Explain The Ways In Which Practitioners Support Children's Well-Being

Another way in which practitioners support children’s well-being is by making sure the children are always provided with both educational and enjoyable activities, as children learn through play and the children are much more likely to learn if the activities interest them. These activities could include touchy-feely books, gluing and sticking, toy phones and drawing. Drawing, for example, helps children master the grasps (including the palmer grasp, pincer grasp and tripod grasp) and is also an enjoyable activity for some children to take part in so they could be interested. It is important to find activities and themes each child is interested in to make sure they are included and that they join in, as well as learning and developing in the activity as they are more likely to pay attention if they are interested, which could lead to them paying attention, learning …show more content…
Another policy that supports development and play is the physical development policy at nursery, which says physical play and development are to be encouraged. This policy ensures that children have access to physically challenging activities in the indoor and outdoor areas within the nursery. This means that there should be physically challenging equipment, games and activities available that are suitable for all the children at the nursery, which means there should be equipment suitable for children aged 0 to 1 years 11 months, aged 2 to 2 years 11 months and children aged 3 to 5 years. For the children aged 0 to 1 year 11 months, simple activities like walking and running can be a challenge so games of chase with a practitioner can encourage and support the children to run and play, which in turn teaches them to be careful whilst running, or they will fall over. For children aged 2 to 2 years 11 months, a slide