How much do you know about the schemas that you observe on a daily basis? An online course from PACEY aims to teach practitioners about the thinkers who first identified schemas, what schemas are and how they fit in with development.
Piaget’s work on play cycles and Nutbrown’s work on babies are referenced, while information is given on helping practitioners to create an environment with easily accessible resources that can be used in different ways. The training also provides worksheets and extra reading and resources, such as childminder blogs.
Kay Hartburn, a childminder from Bedford, who works until 8.30pm some evenings, did the online course in her spare time. She says, ‘I found it fascinating; it gave me a completely different point of view. The way I do my observations has changed, which in turn has changed my assessment of what the children can do. The boys I look after love the trains and I’ve given them extra things like boxes, which they have made into tunnels and sheds.
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