1. Under the National Law and Regulations, services are required to base their educational program on an approved learning framework.

List the two nationally approved learning frameworks currently used in Australia and the websites they can be retrieved from:

. Explain the differences between the approved learning frameworks identified in question 1:

3., describe the two functions of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) in relation to children's education and care.

Use the Educators Belonging, Being and Becoming: Educators Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia to guide your response.

4. The EYLF highlights the vision for Children's Early Education and Learning. The framework states:

"All children experience learning that is engaging and builds success for life"

The framework then continues to explain the vision under three areas. Identify the three areas and explain what each area means.

5. The following question will require you to access the EYLF. Read the following scenario and:

a) List three EYLF Principles and describe how each Principle relates to the scenario

b) List three EYLF Practices and describe how each Practice relates to the scenario

per Principle and Practice)

Five-year-old Amanpreet arrives in the morning and walks straight over to the music corner where she hears some Indian music playing. Anna had set this up specifically for Amanpreet as she knew how much Amanpreet loves to dance. Anna asked Amanpreet's mum for the CD to play.

Her friend Ying is also in the music corner with Amanpreet.

Amanpreet finds some bells on an elastic band and places them carefully around her ankles, she raises her hands in the air and begins to twirl her hands around.

Her bangles and bells make a tinkling sound as she moves through space.

Ying says to Amanpreet: Why are your hands moving like that? Do you want your bangles to make a sound?

Amanpreet says "This is an Indian dance called Kathak. When you dance this dance you have to have bells on your ankles. I saw the ladies dance like this at our Indian group. It's a love dance".

6. The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework has similar 'Practice Principles' to the Early Years Learning Framework.

Identify three 'Practice Principles' that are demonstrated in the scenario below.

Cody's grandma, Aunty Betty, noticed that one idea on the children's program was to plant a vegetable garden. She spoke to the educator and together they agreed she would come to help dig the patch with the children and provide some bush tucker seedlings for the children to plant.

7. Who is responsible for implementing the EYLF? Legally educators are required to implement the EYLF if they are responsible for caring for children within the 0-8 age bracket. Included are family educators,day cares, pre schools, kindys and other services who are responsible for educating and caring for children.

. To answer the following question, you will need to access the EYLF and read pages 16 to 21.

Educators will use many pedagogical practices to facilitate childrens' learning. Read the statements below and match it to the correct pedagogical practice term.

Pedagogical practice terms to select:

. There is an international document that recognises the child's right to play.

a) Record the name of this document

b) State the number and title of one article that is relevant to play.