the child and his parents.

We must have more information about the child's needs and growth.

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Without these information...

Each country will be confined to its own practices.

Without any transcript of these information...

It might become a project about the language and not about the child.

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We must prove that our project is good for the child's welfare. And there are not good propositions and practices without a good

knowledge of the child (theory, practices and differences among

our group of countries).

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YOUNG CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT...

Lec'hioù degemer ar re vihan

WELCOME / DEGEMER / ACCUEIL

instead of LOOKING AFTER

TAKE CARE / OBER WAR DRO / PRENDRE SOIN

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Is there one or more than one sort of development ?

Several definitions of development..

- Affective or emotional development- Intellectual development- Social development- Motor development

What about the language ?

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DEVELOPMENT...

Depends on...

Internal factors : genetic, health and composition (temper)

External factors : «the attachment's theory» (SPITZ, BOWLBY...), native, home and social environnement, stimulations (songs, activities...)

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DEVELOPMENT…

All PHASES : people, organisations and living organisms need to become MATURE

Larousse Dictionary

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PHASES…

Sequences through which children go

- Learning step by step- «Latent periods»- Decline periods- Individual pace (rythm)

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MATURE...

- For all apprenticeship/ learning

- Each new learning is effective only if the child is ready in his affective, motor, intellectual and social skills.

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DIFFERENTS WAYS OF DEVELOPMENT...

Affective growth

1- Total dependence on the adults2- 8 months-old anxiety3- “Object permanence” around 18/24

months-old

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8 months-old anxiety

Discovery of loneliness. The young child realises that he can be alone. But it's impossible to project himself in the future and to imagine the way back to his parents. It is as if it was definitive for him.

It can also be difficult for the youngest. But it's more difficult to know it because of the lack of signs : less noise, less movements... He can suffer from this problem and stay without being helped by the adults, because of communication's deficiency.

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NEEDS OF THE 8 MONTHS- OLD CHILD

Make oneself feel secure The child can choose a transitional object :

“doudou” in other words a security blanket, or a teddy bear, or a piece of cloth...

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INTELLECTUAL INTELLECTUAL DEVDEVEELOPMENTLOPMENT

Playing is working. ACTION. REFLECTION

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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

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Result of a good separation (not a target)

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MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

Child is learning to improve his body.

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MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

LEARNING AND PRACTICES OF FREE MOTRICITY (LOCZY and other “active pedagogies”).

“We should not let a child in a position in which he would not go by himself.»

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LANGUAGE =

MOTOR, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND AFECTIVE

DEVELOPMENT

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LANGUAGE = MOTOR, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND AFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT

So we must...

Make himself feel secure and have important links with his parents

Hear and see what he wants to say, what he needs

Explain with our own words all things that are connected with him (where we are, what we are doing, what is going to happen...)

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So we must...

Speak to him like someone who is able to understand (do not forget he understands the meaning of our sentences)

Repeat words and sentences without good pronunciations but do not ask him to repeat after us.

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So we must...

Make the child want to speak