Educators are co- to, children’s development and play with the help of the children’s families, and communities. Also, with the current knowledge of child development, theories of learning and the understanding of the Alberta’s current curriculum framework of holistic play-based goals and dispositions to learn they will help support you as an educator. Educators have three co- roles (not saying the educator doesn’t have other important roles) named educators as co-learners, educators as co-researchers, and educators as co-imaginers of possibilities.
Educators as Co-learners
As educators engage in children’s play they are able to see the children’s disposition to learn (playing and playful, seek, participating, persisting, and caring) and to …show more content…
Then posting it on a wallboard for the parents and other educators to see to help plan play areas in the future. On the walls in the program I have seen documentation boards displaying the children’s development in play areas, and developmental domains. As a practicum student I have learned about taking documentation of my co-playing with the children. I have created documentation boards, learning stories, and anecdotal observations to learn more about how to observe the children’s play to know when they are learning, and developing. We were able to demonstrate our documentation boards with the approval of the parents to show them and early childhood education community what we have created and learned from the children’s play that shows their development. By sharing and making the children’s learning visible it will help support and awareness of children’s potential, as might learners and …show more content…
Some educators take other educator’s ideas and take a risk in seeing if their play area will be successful or not. During the planning of play areas and activities we ask others or ourselves different questions to expand our thinking. Educators in my placement have asked newcomers family members what the child’s interests are to help them expand new ideas for their play areas as well. In my practicum placement one of the educators took a risk creating a play on wedding theme of dramatic play with dressing as a bride and groom, and kitchen play of creating cakes. The results were positive and all of the children enjoyed dressing up and pretend making wedding
Educators as Co-learners
As educators engage in children’s play they are able to see the children’s disposition to learn (playing and playful, seek, participating, persisting, and caring) and to …show more content…
Then posting it on a wallboard for the parents and other educators to see to help plan play areas in the future. On the walls in the program I have seen documentation boards displaying the children’s development in play areas, and developmental domains. As a practicum student I have learned about taking documentation of my co-playing with the children. I have created documentation boards, learning stories, and anecdotal observations to learn more about how to observe the children’s play to know when they are learning, and developing. We were able to demonstrate our documentation boards with the approval of the parents to show them and early childhood education community what we have created and learned from the children’s play that shows their development. By sharing and making the children’s learning visible it will help support and awareness of children’s potential, as might learners and …show more content…
Some educators take other educator’s ideas and take a risk in seeing if their play area will be successful or not. During the planning of play areas and activities we ask others or ourselves different questions to expand our thinking. Educators in my placement have asked newcomers family members what the child’s interests are to help them expand new ideas for their play areas as well. In my practicum placement one of the educators took a risk creating a play on wedding theme of dramatic play with dressing as a bride and groom, and kitchen play of creating cakes. The results were positive and all of the children enjoyed dressing up and pretend making wedding