Child life specialist

Maturity varies on what a child is exposed to and the environment that they grow up in. As they enter adulthood, these age appropriate values tend to follow suit. Experts say that parents often have to do with these results, Joseph Lao is amongst these experts. “Effective parents are skilled at providing home environments that nurture maturity in their children. They set appropriate examples, provide age appropriate standards and hold their children accountable to those standards” (Lao,…

My lesson plan supports individual learning needs because I give all the children a chance to create, explore and manipulate all different types of materials. By doing this I can be sure to help each one build up on their needs and weaknesses. Plus, while I am doing this I can see what changes need to be made to my curriculum, environment and with my community. In my center, we provide high quality care to all children of all different races, colors and ethnicity. There are so many things to…

they tend to have different life styles at home. Television will always be exposing adult material, it doesn’t matter how overprotective parents can be, and explicit material will be available somehow. For this reason parents also need to learn to communicate and express their thoughts with full honesty to children. Being honest to children doesn’t mean teaching him/her the darkest secrets of adult material, in contrast it means to guide them to the right path in life making sure they are aware…

noticed that Shanah and another caregiver were in the room. Some of the older children were already in the room and one girl was in the rocking chair as she was tired. When I sat down in the small inner part of the room, I noticed that the 1 ½ year old child was playing on toy pony that was blue. After the children went outside in the playarea, I interviewed the director of the program. Throughout this paper, I will talk about what I observered in my second observation and what I learned from my…

where it is at the eye level of the child and it is also reachable for the child/ accessable for the children. It was a cozy room with soft carpets and furnatures. The room has full of exploring things to do once the child steps in. What is your classroom doing well? The room was orgainzed with centers such listening, writing, math, art, home center, block center and more. these center are well oerganize in small boxes with label or the materials are visable for child to take…

In Lisa Delpit’s book “Other People’s Children” there was many conflicts mentioned throughout the chapters. One that really stood out to me was the idea of standards and believing in each child the same no matter what gender, race, or culture. That is something I will do as a teacher and it is also really important in the success of each student. In the introduction scene one there was an interacting between Lisa and a young teacher named Carolyn about a black student in her kindergarten…

What is puberty may you ask? Puberty is a period of time when individuals reach sexual maturity, and then become capable to reproducing. This time of change in your life is something everyone goes through. During these times of hormonal and bodily change, girls begin to ponder sex, love, marriage, and maybe even children. Some even begin to feel like a totally different person, in a totally different body. Many girls become more self-conscious during this time in their lives, while others get…

for Amy. Amy was diagnosed with Cerebral palsy. According to, The Exceptional Child, cerebral palsy is a physical disability that is described as a neurological disorder that results in lack of control of muscle movements. Amy is hypertonic, which…

A person’s childhood is a very important and fragile time of every person life. Children shouldn’t be raise in certain conditions that may affect them later on in life. My hypothesis is that I believe children from broken homes get behavioral, academic and social problems because of their unhealthy relationship between them and their parents. I will be testing my hypothesis by naturalistic observation, giving out a questionnaire, and doing individual case studies on both children and parents. I…

values at Head Start are providing for the whole child, family involvement, and promoting strong community relationships and collaborating as a team. Wright said the mission of St. Michael’s Preschool is to provide a loving, caring Christian atmosphere. Children are encouraged to discover the joy of learning in a loving environment. This preschool provides a play experience that contributes to the developmental needs of the child and recognizes each child as an individual. When asked about the…