Pre-kindergarten

education curriculum we had to learn about from k-12. That being said just learning the different stages about art from building art and developing the skills about art. These are the different ways just to learn about the value of art. In the kindergarten curriculum we use the elements to create shapes and sizes. We also use talk about the basic language about art, they can also recognize the demonstration about art, if you start earlier talking about art and showing about art at a early age,…

the growing digital age, schools are introducing technology in early education in many different forms. Technology is being introduced into the classroom earlier and earlier. Today some schools are introducing technology as early as head start and pre-k. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in collaboration with the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media have developed…

only in place to benefit the student. I don’t think labeling is necessary in other situations because it just puts limits on the student’s abilities. No matter what age the child is, labeling can affect them. For example, I was assisting in a Pre-Kindergarten class and there was a child with Down syndrome. He was included in everything and the children knew different sign languages that he would react to. At that point, I didn’t think it was appropriate to ask the teacher how she taught the…

“Testing of students in the United States is now [approximately] 150 years old” (Alcocer, Paulina. "History of Standardized Testing in the United States."). Rigorous testing has become engrained into the American educational system. I disagree with the countless challenging tests subjected upon the modern student because exams such as the SAT, ACT, Iowa Basics, PSAT/NMSQT are weighted too heavily, are not accurate or full representations of a student, and correlative studies have displayed that…

Some aspects of the reading make sense to me but I am not able to fully grasp how the whole idea works. In Case 1.1 I can relate because this has happened when I was a long term substitute in a Pre-Kindergarten classroom. I would ask a question and it was always the same students answering over and over again. I believe that the solution presented in the case could possibly work but I also believe it varies on the age of the students and possibly even…

Science – The Study of the Natural World: What is more natural than making and producing art? We can look back over thousands of years and see from pre-historic times until current day that making and producing art is in our nature – from the beginning scribbles of a child to the painting and decoration of our homes as an adult. We incorporate what we see every day and what is around us into our art…

Student A is a nine-year-old healthy female in the third grade. She was born in the Dominican Republic and migrated to Miami, Florida as a toddler. The child is experiencing difficulties in all content areas and demonstrates poor memory skills. She is receiving the intervention pull out service and is allocated in the Response To Intervention Tier II process. The student receives additional services for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) level III. Student A struggles only in…

Manipulatives use in mathematics education has been at the forefront of conservation when it comes to pertains to learning standards and common core state standards. Manipulatives are mainly used at the elementary level to introduce new concepts in math. They can provide a concrete representation of a number or mathematical equation. Shaw (2002) states, “manipulatives help students develop conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas by representing the ideas in multiple ways”. With the…

Family Influence: My family consists of my mother, my father, and my two sisters. My entire family is from Cali, Colombia. When I was six years old my parents decided to move to the U.S. At the time, I didn’t understand why we were leaving our house, family and friends. It wasn’t until I became a teenager that I began to understand the reasons behind their decision. One of the reasons why my parents decided to come to the U.S. was for a chance of having a better life. When I compare my homeland…

towards the kitchen, a commercial for The X Factor appeared on the television screen. The first season was coming to a close and the search for the one with the " X Factor" was to begin again. I had always loved singing. Performing since I was in Pre-Kindergarten, church choir, and even my…