Teaching Strategies: Use the rice or sand to hide the objects, with the spoons and magnifying glasses have the kids look for the leprechaun’s gold, or find four leaf clovers.…
The next task is laminating the letters to prevent damage to the paper, such as bending or tearing.…
By the age of 4 most children will have started school/nursery and meet a variety of new people. They are now capable of being very sociable and play within groups of children; they will also…
Create one activity that is developmentally appropriate for preschoolers (children ages 3-5 years old). The activity needs to meet all the developmental PILES and be supported by theory. Lay out the activity below and analyze the activity by answering the questions below:…
The expected stage of development of children aged 4 years is that it’s a more settled year for the children. They will develop more confidence and begin to socialize and make friends with other children. Their language and social skills would have fully developed.…
They also start to make friends at this age however they do not start playing with other children until their development develops more as the grow older. This means that they use Parallel Play while at the age of four. Parallel Play is when two children can play alongside each other but cannot communicate with each other or play together. For example in my placement if two children were to be playing next to each other in the sand tray, even though they are playing with the same thing and my even be sharing the toys in the sand with each other they are still not playing or…
I sat with the children whilst they joined in with the activity. Talking to the children about what they were doing and describing all the different colours, sizes, shapes etc. This was promoting their speech and language development and using creative skills too.…
Description of Activity: Place several toys, such as cubes, rattles, and rings, in the center of the children. Infants should try to pick up items. Interact with infants during play by naming objects and responding to their babbles and coos. Make noises and smile at babies.…
The expected social stage of social development for a 4 year old is that they are more aware to talk to new people; the children are more friendly and caring towards others. Children are a lot more confident in these ages. Children are more understanding and can engage in a conversation. Also understand how to share and co operates with one another. According to this website: http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/health/724-developmental-milestones-ages-3-through-5.gs (11/05/2011) children show anger verbally instead of physically. Children understand the concept of past present and future. Tassoni, P (2007) page 43 explains how children are more affectionate towards family, friends and carers.…
The expected social stage of social development for a 4 year old is that they are more aware to talk to knew people than when they were the age of 3; the children are more friendly and caring towards others. Children are a lot more confident in these ages.…
At the age of four, children should be starting to gain confidence in their social development as they start to make friends and play with other children through nursery or day care. They are starting to explore friendships and new ways of playing; ‘Four-year-olds can usually play happily with other children. Your child is learning to understand about the feelings and needs of others’ – (http://www.markedbyteachers.com).…
The activity that I had to manage was using different shapes to make patterns on Elma the elephant. The children had been told the story earlier in the day and was asked to think of their own pattern for Elma. The children had to use the shapes that they had been learning about; square, circle, triangle, hexagon.…
Problems controlling feeling – they want to master skills and task independently and believe that what they want to happen should happen.…
These activities should be conducted in small groups of approximately five (5) children, but no more than eight (8). Each group should include children of differing skill levels to encourage peer modeling and mentoring. Once a group has been formed, the same children should participate together in this series of…
This activity is developmentally appropriate for this age group because it teaches the children symmetry and patterns. It gives the children opportunities to express themselves in many different ways through art. It also gives them the opportunities to use things…