Each daycare has their own menu for the children’s breakfast and lunch. Through my observations, I have noticed that the “Don’t Worry Childcare” has a variety of food options throughout the month. For example, the children could either choose from fruit loops cereal, or frosted flakes for breakfast. The snacks eaten varies every day as well. For instance, the children ate milk and cookies one day, and cheese crackers another day. An example of lunch would be, milk, chicken fingers, French fries, green beans, and mixed fruit one day, and spaghetti, corn, peaches, and bread and butter another day. I observed the children eat ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, and peaches one day for lunch. All those food options seemed very delicious. Each meal and snack give the children an option to what they would like to drink. For instance, the children can pick …show more content…
I want to meet the standard of promoting child development and learning. I will teach the children about good health, physical activity, and good nutrition. I may tell the children to do jumping jacks while singing a song about fruits and vegetable. I plan to use developmental effective approaches to include the families in my classroom. For example, I might have a lesson about good nutrition, and send home a worksheet for the children to do with their parents that will encourage good nutrition. I desire to create a chant about good health and have the children say it every morning. The chant might go like, “I want strong bones! I want to be healthy! Yes, I do, yes I do! How about you?” Then the person asked, “how about you?” answers by saying the same statement, “I want strong bones! I want to be healthy! Yes, I do, yes I do! How about you?” Those are some activities I want to participate in as a teacher someday, so I can meet the standards of NAEYC one, four, and the key elements of
In this assignment I am going to describe a child observation that I have done in a nursery for twenty minutes in a play setting. I will explain the strengths and weaknesses of naturalistic observation through the key developmental milestones based in Mary Sheridan (2005) check-list and provide a theoretical explanation to support the naturalistic observation.
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The observation took place at the Triton College, Child Development Center, on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, from 9:30 am-10:30 am. Children being observed range from ages 3-5 years old. The classroom is led in a child center program promoting education through art and play.
The environment I observed seemed to be very put together and organized. The staff responsible for each age group all had great communication with each other. They had great communication with the parents also. They kept a chart of each individual everyday keeping track of when they ate and if they had any positive/negative occurrences. For infants, they also keep track of when they were changed. The room I first observed was very inviting. The teachers had good attitudes, and they really seemed to care for the kids. The room had soft mats on the floor to help cushion the fall if the infants fell. The teachers were very aware of the what the kids were doing at all times to make sure they did not get into anything they were not supposed to. I loved how the staff interacted with the kids. They would sing and make train noises to them while changing them.
After a long afternoon, those students who stay after school rely on the school provided snack to get them through dinner. It is very important that this snack is nutritious so that they receive the energy needed to get them through the evening. The CATCH Kids Club is an after school program which focuses strictly on improving nutrition and physical activity in elementary school students’ lives (3). This particular program focused on training after school-care staff and teaching them the tools necessary to teach children about nutrition after hours. The focus was on setting up lessons and plans providing an outline of what the snack was and the physical activities that were going to be done during that time (3). Recently, there has been a federal law change that says schools must provide a drink, whether it is milk or juice and a larger portion of fruits or vegetables for after school programs as well as before and during school hours. Milk and juice provide greater nutrient intakes as well as vitamins (4). Milk, in particular, provides a significant amount of calcium and helps build strong bones and teeth. Likewise, larger portions of vegetables and fruits give children vitamins, minerals and fiber that will keep them energized throughout the day
I observed at St. Eve’s Learning Center location in their preschool room. The center has a naturalistic feel to the environment and all of the staff is friendly and welcoming. The classroom displayed best practices, modern theories and research, and followed expected standards set by their accreditations.
Observation is very important in young children because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers, adults, and how they behave in different settings, you are getting to know the child without speaking to them.
Each and every daycare has their own menu for the children’s breakfast and lunch. Through my observations, I have noticed that the “Don’t Worry Childcare” has a variety of food selections throughout the month. For example, the children could either choose from fruit loops cereal, or frosted flakes for breakfast. The children’s snacks eaten varies every day as well. For instance, the children ate milk and cookies one day, and cheese crackers another day. An example of lunch would be, milk, chicken fingers, French fries, green beans, and mixed fruit one day, and spaghetti, corn, peaches, and bread another day. I observed the children eat ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, and peaches one day for lunch. All those food options seemed very delicious.
The child I observed was born on February 21st, so the baby that I observed is just weeks old. The baby is white and a male. The baby is a friend’s child and I observed him in the living room of their home and in his personal bedroom while he was in his crib. There was two couches in the living room, a television, two end tables, and a big sectional rug which was where the child was most of the time. There was 4 adults. The mom, the dad, my mom, and I. There were no other children in the house at this time.
My hypothesis was to determine the effects of maternal presence versus absence on sibling behavior.
On Nov 15, 2014, I participated in the community engagement event. There inner city children came to the college campus. The purpose was to give the children an experience of that differs from the norm. They can see that there is an environment we they are safe and can prosper. This would give them a goal to work towards too.
In this essay I will explain the role of a local authority social worker who works with looked after children. I will outline the main tasks of a children and families social worker and why they would be involved with a looked after child. I will also draw upon the relevant law and legal processes that take place with regard to a looked after child. There are many reasons why a social worker may be involved with families.
Observation is important as the practitioner can find out what the child is interested in and what motivates them to learn alongside their progress and how they behave in certain situations, additionally at the same time it identifies if children need assistance within certain areas of learning or socially (DCSF, 2008). Furthermore the observations check that the child is safe, contented, healthy and developing normally within the classroom or early years setting, over time the observations can be given to parents as they show a record of progress which helps to settle the parent and feel more comfortable about their child’s education. Observations are not only constructive within learning about an individual child, they can be used to see how different groups of children behave in the same situation and how adults communicate and deal with children’s behaviour (Meggitt and Walker, 2004). Overall observations should always look at the positives of what children can complete within education and not look at the negatives and all observations should become a fundamental part of all practitioners work alongside reflection (Smidt, 2009).
Here I get to interact with the students and their families and enact my passion of making healthy choices accessible. Working under a grant from the Delaware County Intermediate Unit, I am responsible for sixteen Early Head Start students, who are now consuming a well-balanced diet. I assure they receive 75% of their nutritional needs and I plan and present weekly nutrition lessons. Parents are also involved in monthly nutrition sessions where I get to inspire them to become healthy role models for their children. The experience has helped me solidify my interest in reinforcing nutritional needs at an early age before they becomes a health
Teachers should make suitable and well-timed provisions for their students such as pacing for singular rates of growth, helping children with communication development, assessment, and help individual students with particular learning differences or needs. Teachers should understand how learners grow and develop, by recognizing that there are different patterns of learning and development within individual students. Teachers should help students work at their own pace when leaning how to develop cognitively, linguistically, socially, emotionally, and physically. Children should do activities that are developmentally appropriate and challenging and fun learning experiences for young children this will help children get closely involved and want