...Mandated Curriculum vs. Developmentally Appropriate Practices ECE 311 Early Childhood Curriculum & Methods When learning about the new state-mandated, textbook-based curriculum for kindergarten, also looking for other information I found that attendance is not required. I am trying to figure out why kindergarten attendance is not required. When as a parents knowing children are needing to learn from an early age such as five years old. Oregon has the age set at 5 years old, they have to be 5 years old by September 1 or before. Also with some of the standers being raised is that going to cause issues with our children being able to learn at their own pace as we did when we were growing up. Yes things have changed through the years such as standers, also what is used to teach children. Even with new technology that is being used, it is not working for all children. Are you going to be teaching the children by mandated curriculum or developmentally appropriate practices? How you know how the mandated curriculum going to affect the children, teachers and most of all the school. If you are going to be using mandated curriculum is there a reason why you are choosing mandated curriculum. Can you tell me pros along with cons in between mandated curriculum and (DAP)? I am asking these question’s due to the fact I have been looking into Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP). Along with looking into mandated curriculum trying to see the differences between them and...
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...NAME: ARNEJO, MURIELLE ANNE C. BEED-ECEIII 1.Reflected diary-A reflective journal is a means of recording ideas, personal thoughts and experiences, as well as reflections and insights a student have in the learning process of a course. In addition to the demands of a typical written assignment (e.g. able to give definition on concepts, demonstrate basic understanding of course materials), reflective journal requires the students to think more deeply, to challenge their old ideas with new incoming information, to synthesize the course materials they have learnt into their personal thoughts and philosophy, and also to integrate it into their daily experiences and future actions. The benefits of the reflective learning process are usually accumulated over a period of time, in which the students usually show a series of developmental changes, personal growth and changes in perspectives during the process. 2.journal-journal is an academic magazine published on a regular schedule. It contains articles written by experts in a particular field of study, based on research or analysis that the author, or authors, did. That research might include case studies in the medical field, primary source research in the field of history, or literature analysis. Journal articles are written for experts or students of that particular field who have an advanced field-specific vocabulary and knowledge. A personal record of occurrences, experiences, and reflections kept on a regular basis;...
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...else’s supervision. The theorist that I connect with would be Maria Montessori. Maria Montessori’s theory is based on the differences on how children learn and that every child has great potential and the child will learn through self-exploration. (Week 2 lecture). I am referring to Maria because I believe that every child is different and no child should be treated the same. I also believe that every child learns through self-exploration because when a child explores their surroundings themselves they would learn the difference between that it is something that they can or cannot do. Maria’s theory is a nurture approach and the DAP (Developmentally Appropriate Practice) is used a lot in this type of theory, because the child is exploring their environment so you as a teacher needs to make sure the environment is developmentally appropriate for the child that is exploring it. An example that I would like to share with you about this theory was when I was younger I was playing with some blocks and then I noticed my brother playing with something else and he was a few years older than me. I realized after I went to play with what he was playing with that it was not a very good idea, because I got hurt. This is a great example because I realized that I got hurt and I knew not to play with the item again. I just not only use DAP in my program, I...
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...Appropriate Classroom Environment Taheera Clark Administration of Early Childhood Ed. Programs ECE312 Professor Toro January 16, 2012 Developmentally Appropriate Practices are based on research that proves overwhelmingly that quality early childhood experiences foster optimal development of the whole child. The classroom serves as a developmentally appropriate learning environment which supports children’s initiatives to explore, investigate, observe and experiment, while allowing for appropriate risk taking within safe boundaries. In a developmentally appropriate classroom, assessment of young children is ongoing, authentic, and purposeful. Observational assessment shows children’s progress over time, while work samples and documentation of students’ work help to guide the curriculum plan. Teachers adapt instruction to the developmental needs and learning styles of the students; results of assessment are used to improve and individualize instruction. Teachers create an intellectually engaging, responsive environment to promote each child’s learning and development. This environment fosters self-esteem, self-concept and social competence. The following guidelines describe aspects of a developmentally appropriate environment: * The classroom contains areas in which children can select and plan their activities. * The classroom has areas for quiet and active social interactions. * The classroom contains clearly labeled areas with words and pictures to encourage...
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...Competency Goal V Sheniene Moore Rasmussen College Author Note This assignment is being submitted on April 14, 2013, for Elizabeth Darkhabani’s EC120/EEC1734 Section 01 Health Safety and Nutrition Spring 2013. Ensuring a well-run, purposeful program responsive to participant’s needs As an early childhood educator I must have knowledge and understanding of children and their process of development and growth, training in the policies and guidelines of the childcare facility, skills to implement developmentally appropriate practices, age appropriate curriculum and effective communication skills to build and maintain relationships with the families in order to ensure a well-run, purposeful high-quality program responsive to participant’s needs. High quality standards in early education for children are met with implementing these six major goals. The first goal is to maximize the health status of the child. I would implement this goal by keeping the environment and the toys that the children use clean and sanitized daily. I would also discuss with parents care routines such as brushing and flossing and suitable times for bed to maintain the well-being of their child at home. The second goal is minimizing risks. Posting emergency procedures and practicing them periodically is what I would do to minimize risks of panics in an actual emergency. The third goal is using education as a tool. I would access community resources such as dentists and doctors to come and speak...
