In the vignette “Moving beyond kicking and pushing —Arlae Gomez, Master Teacher” (Friedman & Soltero, 2005, p.1) an example of how a teacher uses the child’s interest in providing a foundation for engaging curriculum is taken when the child speaks with the parents in regards to the child’s curiosity of watching things fall. The teacher built on NAEYC’s guideline for developmentally appropriate practices by “Promoting the development of knowledge and understanding, processes and skills, as well as disposition toward learning” (Swim, 2017, p.230) in which she “gathered balls, soft blocks, dolls, plastic dishes, and other similar materials that the boy could drop and watch fall” (Friedman & Soltero, 2006, p.1) in which the child engaged in taking the items and letting them fall from playground equipment, after 2 days he had discovered what he needed and it was done.
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After the discussion, they read more about what snails eat and read more books on snails thus engaging into a cognitive learning experience and interaction with language and social and emotional development as a
After the discussion, they read more about what snails eat and read more books on snails thus engaging into a cognitive learning experience and interaction with language and social and emotional development as a