Third Suggestion By Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson Was born in Farnfort-am-main Germany 1920. He created three suggestions that are used today in Early Education. The First Suggestion is to have the children make and act on their own decisions. This can be acted on by allowing the children free play throughout the day and allowing different choices. The Second Suggestion is to allow the children to have make-believe. The teachers would need to have a variety of dress up clothes in the class room such as Moms, Dads, Doctors and even our everyday Hero’s. The Third Suggestion is for teachers to not over react to an accident when the child has been trying to attempt something new on their own. Erickson focused on the social aspect of children and also the psychological aspect. Ericson believed that your personality is affected drastically from your childhood. The NAE was created by a group of people in 1920 to apply …show more content…
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