Four Frames of ELP

2.1 Thinking about Belonging and Contributing

• This frame encompasses children's learning and development with respect to:
  • their sense of connectedness to others;
  • their relationships with others, and their contributions as part of a group, a community, and the natural world;
  • their understanding of relationships and community, and of the ways in which people contribute to the world around them.

2.2 Thinking about Self-Regulation and Well-Being

• This frame encompasses children's learning and development with respect to:
  • their own thinking and feelings, and their recognition of and respect for differences in the thinking and feelings of others;
  • regulating their emotions, adapting to distractions, and assessing consequences of actions in a way that enables them to engage in learning;
  • their physical and mental health and wellness.
  In connection with this frame, it is important for educators to consider:
  • the interrelatedness of children's self-awareness, sense of self, and ability to self-regulate;
  • the role of the learning environment in helping children to be calm, focused, and alert so they are better able to learn.

2.3 Thinking about Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours

• This frame encompasses children's learning and development with respect to:
  • communicating thoughts and feelings – through gestures, physical movements, words, symbols, and representations, as well as through the use of a variety of materials;
  • literacy behaviours, evident in the various ways they use language, images, and materials to express and think critically about ideas and emotions, as they listen and speak, view and represent, and begin to read and write;
  • mathematics behaviours, evident in the various ways they use concepts of number and pattern during play and inquiry; access, manage, create, and evaluate information; and experience an emergent understanding of mathematical relationships, concepts, skills, and processes;
  • an active engagement in learning and a developing love of learning, which can instil the habit of learning for life.

2.4 Thinking about Problem Solving and Innovating

• This frame encompasses children's learning and development with respect to:
  • exploring the world through natural curiosity, in ways that engage the mind, the senses, and the body;
  • making meaning of their world by asking questions, testing theories, solving problems, and engaging in creative and analytical thinking;
  • the innovative ways of thinking about and doing things that naturally arise with an active curiosity, and applying those ideas in relationships with others, with materials, and with the environment.

Sourced From: https://www.ontario.ca/document/kindergarten-program-2016/thinking-about-learning-and-teaching-four-frames