Chapter One Outline I. Early childhood education is an important career of educating and caring for young children. It is good to learn more about yourself to acquire knowledge that will help you grow. II. Early childhood education refers to the education and care given to children from birth to age eight.…
McNamee_5A • Given the subject matter discussed in Chapter 5, and the concepts discussed by the author regarding international contacts, did you identify any shortcomings in the contract which you examined? What were these shortcomings? The contract I chose for evaluation was the “More at Four Pre-Kindergarten program” subcontract template. The shortcoming of the subcontract template was the unclear and prohibitive nature of the template.…
The Early Years Curriculum has developed over time from 1944. The background of the progress of legislation and reports through the years will be shown in a timeline. The developments of provision within the UK will demonstrate the changes through the years and the adoptions made to enhance provision. The Early Years Curriculum since 1944 has been culminated through legislation and reports.…
Vaughn Road Preschool Name DeAnna Martin Course 210 Subject Vaughn Road Preschool Promoting child development and learning is paramount as it creates a respectful, healthy, and challenging environment for kids. At Vaughn Road Preschool, children at the age of 4 years are taught a wide range of lessons that are grounded in a child development knowledge base. The school whose address is 8790 Vaughn Road Rd City/ST Montgomery, AL 36117, has various levels of learning from standard one to standard seven. Each level is symbolic as it plays a distinct role in molding the kids. Ideally, the program comprises of various elements including, knowing and understanding the needs, and characteristics of young children.…
Early years practitioners play a vital role in the emotion and behavior that occurs within children. Practitioners usually must set up an environment that promotes positive and healthy attitudes towards another and towards oneself. This allows for intervention and prevention of a child getting a behavioral and emotional disorder from a young age. According to the book Teaching and Working with Children Who Have Emotional and Behavioral Challenges, a practitioner must create positive prevention strategies such as ‘expression of the value of all members of the school community, school environments marked by a high academic expectation, positive behavioral expectations, student-centered instruction, positive and proactive approach towards school…
Observation: Rise Program Physical Setting Rise is a beautiful facility. All of the windows looking into the classrooms and looking outside are my favorite because they provide light, openness, and a sense of connection throughout the whole building. The commons is also a great area. It is large and open for all of the kids to spread out and explore their surroundings, while engaging in gross motor activities, such as going down a slide, riding a tricycle, or jumping on a trampoline.…
The academic article focuses on the transition to preschool program which aims to improve the health and education of Aboriginal children. The article portrays the preschool readiness program as an effective way to develop Aboriginal children and give them a greater opportunity for learning from a young age. Furthermore the article stresses that the program is something that must be invested in, so it can be improved on in the…
The article Expanding Downward: Innovation, Diffusion, and State Policy Adoptions of Universal Preschool is a framework of Universal preschool & expands on its benefits of investing in educating & investing in young children. The groundwork main focus is to provide access to early childhood education programs to all consumers. Furthermore it would be different from the Head Start programs as we know them today being that the current Head Start programs have income restrictions. However Universal preschool programs have no restrictions as stated in the article “universal preschool programs provide government-funded preschool to all children regardless of economic background, disability status, neighborhood poverty, or other qualifying characteristics.”…
Introduction: How Children Succed p.xiii&xv In this introduction I was surprised on how they are having three year olds filling out worksheets and completing drills on letter and number recognition (Tough, 2013, p.xiii). I did notice when my son went to transitional kindergarten that what was expected from him was what a kindergarten back then would be learning. When he went to kindergarten he was expected to know more than what I remember was required before.…
In the article Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Families in Early Childhood Settings, authors Tracy Burt, Aimee Gelnaw, and Lee Klinger Lesser discuss the importance for educators to create classrooms and learning environments that are inclusive of LGBT children and families. Through their discussion of the importance of LGBT inclusion Burt et al., break the article into two topics. They begin with describing why it is vital to include the discussion of LGBT families within the classroom and commonly used language, and they provide examples of how to create LGBT inclusive environments and opportunities to build positive relationships with LGBT children and families. Research…
For years I have been Plagued with the nagging feeling to go back to school. You know the gentle prods of encouragement that only God can whisper into your soul. Weather it be a song on Christian radio, played at just the right time. Or the quiet moments of the day when the thought of returning to school brings a gentle calm to my spirit. Then I know I am to do Gods work, for his glory.…
I am a student at Pasadena City College. I am taking the Child Development 20 (Introduction to Curriculum Planning) this semester. For this class, I am required to complete five observations. I am currently working at Canyon Early Learning Center in Monrovia as a teacher’s aide. I work with preschool children at this site.…
Children are like sponges, they learn something new every day. They imitate and learn the things that adults and other peers around them do. This is the reason why preschools are part of the social construction of gender in our society. In Martin’s reading (2014), he stated that gendering of children’s bodies is part of the “hidden curriculum” of schools. Schools socialize children to be the way society want them to behave; boys are tough and girls are fragile.…
I have always been a great admirer of the German education system. I am more familiar with the school system in my home country (Togo) than the one in America. Togo is a French colony and they follow the same education system as France. Kindergarten or pre-school registers pupils from age 2 to age 6, and prepare them for entry into primary school. Every pupil must pass through this stage regardless of your age.…
Early childhood education is aimed more on the learning experiences of children below the age of 5 or 6 when compulsory schooling begins. In organized educational programs they enroll kindergarten children, mainly 5 year olds. in prekindergarten and preschool start at about age 3. Over the course of the 20th century , kindergarten while not compulsory became largely the responsibility of public schools.…