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What is High/Scope?

* The High/Scope approach is based on the central principles of the provision of a developmentally appropriate curriculum, consistent and genuine relationships with adults and the opportunity for children to engage in active learning experiences and develop initiative, decision-making and problem-solving skills, writes High/Scope UK director Joan Norris. The daily routine gives a secure base from which children can explore and experience their world. This flexible framework, transferable to many settings, will always include the Plan-Do-Review sequence.

The daily routine gives a secure base from which children can explore and experience their world. This flexible framework, transferable to many settings, will always include the Plan-Do-Review sequence.

The child will express their intentions for 'work-time' in a way that is developmentally appropriate, and will then actively engage in a number of purposeful activities, supported by the practitioner. After work time they will come together with the practitioner and be encouraged to 'review' what they have been doing.

The form of the review will be dependent on the developmental level of the child in question, but will give an opportunity for the child to reflect on what they have done and for the adult to acknowledge the action and problem solving that has taken place.

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