Pictures: Pictures are used alongside words to make communication more easier and understandable. In fact in my placement school, the reading scheme that is used starts the children off with ‘picture only’ books so the children are encouraged to talk about the pictures in the book and make their own story up and ask questions. Technology: Computer programmes (apps and games), interactive whiteboard, story tapes, cds are all ways of stimulating a child’s communication development. These days a lot of programmes are interactive and children can hear and respond to different applications made specially to help develop their
Perkins believes that by putting text into rhythm children are immediately becoming familiar with language (2008) and I believe that this makes it more fun for the children as they are able to join in and will remember how to count to twenty by remembering a simple rhyme. However, I feel that the first number book is more beneficial to a child’s development as they are made to recognise numbers and match them to a picture rather than remember a simple pattern. Words means
This can be done using SEAL lessons and SEAL groups. We run social groups where children are encouraged to talk and work out strategies on dealing with behaviours and problems they might have. We follow time to talk programmes to develop communication skills and retracking programmes for children who may need to reflect on any problems they may have had that week, this involves finding strategies so that it doesn’t happen again. We are lucky to have a team of play therapists that take small groups of children with issues once a week. All classrooms have posters promoting positive behaviours and feelings.
Playing and learning in children’s education E1/A In (appendices 1), the Nursery World article written by Fisher. J (2012) talks about how the role of the practitioner should plan for a balance between adult –led learning and child –led learning. This means that the adult needs to observe children closely to see how they are developing. When the practitioner stands back during child-led play, they can gain lots of information about a child, how they use their environments and resources. This helps to meet their learning needs if the practitioner then uses this information to plan the next steps.
Children learn by observing and imitating and so watching and being supported by adults who encourage and work creatively by being flexible in approach, solving problems and painting and drawing with them can help develop their creativity. Children’s environments and the practitioners who work with them should be receptive to new ideas and innovations and encourage them to explore and be creative. Creativity as a process – Some theories look at creativity as a process. They look at how new ideas develop. An early theory put forward by Graham Wallas was a five-stage model that focused on the unconscious mind: • Preparation – initial thoughts about a problem • Incubation – time spent thinking unconsciously about the problem • Intimation – being aware that an answer is within
Good communication between the staff in the setting is important as the children will copy adults so good use of language is vital in their learning. Visual aids would be used to help children with delayed speech and children who use English as a second language this will enable them to understand language more easily. At the setting we plan circle time discussions where the children are encouraged to talk about different topics and also their lives outside of the setting e.g. what they did at the weekend or holidays they have taken, favourite things or what makes them sad or happy, we use picture cards for the children to show their emotions, each child has an emotion card and is encouraged to lift up that emotion when it is portrayed in the story at story time. The children are encouraged to listen and repeat parts of the story which they always enjoy.
To organise an area to seat 7 children. I would prepare the area and set out the learning material and instruments and instructions for each child to use. I would assist the children in following the teachers instructions and encourage all of the children to take part in the lesson .I would also watch the children carefully to make sure they understood the teachers instructions , if a child was struggling in would gently tell them again and help them to understand what was happening in the lesson . Engaging and encouraging each child to explore the different sounds and experiment with the instruments. If the children have different instruments in think it would be a good idea to take it in turns to try out each instrument so the child gets to experience each instrument and they can have the same experience and discuss this with each other at the end of the lesson.
After I had completed my activity with them they were asking me many different questions for example, ‘how did you make the jigsaw’ and ‘can I have ago at using the finger puppets’, so by that they were also developing their communication skills. By doing this nursery rhyme it was also good for the children who didn’t have very good communication because by learning the song they were learning new words and actions in a fun way. I really felt like the children enjoyed my activity and I felt it was a really good way for me to communicate with the children, even the shy ones. 2. I had three different examples of incidents I had to deal with or report in placement.
But at the same time it’s really not fair to compare their performance with your English speaking students. So there is a must need for standard based instruction that pertains to the needs of just ELLs. If we try to hold them to the standards of native English speaking students this could actually hurt their self esteem since they probably would never reach the same goals on the same level. Also it could lead to an ELL being missed diagnosed with a learning disability (LD). This is why there have been some efforts to develop English Language Development (ELD) standards.
Babies would shake, knock over toys to learn. As they develop (three-five) they will do things such as finger painting, playing in water or sand, feeling different objects and collecting things such as leaves/bugs. Physical coordination- When engaging in physical activities the child is strengthen their physical coordination ways to do this is through play which can be a number of things from clapping to climbing The Importance of Play and Development AGE 1-2 YEARS Musical instruments Outline of activity- Playing musical instruments The activity will encourage communication by- listening to each other play beats, hearing different sounds and having fun The activity will encourage social and emotional development by- Smiling and interacting with other children The activity will encourage cognitive development by- Using fine and gross motor skills, associating different sounds. The Importance of Play in Development AGES 3-4 YEARS Reading activity Outline of activity- Reading books in a group Resources needed- Adult, children and books The activity will encourage communication by- Speaking and listen and by asking