Providing a positive learning environment: early years

Children’s co-operation needs to be gained while allowing them to develop a sense of independence.

Strategies ● Develop simple group rules to which the children

contribute and understand. ● Use visual timetables to structure a session. ● Ensure the child is able to understand a given

request. ● Give the child’s name first before the request. ● Back up verbal instructions with visual cues, e.g.