Preschool Child Development

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I will most likely teach preschool children. My lesson plan will be designed in Piaget theories of child development. Since, I will mostly be teaching children who are in Head Start or from the ages of three to five, I will concentrate on designing the lessons plans around the preoperational stage of Piaget theory of child development. To redesign my class around the preoperational stage of learning I will focus on the strengths of children. At this age, children are thriving intellectually with their interpretation of symbols. Cook and Cooks (2014) state that preoperational thought characterized by the use of metal representations (symbols) and intuitive thought (p. 239). These symbols are used in language, art and play. I will arrange my …show more content…

To start off children will have name tags pinned to their clothing. There will be pictures placed on walls under the picture will be words pertaining to that picture. Along with the Spanish equivalent of the word. For example, a picture of a boat will have the word boat and barco (Spanish equivalent) under it or a picture of a car will have the word car and carro (Spanish equivalent) directly underneath it and so and so. This is because I will most likely be teaching in a highly multi-racial, English/Hispanic, areas of the city that I am living in and most of my students will be bilingual. By making sure to incorporate both English and Spanish wording in my class I am making all children feel …show more content…

For instance, play area will have the words play area, sleep area will have the words sleep area, the reading area will have the words reading area etc… In the reading area will have books that I will read to the children every day. I will read them stories that have big bright pictures that they will be able to see. I will ask them questions and encourage them to ask me questions about the pictures and the stories. This is to gauge their understanding of what they think is happening in the story vs what they think is happening in the pictures. I will also have them look at picture books with no wording and have them tell me in their own words stories of what they think is happening base on what they are

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