To advance physical and intellectual competence I provide numerous activities to enhance these qualities in the children that I teach. In the area of physical‚ my goal is to make sure the students are given many possibilities to participate in large motor activities daily. I make this fun by joining them while they are playing. I encourage them to do activities that encourage running and jumping. We play tag‚ hide and seek‚ and their favorite game “Mr. Fox what time is it”. When the weather
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RC II-1 Science/Sensory Age: 5-years-old Activity: St. Patrick’s Sensory Box Goal: To help the kids explore with their hands. Materials and processes: Green rice or green sand‚ spoons‚ green plastic/glass gems‚ foam shamrocks‚ gold coins‚ mini cauldrons‚ a rainbow‚ and a few magnifying glasses. 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. Developmentally
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Nine Learning Experiences Ages 3-5 Alphabet Awareness Age: 3 Purpose/Skills * To practice saying the alphabet * To recognize names of letters Materials Alphabet book‚ alphabet chart (optional) Vocabulary ABCs letters alphabet Literature Suggestion Read any alphabet book. Warm-Up Sing the "ABC Song." You may want to point to each letter on an alphabet chart as you sing. Say each letter clearly. Have children join in. When children are comfortable singing‚ add some variations
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Competency Goal Two To advance physical and intellectual competence Physical development is very important for children. In my classroom I provide activities that appropriate for children to help develop in the areas of physical‚ cognitive‚ creative and language development. I do believe having activities that appropriate for children in my classroom helps meet the needs of children in physical development. Infants and toddlers grow fast in first
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Competency Standard III: To support social and emotional development and to provide positive guidance. As a childcare provider‚ I help children gain a sense of self by labeling their cubbies with their photos‚ names‚ and birthdates. I help them recognize and pronounce their names. I include activities and books about different cultures and different home environments. I provide activities that they are capable of completing and materials that are age appropriate‚ I encourage children to share
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CDA Goal 2 - Competency Statement. I believe toddlers are very curious and want to explore the world around them. They are always excited to move their body parts like hand‚ legs‚ eyes etc. to explore and discover things around their environment. At this stage they are also beginning to refine their small muscle to control and develop their eye and hand coordination. At young age the children’s appreciate growth in their physical abilities. A toddler enjoys rolling a ball back and forth with their
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Name: Old Maid | Age level: 3 year old | Goals * Children will use their thumb/finger grasp to hold cards. * Children will strengthen then memory skills to remember where the card is to match. | Materials: Old Maid | Implementation: This game will be available for the children during free play time. It will be sitting in the black tub‚ on the shelf and available for the children to play with. The children can take it off the shelf and play with it on the table. This can be a
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Competency Goal Four: To establish positive and productive relationships with families. As an early childhood educator‚ I have to maintain a positive and productive relationship with the families that come into my preschool. Parents entrust me with their children all day and‚ I make the parents and families feel as much a part of our classroom and a part of their child’s development. To create this relationship‚ I work to build an open‚ friendly and cooperative relationship with each of the children’s
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help families understand the importance of play for children. I am also able to empathize with families around stressful areas of parenting‚ such as lack of sleep‚ illness‚ challenging behaviors and I am able to provide support and suggestions when needed or asked. How I ensure that families are kept aware of what’s happening in their child’s daily/ or weekly life in my program is by having room displays such as photos and posters of the children interacting with each other and bulletin boards of
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As an early childhood professional‚ it is my responsibility to establish positive and productive relationships with the families of the children I care for. Since the parents entrust the wellbeing of their children to me‚ it is important that they feel as though they are not only an active part of their children’s lives when away‚ but also an active member in the development of their child. In order to be successful at this‚ I will maintain an open‚ friendly‚ and cooperative relationship with each
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