Lesson 4 Assignment
1. Lesson 4 Assignment (10 points): Go to the PBS website (http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopment/), and search for the parent section. Within that section, you will find the child development parent guide. Read the developmental checklists (child tracker), the early learning section, and the parent pointers. Write a review of the information and describe:
There was so much information about ways that a parent can guide their children in areas that will help them achieve goals later in life. Goals in physical, academically, and emotional abilities that parents can work with their child to help them achieve more out of the learning process, as well helping them succeed and lesson the strain on things that could be difficult in school without …show more content…
the parents help.
I might use this information that is shared on PBS parents as a home visitor by understanding and sharing the information of social and emotional development with the parents in the home as well as understanding observation I make during my visits about a child and parent relationship by looking for the emotional foundation that the child is learning.
For example, an emotional development might be when a child is happy around the parent and wants to be near them, a child will hug or get in the parent’s lap, this is showing a security based foundation. Another example is understanding the different cultural influences in different families. By this I mean that one family may love to cuddle with their child, to give them security, and another family may believe that this is not a positive thing and will spoil their child. Another example is watching interaction between parent and child to see how the parents encourage the child. Children may look for emotional reactions from a parent before doing something, because the facial reaction of the parent may say to the child “this is fine to do” or “This is not something that is appropriate.” As a home visitor I can use these tools to understand the level of security in the relationship between parent and child.
I can use the information I have learn to understand the stage a child is at in the motor skills development such as a two-year-old will tumble over, or be tipping over often when trying to run, such as the boy I observed in the mall. The two-year-old will try climbing into a chair by themselves, and will try to crawl or walk up or down
stairs.
I can use the information I am learning to help parents guide the child by sharing building learning skills. For example, a child at the age of two years old may pretend to read, but do not quite understand what they are seeing, but the book may look familiar, and the child may remember a parent using the same action with the book. Also a child at the age of two seem to want to discover everything they can, while trying to use more vocabulary in learning about things that are in their daily routine.
I feel that the information is culturally appropriate. There may be situations for parents that may feel different about certain curriculum and may feel that their culture needs to be considered for the values and beliefs of the student and the family’s cultural background. Some individuals may see this as being developmentally appropriate but not culturally appropriate. This is because it is not taking in the different cultural backgrounds of any single student. The information given on this page is plentiful and is knowledgeable for any parent. The one thing I noticed is there is nothing for parents that do not speak English. I know this can be frustrating if a parent wants to learn, but cannot understand what they are reading. This would be a barrier for parents on this web site.
There was so much information about ways that a parent can guide their children in areas that will help them achieve goals later in life. Goals in physical, academically, and emotional abilities that parents can work with their child to help them achieve more out of the learning process, as well helping them succeed and lesson the strain on things that could be difficult in school without …show more content…
the parents help.
I might use this information that is shared on PBS parents as a home visitor by understanding and sharing the information of social and emotional development with the parents in the home as well as understanding observation I make during my visits about a child and parent relationship by looking for the emotional foundation that the child is learning.
For example, an emotional development might be when a child is happy around the parent and wants to be near them, a child will hug or get in the parent’s lap, this is showing a security based foundation. Another example is understanding the different cultural influences in different families. By this I mean that one family may love to cuddle with their child, to give them security, and another family may believe that this is not a positive thing and will spoil their child. Another example is watching interaction between parent and child to see how the parents encourage the child. Children may look for emotional reactions from a parent before doing something, because the facial reaction of the parent may say to the child “this is fine to do” or “This is not something that is appropriate.” As a home visitor I can use these tools to understand the level of security in the relationship between parent and child.
I can use the information I have learn to understand the stage a child is at in the motor skills development such as a two-year-old will tumble over, or be tipping over often when trying to run, such as the boy I observed in the mall. The two-year-old will try climbing into a chair by themselves, and will try to crawl or walk up or down
stairs.
I can use the information I am learning to help parents guide the child by sharing building learning skills. For example, a child at the age of two years old may pretend to read, but do not quite understand what they are seeing, but the book may look familiar, and the child may remember a parent using the same action with the book. Also a child at the age of two seem to want to discover everything they can, while trying to use more vocabulary in learning about things that are in their daily routine.
I feel that the information is culturally appropriate. There may be situations for parents that may feel different about certain curriculum and may feel that their culture needs to be considered for the values and beliefs of the student and the family’s cultural background. Some individuals may see this as being developmentally appropriate but not culturally appropriate. This is because it is not taking in the different cultural backgrounds of any single student. The information given on this page is plentiful and is knowledgeable for any parent. The one thing I noticed is there is nothing for parents that do not speak English. I know this can be frustrating if a parent wants to learn, but cannot understand what they are reading. This would be a barrier for parents on this web site.