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Describe The Elements Of An Enabling Environment

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In an enabling environments there is many characteristics that help the EYP to safeguard the children within there early years setting. There is three main elements to an enabling environment, key person, outdoor and indoor. All their characteristics help to create a safe enabling environment for the children however they do have their weaknesses.
Firstly the key person. The characteristics of a key person create the enabling environment and the safe atmosphere within the setting that settle the children. As the key person it’s your duty to make the child feel at ease so that they feel like they can explore and learn from the setting. Therefore the environment becomes enabling as it aids the children’s growth and learning. Also by letting the children develop and explore it allows …show more content…

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