Course description
Early Years Level 4
This course gives you everything you need to provide learning services for children from birth to the age of 5, in full compliance with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum framework. This is a home study course, and can be taken at a pace of your choosing.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
No prior knowledge or skills are needed in order to enrol onto this course, making it ideal for those just starting out in the childcare profession.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive certification from National Institution of Qualifications (NIOQ) and a Learner Unit Summary (which details of all the units you have completed).
This course has been designed to meet the requirements of specific learners or employers. It is endorsed by National Institution of Qualifications, meaning the course has undergone external quality checks to ensure that they are maintained and delivered to an excellent standard.
National Institution of Qualifications are a national certificating organisation. Endorsement of our courses ensures learners have access to high quality materials that cover all learning outcomes, helping them to achieve their potential.
Course Benefits
This course will:
- Challenge your perceptions of Early Years development and childcare.
- Kick start your career – providing stepping stones for your career advancement.
- Enable you to study on your own terms; at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home.
- Offer you a convenient way to study – free of stress and deadlines.
- Supply you with all the resources, advice and course materials you could ever need – at a click of a button.
- Develop your comprehension, competency and knowledge of this highly rewarding niche.
Training Course Content
Unit 1: The Importance of the Early Years and Adopting a Child-Centred Approach
- Legal Requirements for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- The Importance of Addressing Discrimination
- Legislation
- Inclusive Practice in the Early Years
- Benefits of a Child Centred Approach
- How Practitioners Create a Personalised Approach
- Removing Barriers to Communication
- Multi-Agency Teams and Child-Centred Environments
- Supporting Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Unit 2: Supporting Children and Families in Creating and Enabling Environment
- Characteristics and Principles of an Enabling Environment
- Emotional Development and Enabling Environments
- Features of a Positive Environment for Children and Families
- Planning Stimulating, Interesting and Appropriate Indoor and Outdoor />Environments
- The indoor and outdoor environments
- Engaging with families to encourage their involvement in children’s learning />and development.
- The Role of the Early Years Practitioner
Unit 3: The Importance of Good Communication
- Principles of Good Communication
- How to Develop Communication Skills
- Communication Methodology
- Developing Effective Listening Skills
- Types of communication in early years settings
- The Importance of Communication Between Early Years Provision and Home
- Barriers to Communication
- Positive Relationships in the Early Years
- SEN Children and Communication Support
Unit 4: Education in the Early Years
- Implementing Learning and Development in the Early Years
- The Seven Areas of Education
- Theoretical Perspectives on Children’s Learning and Development
- How Theoretical Perspectives have influenced current early years practice
- Assessing Progress in the Early Years
- The benefits of a multi-agency approach to learning and development
- Curriculum Planning
Unit 5: A Safe Environment to Learn
- Policies and Procedures
- Role of the Early Years Practitioner
- The Importance of Staff Training
- Reducing Risk
- Health and Safety Policies in an Early Years Setting
- Essential Information for Early Years Providers
- Childhood Illnesses
Unit 6: Leadership in The Early Years
- Effective Communication Skills
- The Role of the Early Years Leader
- Monitoring and Supporting Team Performance
- Conflict Resolution and Effective Leadership
- Personal Development
- Journaling and Documenting
- Feedback from Teaching Staff
Course delivery details
For online based courses, you will study your course and submit work online. Paper based courses are the same as online, but with additional printed study packs sent to you.
If you are passionate about working with children and helping them to prepare for school life, then our Early Years Level 4 course can help you to acquire all the knowledge, the skills and the insights you need to make this happen.
This impressive course takes into account the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum framework (which has been compulsory in childcare settings since 2008), so you can easily support, guide and manage all aspects of a child’s (birth to 5 years) learning and educational development, and enable them to flourish and grow.
This distance learning course is especially helpful if you are considering setting up your own childcare business, or want to progress towards a supervisory or management level position within Early Years; as it covers everything you could possibly need to create a healthy and safe learning environment.
From incorporating child-centred approaches into your work, to understanding the importance of child welfare, safety and communication; you can ensure that the children you care for are surrounded by a positive and enabling environment.
Our Early Years Level 4 course has been exclusively designed for home study, enabling you to study when, where and how you want free of deadlines, stress and classrooms. Instead, you can study from the comfort of your own home, and easily mould this course to fit around your current obligations.
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