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Introducing Caring for Children and Young People
! STOP AND THINK!
Look at the diagram showing the areas of development used in
making sandcastles.
It shows how a simple activity such as making sandcastles can
involve all areas of development. This is an example of holistic
development.
Physical development
Social development Emotional development
Playing alongside and with Beginning to complete small
others – sharing spades. tasks – filling the buckets.
Children aged
two years, eight
months
(30 months) making
sandcastles with
buckets and
spades
Intellectual development Language development
Knowing from past experiece Using words to state what
how to make a sandcastle. they are doing – ‘I’m putting
Using language – such as, ‘I sand in the bucket’.
need more sand’.
What can you suggest for physical development?
Remember: the children are aged two years and eight months
(30 months) making sandcastles.
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