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Play based learning and the Early Years Learning Framework
withLennieBarblett
Introduction
Early Childhood Australia (ECA)
acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people as the original inhabitants of
Australia and recognises their culture as part
of the cultural heritage of all Australians.
• I respectfully acknowledge the past and present
traditional owners of this land.
• I acknowledge the contributions of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people to the society we have
today where we all strive to provide the best
education for all of our children.
Introduction
The Early Years Learning Framework is
part of the Council of Australian
Government’s reform agenda for early
childhood education and care, and is a key
component of the Australian Government’s
National Quality Framework for early
childhood education and care.
EYLF National Vision
Childhood is about:
• Belonging (being connected to family,
culture, community, place)
• Being (to be, to seek, and make meaning
of the world)
• Becoming (shaping new understandings,
identities, capacities and relationships).
Structure of the EYLF
Play based learning and the
Early Years Learning Framework
What is play?
Generally there are a number of agreed upon characteristics:
• voluntary
• pleasurable
• symbolic
• active
• process oriented
• intrinsically motivated.
Play is a fundamental right of all children. (UNROC, 1989)
Play based learning and the
Early Years Learning Framework
Why? Play-based learning
• Why is it important that we pay attention
to children’s play?
• What do children learn through play?
Play based learning and the
Early Years Learning Framework
EYLF and play
• EYLF defines this as:
‘a context for learning through which children organise
and make sense of their social worlds, as they engage
actively with people, objects and representations.’
(EYLF, 2009,p46)
BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ANYTHING GOES
Research tells us that educators need to be
knowledgeable, active and articulate about play.
Play based learning and the
Early Years Learning Framework
Play, EYLF and outcomes
• Children have a strong sense of identity.
• Children are connected with and contribute to
their world.
• Children have a strong sense of wellbeing.
• Children are confident and involved learners.
• Children are effective communicators.
Play based learning and the
Early Years Learning Framework
Role of the early childhood educator in
play:
• Intentionality—knowing how to value-add.
• Quality adult-child interactions (shared sustained thinking).
• Different roles of the adult in children’s play .
* Participant
* Stage manager
* Parallel player
* Play Assistant
• Teaching to support play.
• Challenging unfair or unjust play.
* Script writer
Play based learning and the
Early Years Learning Framework
The role of the environment in
play-based learning:
• planning with children and families
• Being, Belonging and Becoming reflected in the
environment
• aesthetics
• empowerment and agency
• communicability of spaces
• provocations
• temporal environment
• thinking about safety and risk.
Play based learning and the
Early Years Learning Framework
References
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Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). (2009).
Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia.
Canberra, DEEWR.
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