Explain how modelling positive behaviours impacts on children’s behaviour

Qualification: Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
Unit: Unit 3.4: Contribute to enabling play environments
Learning outcome: 2 Understand how the Early Years practitioner supports children’s behaviour and socialisation within play environments
Assessment criteria: 2.2 Explain how modelling positive behaviours impacts on children’s behaviour

• Children like to imitate adults as part of the learning process (see Bandura’s Social Learning Theory) and so a positive role model can help them to learn appropriate behaviours