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Learning the skills to genuinely engage with children during play can have a positive effect on their learning and attainment, as Neil Farmer explains For the past six years the Croydon Early Education and Childcare Team has been using a scheme entitled the Effective Early Learning Project to improve the quality of provision within this London borough.

For the past six years the Croydon Early Education and Childcare Team has been using a scheme entitled the Effective Early Learning Project to improve the quality of provision within this London borough.

Stemming from the project is the training course 'Developing a Quality Learning Environment', which:

* focuses on 'involvement' and 'engagement'

* explains how to develop a child's emotional well-being

* shows practitioners how to monitor and evaluate the quality of their provision, using the observational and evaluatory techniques of the early years team when evaluating the learning and teaching in Croydon settings.

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So what is involvement? What keeps people interested, fascinated and wanting to come back for more?

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