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...Effects of Michigan Common Core State Standards on Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Classrooms Effects of Michigan Common Core State Standards on Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Classrooms Introduction As an early childhood teacher in 2013, I am constantly feeling challenged and overwhelmed by mandated curriculum from the State of Michigan. With the recent implementation of Michigan Common Core State Standards, I began to feel the pressure of teaching curriculum that the children do not seem to understand. I began to wonder why? Is it because I failed to deliver the lesson? Is it due to concepts being too difficult? Are the standards appropriate for all learners and where they are in their development? During my career spanning over twenty years, I have believed and am dedicated to providing a classroom environment that is developmentally appropriate for my early learners. I believe the problem is that Michigan's Common Core State Standards are causing early childhood teachers to teach in ways that are not developmentally appropriate. These beliefs brought me to this topic and caused me to ponder if others feel the way I do. Are the Common Core State Standards mandated by the state of Michigan are creating early childhood classrooms that are not developmentally appropriate as perceived by myself and my colleagues. I believe that early childhood classrooms should be free of mandates from the...
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...and general knowledge about the world around them” (CCSSO, 2005). “In early childhood, the development of foundation skills (skills that lay the foundation for later learning), is just as imperative as mystery of content matter” (Bodrova, Leong, & Shore, 2004). It is essential that effective early learning standards emphasize significant developmentally appropriate content and outcomes are developed and reviewed through informed, inclusive processes, gain their effectiveness through implementation and assessment practices that support all children’s development in an ethical, appropriate way and require a foundation of support for early childhood programs, professionals and families (NAEYC& NAESC/SDE, 2003). Learning standards are intended to set the bar for student achievement and in the primary years, they can be crafted to apply brain and development research in their implementations (Schiller& Willis, 2008). The most comprehensive set of standards for quality education and care in early childhood is known as Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) (NAEYC, 2009). Early learning standards will connect teaching practice and curriculum to government and community guidelines. This will ensure that young children receive quality care and will help us to achieve professional status. Throughout this paper, I will focus on why the implementation of standards across all areas of Early Childhood Centres will assist in their establishment while discussing the following...
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...Early Childhood Environment The Nebraska Department of Education and the Iowa Department of Education (1994) describe an appropriate learning environment for the young child: "The primary learning environment provides time and opportunities for children to experience and respond creatively to their world. The learning environment is social in nature, providing a secure and stimulating climate for all children. It provides time and opportunities for children to take appropriate risks and to explore and investigate their world. Children have experiences which encourage them to interact with others, to develop interpersonal skills, and to work and learn cooperatively." (p. 3) Lombardi (1992) notes that the early childhood environment should be based on developmentally appropriate practice: "Programs for young children should not be seen as either play-oriented or academic. Rather, developmentally appropriate practice, whether in a preschool or a primary classroom, should respond to the natural curiosity of young children, reaffirm a sense of self, promote positive disppositions towards learning, and help build increasingly complex skills in the use of language, problem solving, and cooperation." Effective Grouping Practices An important organizational issue in early childhood education is the grouping of children. Traditionally, children have been grouped by grade-level designations according to age and ability. Many effective early childhood programs do not follow this...
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...class. Knowing what I know about being a child care provider it is really going to help me in not only my personal but professional life. The concept that i loved learning and reading about is the three A’s! Attention, Approval and Attunement. I loved learning about what you as a caregiver or even a parent needs to know to accomplish the three A’s. I also enjoyed reading about how to successfully use the three A’s with the infants and toddlers. I think that if all caregivers and parents apply the three A’s their children will grow up happy, health and great self esteem. I believe that me as a mother will be apply to apply the three A’s with my son and hopefully later on in life when I get to work with children. I think the Developmentally Appropriate Practice Book is an...
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...This paper will discuss developmentally appropriate methodologies in teaching language and literacy to young children across a developmental curriculum. Also to be discussed will be the aspects/knowledge of language, language diversity and Theoretical Perspectives. There is now evidence that it is never too early to teach a child. Through research it has been discovered that the infant even before he/she is born can hear sound and as we know that is how we acquire language, by hearing spoken words. According to Otto (2010), language development begins when language speakers assume that an infant is a participating partner in conversational settings, even though it is months before the child is able to begin using conventional words. In an article written by Dr. Carmelita Lomeo-Smrtic,Ph.D, she wrote that “Teaching children to become literate members of society is a daunting task, often relegated to the elementary teacher. However, research on teaching children to become literate suggests that this process must begin well before kindergarten. Research suggests that children are primed for learning language in utero. Also from the Otto text, “research on children’s perception of speech and the development of the auditory system in utero has determined that the fetus can perceive sounds beginning with the 25th week of gestation and at the 35th week a fetus’s hearing acuity is at a level similar to an adult’s (2010). Knowing all...
