Developmentally appropriate practice is the process of deciding what is best and more appropriate for children, based on their individual age and stage of development. This includes discipline, food, scheduling, and communications.
From my experience, children are capable of learning advanced concepts at an early age and although it is vital to select content that matches the cognitive capacities of students, undoubtedly students can benefit from more in depth material. My sons were taking high school classes starting in 6th grade. By the time my son went to high school, he had 6 high school honors classes. Algebra I, Algebra II, World History, Physical Science, Geometry, and American History. We obtained special permission from for one of my sons to sign up for an 11th grade American History Honors class, since he was still in 7th grade. Both of my sons earned an A in every upper level class they took. Although programs in the public and private schools allow students to sign up for upper level classes while in middle school, there are a number of classes that they not are allowed to attend. Since my children were home schooled, I made sure that they were exactly at the level that they were capable of. My sons learned science and math through active involvement with the environment …show more content…
We should offer our children context that is developmentally appropriate and sequentially increases in depth as children advance through …show more content…
We used to watch the world news after recording it. I would select the topics relevant to the issues I felt the necessity to discuss with my children allowing us to censor those topics that were too weighty. We would have discussions on issues related to our state, the nation, and the
From my experience, children are capable of learning advanced concepts at an early age and although it is vital to select content that matches the cognitive capacities of students, undoubtedly students can benefit from more in depth material. My sons were taking high school classes starting in 6th grade. By the time my son went to high school, he had 6 high school honors classes. Algebra I, Algebra II, World History, Physical Science, Geometry, and American History. We obtained special permission from for one of my sons to sign up for an 11th grade American History Honors class, since he was still in 7th grade. Both of my sons earned an A in every upper level class they took. Although programs in the public and private schools allow students to sign up for upper level classes while in middle school, there are a number of classes that they not are allowed to attend. Since my children were home schooled, I made sure that they were exactly at the level that they were capable of. My sons learned science and math through active involvement with the environment …show more content…
We should offer our children context that is developmentally appropriate and sequentially increases in depth as children advance through …show more content…
We used to watch the world news after recording it. I would select the topics relevant to the issues I felt the necessity to discuss with my children allowing us to censor those topics that were too weighty. We would have discussions on issues related to our state, the nation, and the