Pre-kindergarten

The main issue being a child’s school readiness as they enter kindergarten or first grade. Lee and Burkman (2002) found that most American students who start school significantly behind their peers can never close the readiness gap and it instead widens over time. They also state that school readiness has been shown to…

Helping children to have a better life is a goal of mine. I want to be a great influence and to be able to impact the lives of children like the McMillan sister have done. The McMillan sisters Margaret and Rachel wanted to create a way to help better the lives of children. Margaret and Rachel wanted to help the children who came from poverty be able to get their basic needs met. "They began to visit the homes of the poor, leading them to lives of social activism, focused on improving the lives…

ages birth through eight, and the effort and skills that it takes to create a stimulating learning environment. For my infant, toddler, and preschool observations, I spent my hours at the CCC Childcare Center located in our college while for my kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade observations, I spent my time at Casey Park Elementary School. During my observations at the CCC Childcare Center, I learned plenty about the methods and practices that go into early education before primary grades.…

Table 1. Understanding of home care and ‘9073’ care combination Concepts Sources Familial care ‘Jiating Yanglao’ Home care ‘Jujia Yanglao’ Community care ‘Shequ Yanglao’ Residential Care Combination Ministry of Civil Affairs in China (policy document) Care exclusively provided by family members Centred on the family, relied on the community, supporting by professional services; Providing socialized services to older people who are living at home to solve their difficulties in daily life;…

Case Study Five (5) Outdoor Play with the Nursery children; 4 years old. From my perspective, I think that learning extends beyond classroom. I believe that outdoor play is a form of learning that actively encourages children development. The three principles that I have chosen based on the case study: • Holistic Development to development and learning • Children as Active Learners • Play as a medium for learning Holistic Development to development and learning Holistic development in…

I had the opportunity to attend the exploring European preschools forum last week and identified many insights, while making connections from what I have learned in class. Several professors went on a trip to study early childhood education in Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. They went on this journey to find out and explore some of the best practices for children in preschool. The main topic I noticed in this forum was empowerment. In Denmark the preschool was extremely nature based.…

children, to have a goal directed energy and keep working towards meeting the goals you have set. Working with the preschoolers we push them to problem solve and build self-esteem. Being a preschooler, it is the teacher’s job to prepare them for kindergarten and to work with them in the academics area. We work with the children to stay “on task” and to perform well in the educational…

are the foundation that frames children’s growth, development and learning. All children have the right to an education and to an environment in which they are able to reach their full potential in life. Children at the age of five or six attend kindergarten, the first class that starts off the educational path in life. However, nowadays the earlier their education starts the better chance children have to succeed and meet the high standards set in place by our society. Therefore, the proportion…

For my site of research I have chosen a daycare center, for which I was given permission by the director. The name of the daycare is Alpha Fundamental Pre-School. The entity that I am interested in is there after school program, for which I have ask for the eldest group available. The older after-school children were actually kept in the lower part of the school: a beautiful decorated wall of colored colorings of student’s works, drawings, a finished and glued (what looks like 5,000 piece)…

I still can recall my first day attending preschool. I got out of the car and clenched on to my mother’s hand tighter than I ever had before. When we got inside the building, the teachers were so jolly, assuring that I would love preschool and that the day would be a great day. Finally, I stopped wailing, let go of my mother’s hand and went to join the rest of the kids on the alphabet rug. I sat on the letter “A” because I remembered how my mom taught me that my name was Ashley and that it…