The constructivist approach to early childhood education offers children the opportunity to construct knowledge through daily experiences and encounters with parents, teachers, peers, events, and objects in the world. Children develop theories, negotiate learning, and merge thoughts together, thereby building knowledge and understanding. It is the right of all children to be part of a school community that respects them as competent individuals who are viewed as contributors to the process of learning. The educators of Reggio Emilia show us the possibilities of what can happen when we trust and respect the capabilities of children. We believe that the Reggio Approach is successful because of its powerful image and deep respect for the culture of childhood, and for its strong belief that children, teachers, and parents all work together in the process of building knowledge.
They need to work on their lesson plans for the younger toddlers who attend their center in the morning to the afternoon. Other than that, they can only hope to better their environment and do whatever they can to help the children learn and grow at their center. They truly are passionate about their work, and it is evident that their children appreciate the center and the staff. It was a great experience meeting and interviewing people with such
UNIT 201 Child and young person development Outcome 1 Know the main stages of child and young persons development 1.1 Describe the expected patterns of children and young persons development from birth to 19 years, to include. From birth, a child will start to grow and learn. Through nurture and stimulation they will learn movements, speech and language, and what is right and wrong. Through nurseries and schools they will learn social skills. Life skills will teach them about behaviour and emotional development.
Children’s development is shaped by both what they are born with, personal (health, learning difficulties or disability) and external (what experiences they have, environment, home life etc). The main factor is learning disabilities or health problems. If a child has a common learning disability, like ADD/ADHD or Autism, then it will always be hard for that child to learn and develop the way they are suppose to. Health problems can slow a child's physical development. Children’s development is mapped out from conception, as their genes develop this will determine everything about them in the future, sometimes through pregnancy if the mother has picked up an illness, is a smoker or addicted to drugs or alcohol these can cause problems with the growth and development of a child.
In dramatic play I give children a opportunity to relate to real life experiences. Such as taking orders like McDonalds, Combing a doll’s hair, or talking on the telephone. This also helps to enhance social, emotional, language, math, and science skills. As a teacher my role is to provide the time, space, and materials for the children to be creative. I think it is important to listen to the children’s ideas, so my schedule is always flexible.
In my job role, I work closely with the class teacher and full time teaching assistant. Each member of the team know and understand their own role in school, they should also know and understand the roles of others in their team and how they fit together to support the pupils. Good communication skills amongst one another are essential to enable us to provide the highest quality of learning and support to the pupils in the classes where I volunteer. In our team, we offer support to one another and discuss the developments and achievements of the individual pupils. We share information and contribute ideas for future
If a parent is always stressed and worried there child will sense this and not feel as loved as a parent who is more warm and comforting. This does not mean that a parent doesn’t love their child but the way they are each emotionally will have an effect on their level of attachment. A child’s temperament can be shown at a very young age you will see this in the child’s level of activity, emotionally and socially. If a child is always upset and crying when they are at daycare or with a caregiver this will also affect their level of attachment it will be much harder for that child to be cared for and the love and comfort a child needs will not meet as the child’s temperament is affecting this attempt for attachment. A child’s temperament can affect a child's choice of activities and environments.
3.3 Describe with examples how transitions may affect children and young people behaviour and development…. Transitions may affect the child in many ways for example, A new sibling coming into the family whether being born onto the family adopted or fostered, the child/ children already in the family may feel exited, happy, giddy on the other hand upset jealous may become withdrawn and start attention seeking among other things, this in turn would affect their development in many ways if they are exited their Emotional development will progress due to wanting to help be in there doing lots of things for baby, their intellectual development will progress due to learning new things talking to the baby telling it stories. Their social development can go in two ways, if they became withdrawn they will end up on their own and lonely or with the new baby they will be getting a lot of attention and will end up in the thick of it. Their physical development again can go either way too, they could develop trying impress others and new baby, or they may regress due to not getting enough attention and wanting more whether its good or bad attention. Another example, Puberty, a sudden change to the body hormones raging through the body, changing things dramatically.
From a very young age I have aspired to become a teacher or hold a managerial role within childcare. To think that the well-being, learning and development of a child relies upon my colleagues and I is a challenging yet exciting prospect and something which I am very passionate about pursuing. Gaining the qualification that this course provides will help me to further develop and pursue my career in childcare by not only aiding my understanding of how young children learn and develop, but also how to manage and work alongside staff effectively to achieve our goals. I am an enthusiastic learner and strive to extend my knowledge of how children grow and develop. The passion and motivation I feel for children and their development has driven me to gain as much work experience as I can, to enable me to expand my knowledge and further progress my childcare skills.
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.