Assessment objective: To provide evidence that you have the essential knowledge required for the following performance criteria and related knowledge evidence. 2.1 Implement practices that empower children to exercise their right to be active participants in their own lives Answer the following question. Question 2.1 Although early learning facilities implement daily routines so staff and the children know what to do at specific times of the day, and on different days, children must also be given the chance to develop their life skills. They need opportunities for making decisions, being empowered and being active participants in their own lives. Routines must be sufficiently flexible to allow this type of growth and educators must ensure that there are opportunities for children to build on their learning, make decisions and develop independence in a safe environment What activities and support from educators will help empower children? Consider the ways in which children learn to be independent, the support they need from educators to develop interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and the ways in which they learn to develop sound decision making practices.