Why Is Scaffolding Important To Children

This approach had an impact on the practice of practitioners and on the current framework of the EYFS which is on the adult to children ratios, having reflective practice and the importance of the environment. This approach helps support children and show that they are the centre of learning.
Scaffolding is a term used I which an adult help children develop their knowledge and reasoning through support and guidance with the adult questioning, explaining, demonstrating and correct. Scaffolding is a way to help children to understand and develop new concepts. It encourages children to experience new aspects of learning, it challenges children to develop beyond their knowledge and development level. This helps children enable to extend their …show more content…
He believes that children’s potential should be assessed rather than their ability. He emphasises what children are able to do at various stages, he called this the ZPD (zone of proximal development) which is the distance between a child’s actual development and his/her potential. The potential is only reached by the guidance of the adult and the environment they are in which helps the child progress by scaffolding. Both theorists believe and feel that scaffolding can help children learn with the support of adults to develop confidence and control until it is withdrawn. The learning outcome with the current framework is that children should be able to count from 0 to 20, place them in order and say which number in one more or less, be able to use quantities and objects, add and subtract 2 digits numbers and count on or back to find the answer. Children should be able to use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to comparing quantities and objects and to solve problems. They should recognise, create and describe patterns. They should explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to …show more content…
The setting children are in which provides play opportunities is very essential for children when they are emerging their literacy. This is because play gives the opportunity for children to explore and give them ideas. Ideas may support them in making their own book which involves them to write as well as read. Providing opportunities for emergent writing such as mark making is important for children as it helps children improve their emergent literacy skills. Mark making such as finger painting, making marks in sand are examples of children’s early signs of literacy. An another example of playing in the home corner using notebooks as a waitress or a shopping list is a good activity as it helps children to use their hand to write down the orders or the items that are needed to buy. For children with disability, practitioners should get resources such as pens or pencils supporting their disability and help them to write. Resources are needed and they need to be kept in an organised way for example, the labelling of a box of equipment that is to be used when setting up a shop. Resources such as pens, pencils and paint brushes for mark making need to be of good quality otherwise the children will be frustrated and not concentrate. Pencils need to be sharpened regularly so children can use pencils