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...Curriculum Planning This paper will explore the effects on a child’s growth and development. What factors, such as, poverty and abuse can have on the development of a child. What educators can do to help identify delays and develop appropriate behavior in children. Also, this paper will explore what children are learning in preschool and programs that can be useful in the growth and development of children. There are differences in the growth and development of every child. Growth refers to specific changes and increases in the child’s actual size (Allen, K. & Marotz, L. 2010, p 24). Development refers to any increase in complexity, from simple to more complicated, and detailed (Allen, K. & Marotz, L. 2010, p 25). Teachers and caregivers often get these confused. Growth defined as an increase in size, whereas development defined by the improvement and acquisition of skills. Growth often limited by the lack of resources and development, will still take place by using the resources a child possesses. Our textbook, states “growth and development are influenced by a child’s unique genetic makeup and the quality of the everyday environment, which includes nurturing, health care, and opportunities to learn the full range of skills that are evidence of developmental progress” (Allen, K. & Marotz, L. 2010, p 25). Every child grows and develops differently according to how the child acquires the necessary skills in six key developmental areas (Allen, K. & Marotz...
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...The Outdoor Classroom develops gradually from the real needs of children, offers activities that are personally meaningful to them and fully embraces developmentally appropriate practices in early childcare. To nurture the whole child, early childhood education needs to follow the fundamental principle that children are learning everywhere and all the time and that develops by connected to the environment. Instead of developmentally inappropriate early academics, children need a broad variety of learning experiences and opportunities to grow in areas such as gross and fine motor development, social-emotional development, language development, and creative expression. Connecting back to nature and the environment can develop all these domain and skills. Mastery of the skills associated with these areas is critical for healthy development as well as later academic success, and requires an educational format that is very different from a traditional elementary classroom. Studies have shown that not a lot of classroom introduce environment or conduct environment into their lesson. The benefits of having environment are not just with academic success but also as well as physical, cognitive, Psychological and a better understanding of things. For physical benefits the children can experience is an increase in physical development, the ability and capability of activities increased. If the children have a set up of patterns for an healthy, active lifestyle fewer children suffer from...
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...that foster early literacy and language development (LaRocque & Darling ,2008). Research suggests best practice when teaching young children literacy skills is to connect previous or background knowledge in order to reach the developmental domains of language, concepts, social, emotional and motor skills. In addition, kindergarten children should be introduced to emergent literacy skills that include phonological awareness, print awareness and vocabulary (LaRocque & Darling, 2008). This can be achieved through various environmental characteristics such as print rich classrooms, literacy rich centers and circle times. These characteristics foster literacy as well as language rich experiences for all children as well as those who come from disadvantage backgrounds. In order for meaningful literacy learning to take place, children must link the newly learned knowledge to their own cultural or family experiences (LaRocque & Darling, 2008). This essay will identify three developmentally appropriate instructional strategies for all young children as well as those with diverse learning needs. The first literacy instructional strategy appropriate for young children is small group instruction that includes three to five children for approximately twenty to thirty minutes. Small group instruction is teacher directed and includes specific letter study and fine motor skills practice....
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...ECE 203 WEEK 2 DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICE A+ Graded Tutorial Available At: http://hwsoloutions.com/?product=ece-203-week-2-developmentally-appropriate-practice Visit Our website: http://hwsoloutions.com/ Product Description ECE 203 Week 2 Developmentally Appropriate Practice, In this the developmentally appropriate practice considered is the form of accepting both children where they need to be and also by knowing the way to guide them with a new skill sets in an effective manner. Thus a teacher or the caregiver need to know more and must have the belief that each and every child needs to develop and grows at various rates as one of the three year old child can only write some of the letters from their name which does not explains that all the three children’s of the year olds can do it effectively. Thus this developmentally appropriate practice is clearly explained by means of the NAEYC to include various key points and is given as create an form of the caring community teaching the children to improve the development and learning style planning the curriculum in order to achieve goals. Assessing the children’s development with the learning effectively Establishing any form of the reciprocal relationships with the families. Therefore the teachers along with the caregivers will create a form of the caring community by means of the physical environment with their method to choose the room on the basis of the requirements of the children. The children and...
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...ECE 203 WEEK 5 FINAL PROJECT A+ Graded Tutorial Available At: http://hwsoloutions.com/?product=ece-203-week-5-final-project Visit Our website: http://hwsoloutions.com/ Product Description ECE 203 Week 5 Final Project, In this presentation I will be presenting how my program aligns curriculum plans with early learning standards. I will also discuss how developmentally appropriate practice is incorporated as well as give examples of properly formatted lessons plans. }1.Social Skill Development deals with the way in which children learn to interact with others and get along with others and adults and developing good relationships with teachers. } } } }2.Socialization is the process by which children learn to understand and adapt to rules and playing cooperatively. } } }3.Children’s social responsibility is a measure of their respect for individual differences, their care for the environment and their ability to function as good citizens. } }Brief Description : children will be able to plant a flower and learn what make it grow. }Goals: discovering relationships and learning about nature, plants, growth environment learn social skills and responsibility }Specific objects: soil, water, seeds, flower pot, plant light }Required materials: Provide books on science, plant seeds and dirt water. }Lesson plan procedure: chil }Brief Description : children will be able to plant a flower and learn what make it grow. }Goals: discovering relationships and learning...
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