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Unit 1: Getting Started Answers

9. The Building the Foundation element of the programme holds the principle that

there is MUCH we should be doing to support children in doing well BEFORE

things go wrong.

This includes ensuring relationships are supportive, positive and strong; teaching

children about the brain so they understand how it is built, shaped and the

skills we can develop to do well in learning and play.

It also includes teaching children about their needs and how to plan to

meet them in helpful ways so they get their ‘Daily Dose’.

It goes on to give a structure for children to think through other people’s

needs and agree expectations together.

Building Foundations also includes helping children learn how to ‘Prep4Best’ – to

prepare for their own needs to be met well and those around them to be met

well too - in ways that are ‘Good for me, good for you, good for everyone’.

10. On a day-to-day basis, the programme aims for all children to feel safe, happy /

content and able to learn.