What Makes Me A Me?

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Ben Faulks is an actor and writer from Cornwall, best known for his role as Mr Bloom in the CBeebies children's television show Mr Bloom's Nursery. He was nominated for a BAFTA award for best Children's Television Presenter in 2011 and the show won an RTS North And West award for best children's programme in 2011. He lives in Heptonstall, Yorkshire. This report explores how ‘core capacities’– or cornerstones of more familiar concepts such as life skills and competences– develop over the early part of the life course, and how they contribute to children’s well-being and development.

The report synthesises the work of nine detailed working papers – covering the core capacities of ‘Discerning patterns’, ‘Embodying’, ‘Empathizing’, ‘Inquiring’, ‘Listening’, ‘Observing’, ‘Reflecting’, ‘Relaxing’, and ‘Sensing’– that individually review the empirical evidence on each core capacity in the academic literature. Each working paper assesses the contribution of the core capacities and the perspectives from which they are applied – mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual – to children’s well-being and development, and the practice and policies applied by adults working with children.Everyone was keen to spot characteristics that they shared with other people. Josie said: “I’m like a baker when I cook.”

The main character looks a similar age to the children in my class, so his picture on the front cover meant they could connect with the book immediately. The character and colourful text makes it an eye-catching choice, causing Noah to comment on the sparkly letters on the cover. Core capacities are an attempt to identify the foundations of human ability to relate with oneself, others, and the environment, often the focus of the life skills literature (e.g. negotiation skills, communication skills, problem-solving skills). By attempting to identify abilities that are ‘elementary’ (or non-divisible) the core capacities in the L4WB Framework offer a new way of conceptualising skills development without seeking to replace existing life skills models – complementing the same ambitions – whilst also offering a point of consensus across various life skills models. The framework also views these capacities as fundamentally human skills, which are held in varying degrees and expressed differently by each individual (children and adults), that this uniqueness is valuable, and that public systems including education systems, should both promote the development of these skills, and protect these skills from being ‘taught out’ of children. Preston said “I like scratching like a dinosaur”, encouraging Joe to be more specific and realise: “I can be like a T-Rex and stretch up tall.” Children come equipped with capacities that support lifelong learning and development. These capacities need to be promoted and protected. The theme of the story is ideal for the start of term with any infant-aged class. The question “What makes me a me?” is posed. Then many similarities to other children, objects and creatures are pointed out. But differences are also highlighted, helping the children to begin to see how we are all unique.

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The home environment: the ability of parents to promote and protect children’s core capacity development is shown to be dependent on parental education, and home factors, such as time and resources necessary to the practice. Reading, play, listening to music, sensory stimulation, or simply the presence of parents or caregivers as children learn and play at home, are all shown to promote core capacities in children, and are all dependent on having the materials, education, disposition, and time to engage. This PowerPoint will help children to talk about difference positively and respectfully, focusing on all the wonderful things that make each person special and unique. Use this great resource alongside the Twinkl Originals book ' We Are All Different' or as part of your 'All About Me' topic. Take a look at the full range of additional resources to support this book, such as these We Are All Different Discussion Cards.

For almost 20 years, the Learning for Well-being (L4WB) Framework has been one contribution to this literature, which proposes that through the application of the most innate human abilities – or ‘core capacities’– children can better understand and interact with the world around them, for life and for learning, and to realise their unique potential. Core capacities can be viewed as cornerstones of life skills. The most innate and basic human abilities, so easily taken for granted, that they underutilised in efforts to promote child well-being and development. The nine core capacities in the framework are ‘Discerning patterns’, ‘Embodying’, ‘Empathizing’, ‘Inquiring’, ‘Listening’, ‘Observing’, ‘Reflecting’, ‘Relaxing’, and ‘Sensing’.You could choose to pause the video at these times for a short discussion, or alternatively, watch the video through once and then stop at the questions the second time through, or pose the questions after the first viewing. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-01-12 13:48:43 Associated-names Tazzyman, David, illustrator Boxid IA40115401 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier