Imagine yourself in an empty pre-school classroom waiting for the pitter patter of tiny feet, eyes wide open and ready to absorb the knowledge. How will you set up your classroom to support the developmental needs of your students? I asked myself this question a few days ago and I thought of a group of children 2-5 years of age coming into my classroom on the first day. I will arrange student tables in the center of the room. Shelves line the community areas so they can place all their belonging out of the way. Projector, TV and whiteboard are at the front of the classroom for whole group instruction. The circle rug is near the book stand for reading time and other activities that are better suited for carpet time. An emptied area to allow
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The Preoperational Stage in Piaget 's theory is a child development period occurring during the preschool/kindergarten years, including cognitive and social egocentrism and lack of understanding about the rules (Estes & Krogh 2012). An example of how I will develop the cognitive domain of my students who are in the preoperational stage is how the student tables are setup. Students will be tasked with an assignment of working in groups and working towards a group goal and then ultimately a whole class goal. During the preschool years between the ages of three and six, children are in Erikson 's Stage 3, Initiative versus Guilt. Erikson spoke of children 's "surplus of energy" and a "pleasure in attack and conquest" (Estes & Krogh 2012). An example of how I will develop the affective domain of my students who are in the initiative versus guilt stage is the positioning of my teacher desk. I will be able to remain supportive while still providing protection by overseeing the classroom and being able to monitor their behavior and actions. The student computers are positioned so that any adult in the room can closely monitor their activity and ensure they refrain from dangerous …show more content…
As an educator it is important to create an engaging, productive and enriching learning environment for all children. To do that we must look at all of our students and understand their current stage in each developmental domain. In my design of a classroom for children 2-5 years of age, I have created a space for children to move around and actively engage in physical activities to develop their psychomotor domain, designed a literacy area where students have access to books to help with their reading and listening skills to develop their cognitive domain and placed students into groups to work with others and become more social to develop their affective domain. In conclusion, as educators it is ultimately up to us to set up our classroom environment to develop the cognitive (thinking), affective (emotion/feeling) and psychomotor (physical/kinesthetic) domains of all of our
The Preoperational Stage in Piaget 's theory is a child development period occurring during the preschool/kindergarten years, including cognitive and social egocentrism and lack of understanding about the rules (Estes & Krogh 2012). An example of how I will develop the cognitive domain of my students who are in the preoperational stage is how the student tables are setup. Students will be tasked with an assignment of working in groups and working towards a group goal and then ultimately a whole class goal. During the preschool years between the ages of three and six, children are in Erikson 's Stage 3, Initiative versus Guilt. Erikson spoke of children 's "surplus of energy" and a "pleasure in attack and conquest" (Estes & Krogh 2012). An example of how I will develop the affective domain of my students who are in the initiative versus guilt stage is the positioning of my teacher desk. I will be able to remain supportive while still providing protection by overseeing the classroom and being able to monitor their behavior and actions. The student computers are positioned so that any adult in the room can closely monitor their activity and ensure they refrain from dangerous …show more content…
As an educator it is important to create an engaging, productive and enriching learning environment for all children. To do that we must look at all of our students and understand their current stage in each developmental domain. In my design of a classroom for children 2-5 years of age, I have created a space for children to move around and actively engage in physical activities to develop their psychomotor domain, designed a literacy area where students have access to books to help with their reading and listening skills to develop their cognitive domain and placed students into groups to work with others and become more social to develop their affective domain. In conclusion, as educators it is ultimately up to us to set up our classroom environment to develop the cognitive (thinking), affective (emotion/feeling) and psychomotor (physical/kinesthetic) domains of all of our