Art Center Observation

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Luz Serrano 1 ECE321 October 24, 2013 Observation of infants and toddlers in a group setting Erie Neighborhood House is a licensed accredited toddler and preschool child care program. According to the teacher in the classroom I observed, they practice and use the Teaching Strategies Creative Curriculum. As I observed I saw and felt the professionalism among the teachers. They begin the day with a daily schedule to start the day with a flexible learning opportunity. The daily schedule starts off the day with hellos, free play, breakfast, teeth brushing, toileting and diaper change, motor room, story time, music time,…show more content…
The teacher would encourage all the children to at one time or the other to join the art center. All the supplies are at the children’s reach and most of the toddlers scribbled making lines or circles, appropriate writing for toddlers. The art center had water color paint, paint brushes, markers, crayons, scissors, construction papers of varies colors, stamps, ink pads, stencils, and magazine, the teachers allowed the children to choose whatever they wanted to work with at the art center. Across the art center is the science area in this area they will find farm and wild animals, sea animals, play-dough, insects, natural sea shells and some other natural things I saw, magnets, magnifying glasses, and dinosaurs, the children made their own decision on what to play with, the teacher would encouraged the child to clean-up after they were done playing I had an opportunity to observed a child who refused to clean-up, so the teacher turned it into a counting game, another learning moment for the…show more content…
I would like to support this classroom in reference of two theories, Erikson and Reggio Emilia. I saw how successfully the children developed trust how they expressed their safety and security. The teachers were consistent and emotionally available. Erikson’s believed children can sense one-hundred percent trust or one-hundred percent doubt. (Erikson) Another, amazing theory that I can compare this classroom and teachers, their practice and professionalism, children are motivated to learn on what they are interested on, the teacher nurtures that ability so that the children grow and learn. I was in awe the genuine respect the children received by the teachers. They respected the child’s ideas and decisions. However, there were incidents that the teacher had to sit a child down to control behavior, the teacher called it “Time to take a break”. Reggie Emilia stated, “Children are not assumed to be empty vessels to be filled with instruction; they are seen as ready to learn when the right, best, or most appropriate opportunities are offered.” (Reggie
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