Working with the Pre-Kindergarten age group and using the philosophies and my own beliefs will provide them with the best classroom environment and knowledge that will continue to grow with them. As an early childhood professional, we all have different ways that work the best for us such as our philosophies, methods and approaches. By working with a child on their knowledge and developmental skills we are preparing them for the future. I find that Reggio Emilia, High Scope Approach and Creative Curriculum have worked for me. I have recently started using these three together and they let for the developmentally appropriate teaching of math, reading, science, and arts through countless different activities. Two of the greatest curriculums …show more content…
Loris Malaguzzi (1920–1994) created the community early childhood programs in Reggio Emilia, Italy, directly after the end of World War II. The education for children is based upon relationships and the teachers are never pressure the children to hurry to exploration and conversation about their ideas. “The Reggio Emilia curriculum is an emergent curriculum, meaning that topics of study and time frames are fluid and not predetermined. They are driven instead by the interests, questions, and reflections of children and teachers as they interact with each other and the environment.” …show more content…
“The Creative Curriculum is now a complete system of resources that address the four areas of (1) curriculum, (2) assessment, (3) professional development, and (4) making connections with families.” () By using Creative Curriculum, I am organizing my classroom into ten different areas. All of this comes together and helps children learn at a higher level and as a teacher I am helping children by letting the students interest plan our lessons. These philosophies state the importance for the children’s learning and development. They provide us with the understanding on how children learn and stress the importance of play. We can provide and meet the different needs of the children in our classroom by using the information that these philosophies provide. The philosophies talk about the importance of the children’s development and making sure that we cover all the area’s that stimulate brain development. The children need to be subjected to certain roles and repeated actions so that connections are made and not lost later in life. A strong learning environment incorporates all aspects of development including social, physical, moral, intellectual, emotional, creative, and role
I opted to research Early Childhood Education in the Dominican Republic. The nation did not relish full independence until 1844, when it emerged from twenty-two years of vocation by Haiti; this liberation came later than that of most Latin American countries. (unicef.org). The Dominican Republic has faced many hardships and perpetuates to emerge being an independent country. “It has been estimated that the country's total population in mid-1990 will total remotely more than 7 million. Magnification had been high since official census taking commenced in 1920. The rate peaked during the 1950s at 3.6 percent per year. During the 1960s and the 1970s, the population grew at 2.9 percent annually; by the mid-1980s, the rate was thought to be roughly 2.5 percent.” (unicef.ogd). In the past four decades the birth rate has astringently decremented due to woman utilizing contraceptives, because the population is so sizably voluminous in the Dominican Republic there is a high desideratum for edification. Education is the most paramount building block in every person’s life, without Education you cannot get an authentic vocation and build a life.
...ole within learning for children. Play pioneers such as Friedrich Frobel, theorists such as Piaget, current legislation and guidance, and the support from parents and practitioners worldwide, understand, illustrate and provide evidence as to why play has such a critical role within every child’s early development and learning. It allows children learn through something they enjoy, possibly not even realising that they are learning themselves. Play has a key role within benefitting children’s growth and development; physically, emotionally, socially, creatively and intellectually. If it wasn’t for direct experience and learning through play, children would not develop and learn at the same rate as they do today as they have not learnt the language yet, so it provides them with a form of communication and learning which is designed specifically for their age group.
Dodge, D. , Colker, L., and Heroman, C. (2002) The Creative Curriculum for Preschoolers (4th ed).Washington, D.C. Teaching Strategies
Creative curriculum is used in many schools by many teachers currently. The creative curiculum is maninly used in preschool levels. The creative curriculum was made up by several different theoriests ideas put together into one cirriculum. This curriculum focuses on letting children play, be creative, and use their imagination to learn. It is said that when using the creative
The Creative Curriculum approach is meant to educate children who are three- to five-years old. The classroom environment provides structure in the given areas while addressing curriculum content. The curriculum content that is addressed through an unstructured setting consist of arts, literacy, social studies, science, mathematics, and technology. The students explore the materials in their area of interest and develop processing skills that includes problem solving, exploring, and observing (Chambers et al., 2010). During play, the teacher observes the children and reflects upon what they observe in order for them to scaffold and facilitate the children’s learning and development (Bredekamp, 2014, p.
