Early Childhood Philosophies

In Early Childhood programs, there are different philosophies and curriculums that are based on early childhood theorists and programs such as Margaret McMillan, and Reggio Emilia program in Italy. Alberta’s current beliefs in early childhood education is that all children should be given the opportunity to learn through their play as they grow to become a mighty learners, and we, as educators need to develop a professional way of interacting with young children. As we are interacting with young children we are observing and documenting their play and development in a variety of different ways. Documenting, and keeping records is a way for the educators to communicate with the children’s family members of their development. Also, educators …show more content…
Saying “Good job” or “Great job” is meaningless because children don’t understand what it means. You could say, “Look at all the colours you used to draw,” this is giving a description of the children’s actions. You could also ask open-ended questions during or after the activity. If children are getting praised all the time it can create issues such as praise junkies, manipulation, develop self-esteem problems, and setting children up for failure to be perfect all the time. (Keilty, J. 2015. Introduction to Early Childhood …show more content…
In my experience of writing observations, and anecdotal records for practicum, I have referred to Jean Piaget theories, and the Play, Participation, and Possibilities - An Early Learning And Child Care Curriculum Framework For Alberta, on more than one occasion. This is where I have learned and referred to Mighty Learners: Nurturing Children’s Dispositions To Learn: playing and playful, seeking, participating, persisting, and caring. In my Observation and Recording class we were given the opportunity to observe a RIE class of infants to learn how to write observations, and anecdotal recordings. (Makovichuk, L., Hewes, J., Lirette, P., & Thomas, N. 2014 pp.