. Make sure to give a thorough reply that builds on the previous post, expanding the subject and commenting on the previous post. When replying to post, avoid using words such as "I enjoyed reading..." or "That sounded like fun..." Please make an effort to reply to as many different students as possible throughout the duration of the class.…
On 06/01/2018 at approximately 2343 hours, I, Deputy A. Martinez Vazquez responded to 3050 Healing Place, Oviedo, Seminole County, FL., in reference to a juvenile battering a staff member of the facility. When I arrived, I observed a juvenile by the name of Diallo Xavier Fitzgerald (B/M DOB: 01/29/2003) sitting on a chair in the dining room area surrounded by other facility staff members. Diallo had noticeable scratches on his face, his forehead and nose appeared to be swollen. I first spoke with the staff member who Diallo allegedly assaulted by the name of Antonio Anton Young (B/M DOB: 10/02/1982). Antonio is a staff member of Boys Town and is entrusted as a caregiver for the facility at the time of the incident.…
Reggio Emilia staff believes in starting with all children where they are developmentally, physically, emotionally, and at their ability level. This strategy requires knowing the child well and having good communication with the child's family about the child's interests. Finding out what motivates a child is worth more than hundreds of meaningless exercises. Observation is used extensively for children with special rights, as with all children, in order to gain insight into the child's thinking process and understanding of self. The Reggio Emilia philosophy, in which each child is accepted for his or her unique learning style, facilitates acceptance of all children.…
“Hurrying children into adulthood violates the sanctity of life by giving one period priority over another. But if we really value human life, we will value each period equally and give unto each stage of life what is appropriate to that stage” (8). Dr. David Elkind, an expert on child development, discusses in his article, “The Hurried Child (25th Anniversary Edition),” the various impacts a child has on his or her life that inevitably lead to the loss of childhood. Certainly, one of the most discussed influences, is the effects stress has on a hurried child. This can be caused by numerous factors, such as school and the push to improve, parents and their need to live life through their own child, and also through divorces.…
When I was pregnant with all my children I would be filled with anticipation with what will they look like and who will they be with they grow up. But the sad part of this anticipation is wishing past every stage of their development to see the adult they will become. I often wonder if my mom thought the same things when she was pregnant with me and I wonder if she likes what she sees now that I am an…
Introduction: Child development involves emotional, physical, sociable, and intellect changes over a period from conception through adolescence. Childhood is a multifaceted process in which many changes occur. To fully understand the changes throughout childhood, one interview and observation was conducted to a toddler perspective, and a second interview and observation was implemented on a school-age child. Vast changes arise from infancy and toddlerhood, jumping to later childhood, and that was deceptive when comparing the outcomes from the two observations. Alex, who is eight years old, was the topic of the school-age child interview and observation.…
Observational Study of Infant and Caregiver An observational study is a form of naturalistic observation, “in which some naturally occurring behavior is observed without intervention in the situation” (Feldman, R.S., 2015, p. 27). On September 26th, 2016, an observer secretly watched a young, African American mother and her nine month old, female infant at the chain store BuyBuyBaby in Central Park, Fredericksburg, Virginia. For about an hour, from 15:00 to 16:00, the observer followed this mother and child throughout the store.…
This study focused clearly around 1,153 infants and their mothers. This study revolved around asking the mothers questions and observing the infants. When the infants were from 1 to 15 months of age they were observed in child care at 6 and 15 months and in the Strange Situation at 15 months. From the research, infants with early and extensive child care were more likely to be insecure than other infants. This affects the parent-child relationship.…
French medieval historian Philippe Aries’ chapter “The Discovery of Childhood” from his novel Centuries of Childhood addresses his theory of a constructed childhood, which took place from the thirteenth century up until the seventeenth century. During this time, he claims that our modern affinity for the innocence and beauty of childhood developed. Aries particularly wrote this piece in part for his fellow medieval historians as well as art historians already familiar with the many pieces he cites throughout. Although Aries’ evidence is quite suspect specifically with his emphasis on the Christ portrayals and his use of correspondences, his logical progression and chronological organization bolster his theory of childhood. Aries’ evidence relies too heavily on artists’ depictions of the infant Jesus as his source for the development of childhood.…
While watching the video I noticed that teacher was first observing the three children on the slide. The child in the light blue shirt his name is “Nick” and he was trying to interact with the other children. The other children didn’t interact with Nick and he ran over to another area in the classroom where another child was playing with some cars and a tower that allowed the cars to go down different level of the tower. Nick then began to play with cars as well in the attempt to get another child to interact and play with him. Once Nick didn’t get the response back with the other child he then found interest in another toy and then went back to play with cars and repeated what he saw the other child do with the cars and the tower and that…
The child I had chosen was a 29-month-old boy; this was the child that I had chosen because he was the child closest to me. He seemed to like me a bit and would come to me to play with as well. He seemed like the best option because I could get close to him to do any of the items that I would put out or would play a game to do some of the things with him. The ways I had gotten him to do some of the activities when we where outside and playing baseball and another time was when he and another child were sitting down playing. He seemed to really enjoy what we were doing.…
There are many factors that go into having a strong observation, one of them is individualism. Using observation info to tailor interactions, how a child is socializing, skills, needs, ect. It’s important to watch and write down what is happening in that current situation, along with behaviors and what caused those behaviors. Ask, why the child is acting the way he / she is. What does this behavior mean to the child, family, and teachers?…
Spending two and half hours in each classroom, I learned a great deal about early childhood education from ages birth through eight, and the effort and skills that it takes to create a stimulating learning environment. For my infant, toddler, and preschool observations, I spent my hours at the CCC Childcare Center located in our college while for my kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade observations, I spent my time at Casey Park Elementary School. During my observations at the CCC Childcare Center, I learned plenty about the methods and practices that go into early education before primary grades. The preschool classroom really stood out to me because the centers in the classroom were very open ended and filled with lots of manipulative for…
Introduction to Reggio Emilia approach and Montessori method The Reggio Emilia approach emphasises on building relationships, respecting each child and the learning the power of the environment. The Montessori method, is based on self-directed learning and hands-on activities. History and significant features of the approaches The Reggio Emilia approach was developed by psychologist Loris Malaguzzi, together with the parents in the villages around Reggio Emilia in Italy after world war II. After the war, people thought children needed a different learning approach. It was believed that children’s personalities form in their early years of development.…
In Ireland there are an extensive variety of curricula in use, including Montessori, Frobel, play based and Reggio Emilia approach. Although all different approaches to childcare they are underpinned by Aistear, the early childhood curriculum framework (NCCA, 2009) and Siolta, (CECDE, 2006) our national quality framework for early childhood education. The Montessori method is based on the teachings of Maria Montessori, she had many principles and areas of interest these included the cultural area based around history, geography, science, arts and crafts, music and animals this type of learning is also similar to Aistear’s learning goals of identity and belonging aim 4 “children will see themselves as capable learners” (NCCA, 2009) and exploring…