The Reggio early childhood program is an emergent curriculum based on the emerging interests of the child and keeps evolving with the developing curiosity of the child. The ideas for the curriculum emerge naturally from the questions raised by the child in an environment created to generate spontaneous curiosity and exploratory avenues for the child. Adult child interactions that lead to teachable moments are utilized to optimize the curriculum and draw value...
The Creative Curriculum was also a curriculum that was reviewed on the What Works Clearinghouse. I have also found substantive research on what is being implemented and how teachers view the assessment outcomes when effectively utilizing the curriculum. According to the (Gold Assessment), studies indicate that Teaching Strategies GOLD® yields valid and reliable inferences for the intended population and that teachers are able to use the measure to accurately assess children’s development and learning across the designed age range. Research has indicated how teachers who use this curriculum improve their professional development skills in learning new ways to support children’s
The first principle holistic learning and development illustrates that all learning and development interacts with and is dependent on each other and that children don’t learn in isolation. When children acquire a new skill learning incorporates more than one area of development (Hayes, 2005; NCCA, 2009). Holistic learning and development instils curiosity and motivates children to learn. To support a child’s holistic learning one must provide a meaningful play environment that builds on children’s strengths and experiences. Central to this principle is the significance of observing and interacting with the child and intervening when appropriate to extend children’s learning and help them to make connections (DCCC, 2012).
I enjoy using the creative curriculum when working with the preschool children. The curriculum allows children to explore in their own way. The children’s learning experiences enable use of critical thinking skills to help them to develop confidence and creativity. The Creative Curriculum creates a warm and secure environment. It help children to develop confidence and independence. The children will use words to describe their ideas. Children are engaged in learning experiences through physical development when using their gross motor outside to balance, and through traveling by climbing, running, jumping, skipping hopping and riding equipment. Social and emotional help manage feelings, provide skills to problem solving and offers interaction.
Play is something every child looks forward to. It is where they will learn valuable skills to aid in the growth of their development. Play can be in many forms for example, purposeful play and child-initiated play. Child initiated play is self explanatory whereas purposeful play is devised and structured by the teachers or parents and it comes with objectives. Children are curious learners and would love to explore and make sense of the things around them. Hence, learning through play and exploration helps them to construct their own knowledge. Other than developing their cognitive skills, learning through play is important as it gives them experiences on how to deal with social and
Let children be children, is not only a popular phrase heard in education, but it is also my motto. Yes, it is true, today’s children are tomorrow’s future; but how we choose to raise our children determines the outcome of our future. Many believe academics should be stressed more in schools, taking away from children’s playtime. I feel that play is what molds a child. Play allows not only a child’s imagination to run freely, but builds and strengthens children’s motor, language, cognitive, and social emotional development skills. I believe that play; along with parental involvement forms a child’s identity. Play is what makes children: tomorrow’s future.
Why is this so? Young children in the early childhood environment need to be active learners; they should be able to learn through methods of discovery; as well as, the teacher should be a facilitator of children’s learning.
There are sufficient evidence and support of pedagogy play of teaching learning can help practitioners to improve their practice (Anning et. al, 2004: Sayeed and Guerin 2000). The pedagogy play is defined as; provision for play and play-based activities, how practitioners can plan play and the learning environment which develops interest in a child’s learning. According to researcher (Wood 2004) the researcher explains that the learning is enhanced and supported with the use of the pedagogy and strategy
As a teacher I am a critical amount of supporting each child’s growth, development, and learning. I believe that all types of development should be in early childhood curriculum and that they are all equally important. For social development I will integrate group work and group activities in my classroom and encourage my students to talk to their peers when they need assistance with something. For physical development I will have many “brain breakers” throughout the day that encourages the children to get active for a couple of minutes and do jumping jacks, jump on one foot, etc. and I will also encourage my students to be active during their recess time. I believe being active is so important for development and a very effective medicine for the brain. To promote cognitive development I will use an interactive learning environment that includes: hands-on, technology, group work, and also many critical thinking strategies. For emotional development I will make sure all of my students know they are important and create a strong bond with them. I believe it is so important to have an accepting environment in an early childhood setting where all students feel welcomed and everyone is compassionate, caring, kind, and sympathetic to one
Since students enter into the classroom with all kinds of life experiences and talents the creative curriculum will help them focus and develop fine motor skills. The mathematical curriculum will help them develop set skills like, counting,