Sheila Sage, Primary Adviser with responsibility for Early Years in Worcestershire, is joined by Ged Cotton, an infant school headteacher from Hove and previously team leader for Early Years at QCA, Diane Rich, Early Years consultant and author, and special guest Julie Thomas, the childminder featured in 'Childminder 1'. The panel discuss child-centred starting points for planning and how the National Childminding Association can support planning. The panel discuss Julie's bus journey, her questioning, the use of a digital camera and how numbers in the real world on the buses and timetables motivate mathematical development. The panel talk about follow up through sequencing photographs, role play and associated activities. They analyse the resources in the garden and Julie's role, specifically how much intervention there should be in role play.

Video Series: Early Years Workshop
Release Date 2005