Zone of proximal development

support children’s language development? Give an example. • Scaffolding represents the helpful interactions between children and adults that enable the child to do something outside of their independent levels. Due to preschoolers’ increased language competencies, the linguistic scaffolding appropriate for interacting with preschool children is different from that used with infants and toddlers. The basic approach involves recognizing the child’s zone of proximal development. This helps support…

B.B. was 7 months during the time of the first observation. This is an in-depth analysis of child development theories in reference to the capabilities of B.B. during the observation. Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development- the Sensorimotor Stage. The sensorimotor stage is the first of four stages that Piaget founded in his theory. During the sensorimotor stage, “children know the world through actions on the world- sucking, throwing, pounding, etc. They know what they can see. Objects…

Discussion Children in middle childhood sometimes experience social, cognitive, and physical development at different rates than their peers. Although Haylee’s cognitive development is experiencing strains and shortcomings than what is expected at her age, she is at an age where she still has the ability to improve her cognitive development through time, effort, and encouragement. Summary of Strengths, Obstacles, and Limitations Strengths Past the struggles and limitations that have set Haylee…

Active physical play contributes to fine and gross motor development and body awareness. Using their bodies during play also enables children to feel physically confident, secure, and self-assured (Isenberg & Quisenberry, 2002). The physical benefits of active play are particularly valuable for children with joint…

Introduction Learning starts long before students come to a school or any formal institution of instruction, and remains continue even long after school finishes, in a variety of different ways and context (Churchill, 2013). Pritchard (2013) defines learning as “the individual process of constructing understanding based on experience from a wide range of sources” (p.1).Learning in a formal classroom environment occurs through conscious information processing and focused mental and social…

new friends in class. He’s a very clever child who loves to read. When he’s not at school, he likes to watch cartoons and make puzzles. Occasionally, he will play some video games. Arthur is developing parallel to Erik Erikson’s early stages of development. In his first year, as an infant, Arthur found the perfect balance of trust and mistrust that Erikson deemed the “task” (Kalat, 2014, p.167). Arthur developed complete trust in his parents, who took time off work…

characteristic of childhood that countless research has been devoted to understanding it (Bartlett, 2011). One cannot talk about play, and it’s importance in childhood, without mentioning Vygotsky. He stated that “play is the leading source of development in the preschool years” (1967, p.6). However, it is not any kind of play that Vygotsky, and other influential developmental theorists such as Piaget and Elkonin, are interested in. Active free play – that is, unstructured, child-driven,…

Reading and writing are intertwined (Language and Literacy Course, Spring 2016). It is important that a clinician does not separate the two in therapy. Thus, my ideal therapy will focus and build on each other regarding the reading and writing portion. My ideal intervention programs will focus on meaning-based strategies in both reading and writing. Meaning-based strategies contrasting, recurrent, embedded, active, and meaningful (CREAM). Meaning that emphasis will be on the actual…

and language development in relation to the development of children from birth to three years. Do they apply to all children’s development? This essay will be analysing and evaluating the major theories of development in relation to the development of children aged from birth to three years, and whether the theories apply to all children’s development. The physical development of children from birth to three years is explored by Freud, whose work consisted of the psychosexual development and…

Language and Literacy for teachers Assessment 1 Thesis A child’s language development is intertwined with all other areas of their development and therefore it plays an integral role in their cognitive and intellectual growth. Introduction Language is an abstract set of principles that specify the relationship between a sequence of sounds and a sequence of meanings. Everyday life constitutes and intrinsic part of the way language is used. Any communication between people is in a social…