In 1970 Dr. David Weikart developed High Scope. The program was known for conducting research in a variety of areas, but most importantly the effects of preschool education. This program allows children to learning through playing and exploring encouraging them to explore the word. The curriculum for this program uses six content areas they are approaches to learning, social and emotional development, physical development and health, communication, language and literacy, cognitive development, and creative arts (HighScope, 2015)…
Practitioners work in partnership with parent’s families, as they are the child’s first and most enduring carers and educators…
While being in this course I have learned about the different curriculums, philosophies and theories. In this paper I will be discussing how to develop an appropriate curriculum for preschool children. This paper will include the following topics: the theories and/or philosophies of Montessori; concepts learned throughout this course, how to apply them into an early childhood classroom focusing on the understanding components to design a curriculum for a preschool classroom based on ages 3 to 5 year old children. First let’s discuss the philosophies of both Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget.…
This unit describes the knowledge and skills required by Early Childhood Educators who support the physical, social, emotional, psychological, language and creative development of children from 0-12 years of age.…
Compare and contrast identified similarities as well as differences in expected assessment across the childhood age groups.…
There are many different types of early year’s provision which has been funded by the government for early years education. All three and four year olds are entitled to 15 hours of free early year’s education entitlement per week across the 38 weeks of the annual year.…
Early childhood education programs provide parents with an opportunity, the opportunity to give their child a head start in social, cognitive, and motor development. This head start can prepare a child for kindergarten and the future grade levels. According to the National Academy Press (2000) children come into the world eager to learn; the first five years of life are a time of enormous growth of linguistic, conceptual, social, emotional, and motor competence. This essay will address questions that support early childhood education programs, such as discussing the trend, research, and analysis which supports the programs.…
In the mind of a child ‘play’ constitute what they experience through activity taking place during a specific period time collectively with friends, family members or individually alone in his or her personal space. Brian Sutton-Smith (1997) a well-known play theorist believes that a child is born with a very active neuronal which will ease to function if not used. Children at an early age are capable of developing neurological function with will help them to solve problems, understand communication through language, respond to simple command and gain knowledge through the learning process. This activity requires any child to used physical function of the body for example muscles, nerves and senses. It’s always about learning as they progress…
Head Start, a preschool program designed to help disadvantaged students arrive at kindergarten ready to learn was put into place. The Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) was set up as a domestic Peace Corps. Schools in impoverished American regions would now receive volunteer teaching attention. Federal funds were sent to struggling communities to attack unemployment and illiteracy.…
Assessments are completed on children at the end of their reception year, and the teacher completes an early years profile which consists of thirteen different scales which are linked to the early learning goals from each of the areas of learning.…
Many researchers have taken time to learn more about how factors in an infant’s life can affect the way they develop and how it can affect their school years and adulthood. The vast majority of our development occurs in the first years of life, so what happens to us as an infant can be an indicator as to what kind of person we will become later on in life. If one experienced infancy being nurtured by loving caregivers who met their needs, researchers can predict that he or she would turn out to be a so-called normal adult who would face less issues concerning mental health.…
Feeney, S., Moravcik, E., Nolte, S., & Christensen, D. (2010) Who am I in the lives of children?…
You should send your child to a quality preschool because those are the schools that your child benefit more from and get all they will need for elementary school. Sending your child to a quality preschool is the best option for you and your child because your child would gain more knowledge and “There’s increasing evidence that children gain a lot from going to preschool”(McCartney).“High-quality preschool has also been found to reduce participants’ future reliance on welfare and likeliness of being imprisoned”(Barnett). Although opponents claim that parents should be responsible for early childhood education, Local governments should provide better pre-k programs for low income…
This study used an ethnographic approach to examine how an ethnically diverse early childhood program conceptualized and implemented culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) and how children’s socio-cultural development and awareness was encouraged in the preschool classroom. Their findings suggested that there were multiple strategies and resources used by the teachers, but there were certain factors that impacted how and if the teachers were able to implement.…
My mission in life is to offer and provide quality Early Head start Education for children with Special needs. As a mother with a child with Autism, there wasn’t anywhere to have him get childcare, I want to be that link. Helping parents during the struggle of finding out your child has the disabilities could be difficult to understand and accept. I feel it is my mission to be that back bone for them. By learning the importance of the student’s character, it will assist me in learning how to assist them with what they can do with the level of their character. It shouldn’t matter what their abilities are, they should have access to receiving equal level of education, we need to be that link to accommodate the children but still have equality…