childcare NVQ question serious answers only please?

Question

im stuck on a question for my NVQ level 3 can anyone help!

How routines and activities are planned to value and celebrate individuality, difference and diversity

Answer 1

Routines:
They are varied by the will of the children... if your schedule is so rigid that children must be done with an activity at a certain time in order to move on to the next thing, and there is no flexibility in that time schedule, you are going on YOUR schedule, not the child's. Now, that is not to say that there is not a general schedule that you follow each day, but that you allow for flexibility within the schedule so that if you find an interesting bug outside, you can stay out and observe it for 10 minutes more when you would normally be heading in for circle time. This also means that you allow flexibility in dealing with children's personal needs- diapering, feeding, sleeping patterns, so that each child's needs are met on an individual basis. Each child is allowed to go potty when they need to, eat when they are hungry, or fall asleep at the lunch table.

Activities:
These are varied in a similar way... activities that are planned can go awry, and you have to plan for that! Maybe your two-year-olds don't feel like painting that day, but really want to do playdough. So, you put away the painting stuff and grab the playdough. Activities can be varied for individual children by differing the levels of ability required to succeed. Some children may not be able to complete a puzzle with 6 pieces that interconnect, but you could give them a puzzle with 3 pieces that go in specific shaped slots, and they can succeed! It just means altering the activity in small ways to meet the level of the individual child.