All Modules B6-Development Matters in the early years | Page 46

Playing and Exploring, Active Learning, and Creating and Thinking Critically support children’s learning across all areas

7 Understanding the world: Technology
A Unique Child:

Positive Relationships:

Enabling Environments:

observing what a child is learning

what adults could do

what adults could provide

123. Knows how to operate simple equipment, e.g. turns on CD
124. player and uses remote control.
125. Shows an interest in technological toys with knobs or
pulleys, or real objects such as cameras or mobile phones.
126. Shows skill in making toys work by pressing parts or
lifting flaps to achieve effects such as sound, movements
or new images.
30-50 months 127. • Knows that information can be retrieved from computers

• Encourage children to speculate on the reasons why
things happen or how things work.
• Support children to coordinate actions to use technology,
for example, call a telephone number.
• Teach and encourage children to click on different icons to
cause things to happen in a computer program.

• Provide a range of materials and objects to play with
that work in different ways for different purposes,
for example, egg whisk, torch, other household
implements, pulleys, construction kits and tape
recorder.
• Provide a range of programmable toys, as well as
equipment involving ICT, such as computers.

Early Learning Goal
Children recognize that a range of technology is used in
places such as homes and schools. They select and use
technology for particular purposes.

Understanding the world: Technology

40-60+
months

128. Completes a simple program on a
computer.
129. Uses ICT hardware to interact with age-appropriate
computer software.
130. Understands technology is the se of tools to facilitate
human process
131. Sees self as an innovator and technology uses
132. Understands technology changes rapidly
133. Is in search of new ideas to innovate or use appropriately
the objects around
134. Has motor skills to manage computers

• Support and extend the skills children develop as they
• When out in the locality, ask children to help to press
become familiar with simple equipment, such as twisting
the button at the pelican crossing, or speak into an
or turning a knob.
intercom to tell somebody you have come back.
• Draw young children’s attention to pieces of ICT
apparatus they see or that they use with adult supervision.