Child life specialist

I was very intrigued with the TED videos that were assigned to this paper. I am always interested in learning more about how children at such a young age develop everything that is essential for when we age in adulthood. In the first video “What Do Babies Think?” The first experiment included babies that were the age of fifteen to eighteen months. I was amazed to find there was a significant amount of difference between a fifteen-month and an eighteen-month baby and how their brain processes…

This is my first semester in the early childhood program and I love it! This has been a great experience for me and doing what I love most. Children a great thing and we as early childhood teacher we need to know that. I have learned so many things about this program and how to better myself in my work. I hope that someday I can open my own daycare business and be successful. This program will teach me many things that I know or don’t know about kids. I’m excited for what the future holds for me…

When I stepped outside to the playground, the leaves were flying in the wind and the birds were singing, not a child to be seen. I wondered where the children are and why is it so silent. Rhea believes that children were built to move and when they do not have the choice to have the unstructured play they need these children begin to shut down and perform poorly. She explains that when a child is sitting for several hours of the day their brain begins to loose necessary nutrients to perform…

Primrose might have only been part of Penny’s imagination but she impacted Penny’s life more than anyone else did or ever would. When Penny went into the forest and Alys wanted to come, Penny told her no and that “It’s for your own good” (Byatt 306) because she knew the…

When you do so, avoid closing the child in. Instead, offer choices. Teaching how to choose can provide significant learning in addiction to changes in behavior. By offering choices, you can change behavior and offer the children some control. If you choose to interrupt behavior, do so with…

children to be fit. I think sports are the key to success, because the challenges you face in sports prepare you for the rest of your life”. Sports are life changing. The physical, social, and mental skills gained from sports can completely alter the lifestyle of a child, and push them in the right direction. These skills can prepare children to overcome obstacles later in life. Sports can create a lifetime of happiness that can’t be achieved in anything else. Despite the risk of injuries,…

Students are to: Critically reflect upon their own values and attitudes towards families, communities and citizenship and articulate the impact of these on their practice ‘No one can consider themselves a professional unless they are prepared to engage in reflective activities’. Gardner 2006 Critical reflection is essential in developing effective practice. Our own values and attitudes do come into play as…

really close to see it, and it could put me and my children in danger of being hit when he reversed the vehicle. Without my glasses, I would not be able to see from a safe distance. All I could do was watch them drive away. I was helpless to help the child in her moment of…

the family and forever screw up the children. That 's the stigma that divorce has faced for over decades. Reports, statistics, and data all show how divorce will have negative effects on the children. It 's inevitable that divorce will effect the child 's upbringing, and change the way they can move forward. However, not all change needs to be damaging to the children or parents. Changes on the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem level can be made to help children and families…

parent-child relationships, being stressed out, having behavioral issues, and being an adult while parents get divorced. Divorce can affect children from as young as toddlers all the way until their adult years. Parent-child relationships can be affected by divorce. A survey showed that people who come from divorced families were prone to see their parents as unreliable later in life (Divorce…