The potential of pedagogical documentation, By Jacinthe Nguyen Can learning be visible? Children’s and teacher’s learning’s processes visible through pedagogical documentation. Life is full of learning moments for children as well as for adults. But how can we illustrate this learning in a manner visible to others? In the Reggio Emilia approach, children are seen as active and competent learners; and the use of pedagogical documentation reflects this view through exhibiting, analysing and reflecting on children’s learning (Patterson, 2005).
Denver Development Assessment Project Age Group: Toddlers (1-3yrs) Developmental milestones are things most children can do by a certain age. Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave, and move (like jumping, running, or balancing). Children develop at their own pace, so it's impossible to tell exactly when a child will learn a given skill. However, the developmental milestones give a general idea of the changes to expect as a child gets older. The toddler period covers two year's in the child's life from about one to three years of age.
Learning outcome 1 know the main stages of child and young person development 1.1 Describe the expected pattern of children and young peoples development from birth to 19 years physical development At 0-3 years New born babies have little control over their bodies. Their movement depends on series of reflexes, as they get older they start to develop series of movements and actions called the ‘gross motor skills’ such as crawling, sitting, grabbing, pointing, running, rolling, hopping, jumping, and so on. In their second year, children should have better ability to control their movement. In their third year, children would start to develop some ‘fine motor skills’ such as painting, colouring, and scribbling. They would enjoy looking at, and turning the pages of books.
All of our learning activities include four very important ingredients; socialization, to have the children get to know one another. Skill building, to help their minds develop and better understand how to do day to day skills. Interaction, not only amongst the children, but with the teachers and adults as well. And last, but not least, individual exploration. It is crucial for children to explore themselves, for them to find out who they are and what their likes and dislikes are.
1.3 Support the development of children’s communication, language, literacy and mathematics skills. 1.4 Know when a child is in need of support and when to refer to other relevant services. 2. Work directly with children and in partnership with their families to facilitate learning and development. 2.1 Understand the important influence of parents/carers and engage with them to support their child's well being, learning and development.
Communicating with babies from birth is very important , from birth if you have the pram facing the parent this is proven to be a great way to communicate with the baby right from the word go, this will then help the baby with their communication skills. Books: Reading to children in an animated style, stories or adventures or simple fun dilemmas for children which use high frequency or repetitive words can be a fun way of engaging children into imaginative play and reinforce words into their memory. Some books are interactive with playful sound and short melody,
Children learn mainly through play. That’s why in my classroom I use centers such as art, dramatic play, and blocks. Through these centers children can learn and be as creative as they want to be. For example in the block are children in my classroom not only play in the block area but they learn social skills, math skills, and also language skills. When I introduce the block area to the children I show them the shapes of the blocks and tell them the names of the blocks as well.
Doing school activities will help them to balance out their day. They need to have some kind of daily routine to follow. Also, children need to do brain activities with other kids. These kinds of activities are a great way to get kids interesting in learning. School activities should be a part of every kid's
• Supports services and resources for children that enhance daily opportunities for learning provided in settings where a child would be if he/she did not have a developmental delay and disability. • Provides families' independence and competencies. • Respects families' strengths, values and diversity. Early Intervention supports and services are designed to meet the developmental needs of children with a disability as well as the needs of the family related to enhancing the child's development in one or more of the following areas: • Physical development, including vision and hearing • Cognitive development • Communication development • Social or emotional development • Adaptive development Early Childhood - (also early childhood learning and early education) refers to the formal teaching of young children by people outside the family or in settings outside the home. "Early childhood" is usually defined as before the age of normal schooling – five years in most nations, though the U.S. National Association for the Education of Young Children defines "early childhood" as before the age of eight.
I will listen to what suggestions parents can make to help improve the classroom and make it a better learning environment. Philosophy: I am going to gather up students and parents and allow them to give me advice on how to improve the classroom. I am going to arrange the classroom so it is open and inviting. It will be a well-developed learning environment. Where I can teach the children how to read, write, and focus on what the need the most and not repeating what they already know.