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As music is a human universal, we will use music to make our baby adventure an inclusive environment. This will allow children who's language abilities have not developed yet and children with english as their second language, to feel comfortable in listening to music rather than someone speaking to them. This creates a calming and relaxing environment. By playing audio clips and musical instruments this will stimulate the children's hearing senses. Music is also extremely beneficial for young children as it develops their cognitive capacities and influences language acqusition through rhythm, beat and vocabulary used in songs.

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Aistear is a guide in which practitioners use to ensure their children are becoming capable, confident and competent learners.
The relationships between a child and a practitioner can aid the development of these elements. A positive relationship will allow a practitioner to develop the child's interests and strengths providing high-quality learning experiences.

Aistear contains four themes which enhances these learning experiences. Our space themed baby adventure relates to.

Identity and Belonging:

-  Aim 1: LG.1 where children will build a respectful relationship with others.
- Aim 4: LG.3 where children will show increasing confidence and self-assurance in directing their own learning

Well-Being:

- Aim 4: LG 2. where children will  demonstrate a sense of mastery and belief in their own abilities and display learning dispositions, such as determination and perseverance

Communicating:

- Aim 1: LG. 1 where children use a range of body movements, facial expressions, and early vocalisations to show feelings and share information
- Aim 2: LG. 2 where children explore sound, pattern, rhythm, and repetition in language

Exploring and thinking

- Aim 1: LG. 5 where children develop a sense of time, shape, space, and place
- Aim 3: LG. 2 where children become familiar with and associate symbols (pictures, numbers, letters, and words) with the things they represent

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Babies Learning and Development (what benefits the child)

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Babies Learning and Development (what benefits the child)

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Fairy lights (representing stars)

Sensory bottles designed as rockets containing glitter and confetti (indicating gravity)

Basin of water with orange peel cut into stars (indicating gravity)

Basin of sand (symbolizing moon sand)

Christmas baubles (representing planets and shapes)

Cushions

Blankets

Sheets

-Projector (projects star shapes)

Speaker playing soft space music

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Our baby adventure is conducted for babies between the ages of 9-14 months and is based on the theme of space. We adapted this experience by providing equipment and resources to indicate the elements of space, such as lights, gravity and shapes, in which, we focus on developing the babies five senses.

Sight

Smell

Taste

Sound

Touch

Babies are like sponges and absorb information from the environment surrounding them. We want to give them a sense of an environment in which is outside of this world. We want to give them an experience where they can play, learn and explore. The experience will introduce babies to the world of maths, including shapes and sequences and the world of science introducing them to gravity.

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We will introduce this baby play adventure by singing nursery rhymes relating to space, such as twinkle twinkle with the babies.
We will have posters of different galaxies placed around the classroom as well as showing them a video of space capturing their attention.
We will allow them to play with sensory items, such as sand to stimulate their senses.
We will read books containing actions and sounds relating to space aloud, engaging and including the children.

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To develop their knowledge of maths and science.

To develop their fine and gross motor skills

To enhance their language aqusition by introducing them to new sounds relating to space, such as 'whoosh' like a rocket flying into space. This will also be introduced by singing nursery songs relating to space.

To develop relationships and interactions

To enhance their five senses

To allow them to gain a meaningful experience where they can play, explore and learn.

To enhance their imagination and creativity.

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Our role is to ensure the babies needs are met, ensuring a high-quality experience is being conducted. We will ensure this by creating a plan referring back to Aistear.
Our role as practitioners is to adapt and introduce the adventure, but as it develops, we will step back and allow the children to take over the experience, resulting in a child-led activity. Nevertheless, scaffolding will take place if necessary.
We ensure to have the babies interests included, such as bright lights, vibrant colours and materials to stimulate their senses.
A child's safety is the main concern in every activity. Since we are working with babies, we will ensure their well-being is considered, ensuring there are no items which can cause choking or allergic reactions.
We ensure that a child is learning but being equally cared for.

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Piaget- cognitive development
Vygotsky's ZPD and Scaffolding
Bronfenbrenner

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-Video 1: play from 29s- 2mins 16s
https://youtu.be/C_t6Z1z2QOU

-Video 2: play from 12minshttps://youtu.be/fNoORP_O040

-Video 3 (background music)
https://youtu.be/J-GIMnKBtT4

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