Course | Certificate in Learning Through Play

Prices

Original price: £60.00 + VAT (£12.00)

The price listed reflects a one-time payment. An additional pricing option for School is available for this course upon request.

For further information, please visit The National College website.

Facilitator

Dr Helen Bradford
Dr Helen Bradford is an independent early years consultant. A lifelong early years educator, she has gained experience through her roles as an early years teacher, teacher trainer, and as an academic leading and teaching early years postgraduate students and MAs in literacy.

Helen’s specialist area of expertise is children’s language and literacy development from birth. Her most recent work has focused on two-year-old children and the beginning of early writing, but she has also researched and written extensively over the past decade on children’s language and literacy development.

Helen is committed to communicating early years best practice. She understands the relationship between children's wellbeing and their capacity to learn, as well as the importance of creating the optimum environment for ensuring that children get the best start in life from their early years settings.

Description

It is essential for young children to engage in wholesome play to ensure their minds and bodies develop in a healthy way. It provokes a positive impact on children’s development regarding their confidence as they explore, relate to their peers, set individual goals, and problem-solve. As a result, it is extremely important for staff to know how to implement learning experiences into these activities, creating an environment where children can flourish in a fun and engaging manner.

Developed by Dr. Helen Bradford, independent early years consultant, teacher, trainer, and academic, this early years learning through play course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to effectively implement learning experiences into your pupils’ play.

Please note: This course provides AI-generated subtitles in multiple languages including English, Welsh, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, and Chinese. To select a language, start the video and click the Closed Captioning (CC) button.

When planning and allocating your time, please consider that this training course consists of learning through video, task completion, and further reading/research. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives of the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process and complete all relevant activities to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own school or setting. .

Designed in line with the following policies:
Early years foundation stage framework, DfE

Important note for non-UK learners: Although this learning through play in the early years training course reflects best practice principles and might be useful for learners outside the UK, please note that it is based solely on UK guidance and legislation. Please make sure you also adhere to relevant legislation applicable in your own country.

Modules

Introduction
Module 1: The importance of play
Module 2: Perspectives on play and early childhood development
Module 3: Types of play
Module 4: Reviewing the play environment
Module 5: Play as inclusion

Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1: Understanding the centrality and significance of play for children’s learning and development, between the ages of 0-5 years
Outcome 2: Exploring theoretical pedagogic approaches
Outcome 3: Exploring the role of adults in supporting children’s play
Outcome 4: Understanding the importance of learning through play to early years practitioners
Outcome 5: Exploring the different kinds of play that young children engage in

Accreditation

This course is CPD-certified and accredited by The CPD Certification Service.