I have had to ustilize a variety of assessment tools in an early childhood education setting during my time at Post University. Specifically‚ I was required to complete a lengthy assessment project in my Emergent Literacy class. I was required to select a student who struggled with reading and writing and then had to adminster many different assessments. I performed these assessments on three different days in the time period of a month. Some of the tools that I used for this literacy case study
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has been verified that children who attended early childhood centers of high quality not only achieve more success at school but also continued to accomplish more after they had left school. (Early Childhood Development‚ 2001). Undoubtedly‚ the role of quality early childhood education plays a vital part in a child’s developing years‚ and we will be discussing three quality indicators relevant to early childhood education and why they are important for children
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of Development for Toddler During toddler hood there are a vast amount of changes in the following developmental areas: cognitive; small and large motor skills; social; emotional; moral; physical and language. It is one of the roles of the early childhood teacher to set up the environment to foster development in all these areas. The environment should have a variety of materials that leads the child to explore and discover through play. Cognitive Brain Development During toddlerhood the brain’s
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TBI in Early Childhood: Impact of Early Intervention on Childhood Development TBI in Early Childhood: Impact of Early Intervention on Childhood Development Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a growing concern for children in their preschool years. Children of young ages undergo many developmental changes during the ages of two through five. These changes are significant for their growth and maturity. They include cognitive‚ social‚ and behavioral development as well as development in executive
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October‚ 2013 Why I Want to Be a Early Childhood Education Teacher? Most of my life I have been surrounded by children especially my cousins‚ nieces and nephews. I have chosen to go into this field because I want to be one of those early childhood teachers that get young children ready for an important part of life. Having little cousins to watch grow up and see them grow in their early education has shown me that I want to be part of that. The early childhood is the most vital time for learning
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Patty Smith Hill has played an important part in the history of early childhood education. She started off in a nursery school‚ later became a kindergarten teacher. Growing as a teacher she became the principal and superintendent at her school. Her methods of teaching got her invited to Clark University to study child psychology. John Dewey also asked her to come study at the University of Chicago. For 12 years she was a director of the Louisville Kindergarten Training School‚ she was also taking
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greatly in those four years (by about a foot and 16 pounds‚ or almost 30 centimeters and 8 kilograms)‚ but that is not the most remarkable change. During early childhood‚ proportions shift radically: Children slim down as the lower body lengthens and fat turns to muscle.(Berger‚ Kathleen Stassen (2015-04-15‚ page 241). During the early childhood period the percent of body fat changes muscle tissue increases. By the age of 8 years
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Early Childhood Norms Age subgroup: 3 A. Physical Development Norms 1. Children develop slight involvement of upper body mobility‚ and their catching and throwing abilities improve in speed and accuracy. However‚ they still catch a ball against their chest. 1 2. Children can also use a twisting motion with their hands‚ which helps them to open door knobs or twisting lids off containers. 2 3. They can use larger instruments so they easily use fat crayons for drawing. They can draw first tadpole
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Traumatic experiences in early childhood can impact cognitive development. Cognitive function is impacted in children who have experienced traumatic events. Traumatic events or stress may occur when children are unexpected faced with a “danger”. The trauma may be within the family‚ or outside of the family. However‚ traumatic situations tend to catch children off-guard and occur unexpectedly (Practice Notes‚ 2012). Traumatic events often have a long-term effect on individuals. Long
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1- Motivation What motivated me to enroll at GCU and pursue my degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE) is my goal of being an art teacher. I aspire to be more than an Assistant Teacher throughout my teaching career. I want to be the decision maker in my classroom I want to be the one to come up with the lessons‚ and I know I cannot do this without my degree. I want to be proud that I have completed this because my goal has been delayed due to my unexpected motherhood at the age of fourteen. I
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