Agency is being able to make choices and decisions for yourself and to have an impact on your own world. Agency is one of the most important concepts in early childhood education today. Children should be active contributors to their own experiences, interactions, learning and development.
It is also just as important to respect that a child might not be interested in an experience or may not want to join in. This is them exercising agency too.
Children are capable of exercising agency from birth. A baby can show their interest in something or that they want something by their eyes, by pointing, by racing to Kate as she walks in the room!
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What are some of the ways children are able to make their own decisions and choices at HEY?
Create a voice recording on your phone telling us about them.
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How is the environment set up at HEY to encourage children to make their own choices or to do things for themselves?
Take some photos on your phone to show us.
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