Unit 3.2: Plan, lead and review play opportunities which support children’s learning and development in relation to current frameworks

This unit is part of the Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator and has the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:

1. Be able to plan play opportunities
   1. Create a plan which includes a balance of child-initiated and adult-led play opportunities for: physical play, creative play, imaginative play, sensory play
   2. Differentiate planned play opportunities to meet the individual needs of the children in own setting in relation to current frameworks
   3. Identify features of an environment which support children’s play, learning and development
2. Be able to lead and support playopportunities
   1. Lead a planned play opportunity in own setting
   2. Support children’s participation in a planned play opportunity
   3. Demonstrate how play opportunities provide a balance between child-initiated and adult-led play
   4. Encourage parents/carers to take an active role in children’s play
3. Be able to review how planned play opportunities contribute to own practice
   1. Evaluate how a planned play opportunity meets the play, learning and developmental needs of children
   2. Reflect on how a planned play opportunity relates to current frameworks
   3. Analyse own role in relation to planned play opportunities
   4. Make recommendations for the next stage of children’s learning and development in relation to planned play opportunities