{"id":20502,"date":"2021-10-06T16:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:59:36","slug":"independence-resources-and-collated-guidance-pages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/independence-resources-and-collated-guidance-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence &#8211; Resources and Collated Guidance Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_67\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-panels builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_67-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17258 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2025\/11\/24142203\/Play-Pedagogy-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2025\/11\/24142203\/Play-Pedagogy-icon.png 756w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2025\/11\/24142203\/Play-Pedagogy-icon-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/independence\/\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Independence<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><small><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Resources<\/strong> <span class=\"ttfmake-icon mceNonEditable fas\">\uf0ab<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/small><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-panels_427\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-panels builder-section-next-text tabs-mode\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"ttfmp-tabs-container\" data-height-style=\"\"  data-start-collapsed=\"false\">\n<ul class=\"ttfmp-panels-item-titles\">\n<li id=\"ttfmp-panels-item-title-panels-item_494\" class=\"ttfmp-panels-item-title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"#ttfmp-panels-item-content-panels-item_494\"><\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"ttfmp-panels-item-content-panels-item_494\" class=\"ttfmp-panels-item-content\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_408\" class=\"builder-section-prev-panels builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_408-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/earlylevelportal\/independence-reflecting-on-practice\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><small><span class=\"ttfmake-icon mceNonEditable fas\">\uf0c1<\/span> Supporting your Self-Evaluation<\/small><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_305\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_305-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><small><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Guidance to support <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span class=\"ttfmake-icon mceNonEditable fas\">\uf0ab<\/span><\/span><\/small><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_74\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-gallery builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_74-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-gallery_284\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-gallery builder-section-next-text builder-gallery-columns-4 builder-gallery-captions-reveal builder-gallery-captions-light builder-gallery-aspect-portrait\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item  last-4\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_262\" class=\"builder-section-prev-gallery builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-gallery builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_262-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h3><small><strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ttfmake-icon mceNonEditable fas\">\uf024<\/span> National Guidance to Support<\/strong><\/small><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-gallery_94\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-gallery builder-section-next-text builder-gallery-columns-4 builder-gallery-captions-reveal builder-gallery-captions-light builder-gallery-aspect-portrait\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_122\" class=\"builder-section-prev-gallery builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_122-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Websites<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/resources\/young-children-have-powerful-voices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children\u2019s voices at Victoria Quay Nursery<\/a> &#8211; Education Scotland<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/girfec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4648\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2021\/11\/19102235\/girfec-logo1-300x103.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2021\/11\/19102235\/girfec-logo1-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2021\/11\/19102235\/girfec-logo1-1024x351.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2021\/11\/19102235\/girfec-logo1-90x30.png 90w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2021\/11\/19102235\/girfec-logo1-768x263.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2021\/11\/19102235\/girfec-logo1.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_122-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_142\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-gallery builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_142-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h3><small><strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ttfmake-icon mceNonEditable fas\">\uf5da<\/span> Further Reading to Support<\/strong><\/small><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Documents<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-gallery_160\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-gallery builder-section-next-text builder-gallery-columns-4 builder-gallery-captions-reveal builder-gallery-captions-light builder-gallery-aspect-portrait\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item  has-link\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); window.open('https:\/\/glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/earlylevelportal_glowmail_org_uk\/ER9Z7k9M0vJAmxIQEB7xRDkBTr5Lqt6QbKcA2_lVdVLkbQ?e=UgZaZV');\">\n<figure class=\"builder-gallery-image\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2021\/11\/29135423\/My-space.jpg&#039;);\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-content-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"builder-gallery-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMy Space\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item  last-4\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_176\" class=\"builder-section-prev-gallery builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-gallery builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_176-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Books<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-gallery_194\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-gallery builder-section-next-text builder-gallery-columns-4 builder-gallery-captions-reveal builder-gallery-captions-light builder-gallery-aspect-portrait\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item \">\n<figure class=\"builder-gallery-image\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12162016\/50-fantastic-ideas-for-promoting-independence.jpg&#039;);\"><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item \">\n<figure class=\"builder-gallery-image\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/earlylevelportal\/uploads\/sites\/3720\/2022\/01\/12162035\/Learning-Stories-in-Practice-Margaret-Carr-and-Wendy-Lee-719x1024.jpg&#039;);\"><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-gallery-item  last-4\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_2370\" class=\"builder-section-prev-gallery builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_2370-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Websites<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachearlyyears.com\/learning-and-development\/view\/encouraging-independence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encouraging Independence<\/a> &#8211; Alistair Bryce Clegg<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elchighland.com\/2019\/12\/10\/increasing-childrens-independence-at-les-enfants-inshes-elc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Learning and childcare in Highland. Increasing children\u2019s independence<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/articles\/how-book-sharing-helps-to-give-children-a-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How book sharing helps to give children a voice<\/a> \u2013 Book Trust.\u00a0 Sharing stories provides opportunities for babies and young children to make independent choices and express their thoughts, feelings and ideas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tts-group.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/05\/17\/independence-or-dependence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independence or dependence in the Early Years<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_2370-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_2388\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_2388-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independence \u00a0 Resources \uf0ab\u00a0 \uf0c1 Supporting your Self-Evaluation Guidance to support \uf0ab \u00a0\uf024 National Guidance to Support Websites Children\u2019s voices at Victoria Quay Nursery &#8211; Education Scotland \u00a0\uf5da Further Reading to Support Documents My Space Books Websites Encouraging Independence &#8211; Alistair Bryce Clegg Early Learning and childcare in Highland. 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