A child’s early years are the most critical for their development. The experiences or events that happen during this stage can have an impact on the child for the rest of their lives. There have been various changes that have occurred in my life that I believe influenced the type of person that I am today. I chose to do the timeline option because I felt that this was the best way to showcase my growth. The timeline will be the best for me to display the chronosystem concept and really show my growth over time.…
Week 4: Sociocognitive development Describe examples of scaffolding in your experience (as a learner or a teacher). Sociocognitive development occurs mostly through child's social interaction with parents, teachers, peers and other knowledgeable members of the world (Vygotsky 1978,1987, cited O'Donnell et al., 2013, p. 115). Hence, guidance learning utilising scaffolding will assist learning and development (Woolfolk and Margetts, 2013, p. 99). Scaffolding is the method by which educators use progression, resources and language tools and technologies to support student learning.…
My goal as a teacher is to respect the diversity and uniqueness of each child, making sure that each student is apart of co-constructing the learning experiences, knowledge and the environment we create as a group. As an early childhood educator I seek to make sure I model the respect, confidence and acceptance that I would like my students to achieve throughout their learning and interaction with others. I as a teacher want to provide an environment that each child feels they belong to and has a connection…
An ideal learning environment in a child development center is one that stimulates a child’s cognitive, language, social, emotional, fine motor, gross motor, and sensory skills through developmentally appropriate practices that enhances creativity. Meaning early childhood educators must plan their lesson plan activities, select their classroom materials, and design their classroom floor plan to meet the developmental needs of the children in the classroom in a fun inventive way. In this paper, we will analyze an Infant 1 learning environment design to house six infants, that range from 6 weeks to 3 months of age. Before entering the classroom, to the right side of the door is a medium table is a in and out log, fact sheets and need to know…
Adult child interaction during the early childhood years is very important. Adult child interactions show’s parents and children as a partnership, versus the parent has control over the child. However, parent and child partnerships help build the child’s critical thinking skills, vocabulary language modeling, and encouraging the child to problem solve; when the child encounter problems within the activity or personal self-helps skills. However, I do believe as an educator, parents are their child’s first teacher. Parents are the guide to their child’s success.…
Also it is important to share the information we have gathered with the families of the children we serve. Sharing this information with them allows us to work in a partnership in meeting their child’s needs. “Early childhood programs have long recognized the importance of involving families in their children education and development” (Beaty, 2014.…
Preschool Children: The Stages of Development of When designing or developing a curriculum that encompasses the physical, social and emotional, as well as cognitive development of children ages 3 to 6. First, this writer would ensure the curriculum; activities, materials, and toys do not promote personal preferences, such as stereotypes of religion, political, gender, and race. As well safeguarding the equipment is operable and safe, clutter-free – meaning not blocking a child’s freedom to enjoy and engage in the activity and safety. Lastly, the activities should foster a safe, clean, soft, especially in the library to promote relaxation, healthy learning environment. This paper will address the development of children, physically cognitively,…
It is important to keep a positive vibe when working with the children, to have a goal directed energy and keep working towards meeting the goals you have set. Working with the preschoolers we push them to problem solve and build self-esteem. Being a preschooler, it is the teacher’s job to prepare them for kindergarten and to work with them in the academics area. We work with the children to stay “on task” and to perform well in the educational…
The event was organized by Early Childhood Community Development Centre (ECCDC). The event was presented by Ginette Wilson, BA Hons, RECE Early Learning and Child Care Program Consultant. The intended audience at the event were mostly Niagara College ECE students and students from different schools too, RECE’s, parents and Infant and Toddler teachers from different schools.…
The major objective of this paper is to look at the divorce rate in the United States, and how it effects Preschool, School age children, and finally adolescents. In the United States, many children deal with their parents getting a divorce. Children whose parents get a divorce report getting lower grades, feeling more depressed , as well as have poor conduct compared to children whose families are intact. When parents first get a divorce it is very rocky for their children to get adjusted to the new living situation, often times when parents get a divorce children often times go through financial hardships within the home, as well children feel they have lost one parent due to the fact that they don’t see that parent very often and…
Our lives are built around moments. Moments that define who we are how we learn and how we live. From pre partum to birth and so on, we learn at incredible rates. The brain is taking in information from all sorts of different sources, processing them, putting them into files (memory) and reacting to them. As we grow as children our environment plays a substantial role in guiding our personality emotions and who we become as adolescence and eventually adults, therefore it is critical as parents to give the most nurturing and loving support to children as best we can.…
The age group that I have selected to work with for the five-week outline is the Pre-K group. I chose this age group because as an educator I am passionate about providing adolescent children with learning establishments in fundamental subjects. In my classroom the (DAP) developmentally appropriate practices would be implemented in my lesson plans. Every child learns and develops differently, therefore my curriculum will reflect tactics that best fits each child's developmental needs. In my classroom, it is essential that I use and incorporate Theories, Philosophies, and Concepts in my curriculum appropriately in order for the children in my care to be successful.…
Future Research In future studies, researchers could put less emphasis on what parenting style is the best style. The preferred style requires resources that families from lower SES cannot afford or do not have access to. Research should not only focus on Caucasian or Europeans families as the middle-class, but also do studies on middle-class families that are outside of the typical Caucasian or European families. There are many findings on parental involvement throughout high school and in their child’s journey to go on to higher education, but there seemed to be a lack of research done on the parent’s involvement throughout early childhood education.…
“Recognizing that there were children who “puzzled” us meant that we also accepted that the children were making sense, even if we didn’t understand immediately” (Ballenger, 2009, p.5). The book emphasizes how is important for us as educators to listen to what children’s ideas and talk even when it doesn’t make sense to us at first. But the more we are asking questions, we will explore the other meaning and better understanding their thoughts. I feel that in early childhood services, many families and children are from different cultures and have different values.…
When thinking about education, what is the first thing that pops into your head? For everyone the answers can be quite different, but one word that remains constant is “why?”. I remember countless times where I asked my mother why I needed to go to school and she always told me “to be successful”. The gravity of those words only then set in once I began to see school as a place of opportunity. Martin Luther King Jr added more so to the depth of school when he stated: “The function of Education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.…