...Early Childhood Education Jenelle Johnson PSYC2700 - Child Development U03a1 Early Childhood Education Capella University December, 2014 Early Childhood Education Early childhood education is education that is geared for children three to eight years old, however, early childhood education can start as early as infants at birth through the age of eight years old. Early childhood programs were developed for all children who could not otherwise afford quality preschool or daycare programs. It is the belief that all children benefit from education at an early age. Early education is important to the development of these young children. These programs offer assistance, resources, and education to both the children and parents. Programs all over the world have been implemented to help young impoverished children have an early start to education. This paper will discuss the policy of the Head Start Act, the benefits of receiving early childhood education, and characteristics of a good high quality early childhood program. Early childhood is an important time for children as they grow and learn so much. So many important factors such as health and nutrition, economic status, education and daycare programs, and positive effective parenting are all huge factors that can have an effect of the development process of the young child. Because of the importance of all these variables, programs have been developed and policies have been made to assure that all children have...
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...The Early Childhood Education Education is an asset for every person and probably the most important pert is when it starts, at early childhood. This decides the child's attitude to education throughout life and its capacity to learn. Children start to learn early in life and though it may not be realized that even during the first few months of life the child begins experimenting with language. The attitudes towards literacy develop during this period and all important concepts of literacy expand during these years through the care of the adults and various forms of print that they chance to meet. This important form of literacy is composed of several key components according to the experts on literacy and this first of these is phonetic awareness. This is an understanding that speech contains many units like spoken words, syllables and sounds. The children gradually become familiar with names of letters, their shapes and sounds. Over a period of time they also develop the capacity to take every spoken word apart in terms of sound and also combine sounds to form words. (Promoting Literacy Activities in Early Childhood Settings) The children have to hear and say the parts of the word and then only they can learn to read it. They have to understand the importance of each sound in a word, as this is the only way they will learn to say the word properly and not develop too much of an accent or slang which will hurt the ability of individuals to understand it. For this purpose...
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...Deborah Hawkins Early Child Development Chapters 6-11 Sharon Garrett Models-These are the models that are used for Early Childhood Development 1. Head Start: Empowering for Change from Within 2. The High Scope Foundations: Planning, Implementing, and Reviewing Best Practices 3. The Project Approach: Active Inquiry in Early Childhood 4. The Schools of Reggio Emilia: A Child’s World 5. Montessori Education: Environment, Materials, and Methods 6. Waldorf education: Harmony and the Whole Child Head Start- In 1964 under President Lyndon Johnson Sargent Shriver assembled a committee and put together a group of sociologists, psychologists, and pediatricians to design a system that would assist children to overcome their setbacks or obstacles caused by poverty. Before the name Head Start was establish, the committee had tossed around several different names, e.g., Kiddie Corps, and Bay Corps however the name Head Start was chosen by the academics who understood the achievement gap between middle class students and their lower class peers (Kagan, 2002). President Johnson announced Project Head Start in May of 1965, President Johnson and Mr. Shiver used the (Office of Economic Opportunity) to establish the Head Start program (Kagan, 2002). It started as an eight week summer program for children from low income communities that were going into public school in the fall (Styfco and Zigler, 2003). In the first summer of the Head Start Program it served over...
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...Early Childhood Research Quarterly 19 (2004) 375–397 The early childhood classroom observation measure Deborah Stipek∗ , Patricia Byler School of Education, Stanford University, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-3096, USA Abstract This study assesses a new measure of early childhood classroom practice in 127 kindergarten- and first-grade classrooms. The measure was designed to be appropriate for classrooms serving children from the age of 4–7 years. It assesses the nature and quality of instruction as well as the social climate and management of the classroom. Two separate scales assess the degree to which constructivist, child-centered and the degree to which didactic, teachercentered instructional practices are implemented. Findings indicate that the measure produced reliable scores and meaningful, predictable associations were found between scores on the observation measure, on the one hand, and teachers’ self-reported practices, teaching goals, relationships with children, and perceptions of children’s ability to be self-directed learners, on the other. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Early childhood; Classroom observation; Teaching; ECCOM; Measure 1. Introduction Political and public concerns about improving education have been fueled recently by reports highlighting the number of students, particularly from economically disadvantaged homes, who fail to achieve minimum academic standards. The National Center for Educational Statistics (2002)...
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...Professor Snyder January 28, 2015 Early Childhood Education Early childhood care and education play an important role in the lives of all family members. They provide children with consistent routines and unlimited learning opportunities, and provide families with the security of knowing their child is in a safe and nurturing environment. Many children are enrolled in child care settings from the time they are infants to the time they enter elementary school. During these early years, children go through critical stages of development, and consistent, high-quality care can have beneficial and long-lasting effects on the overall development of children. Characteristics of high quality early childhood programs The quality of a child's future depends on the quality of caregiving in the first five years. First-rate early learning programs that are safe, healthy, stimulating, organized, and, most importantly, led by well-trained teachers, help children enter school ready to learn and succeed. Over the years, there has been much debate over which type of program qualifies as care and which as education. Increasingly, child development research shows that -- regardless of the setting -- quality early childhood education must include both warm, nurturing care and enriched learning experiences designed to stimulate a child’s development in all key developmental areas: cognitive, physical, and social-emotional. The quality of the early childhood education a child receives has a direct...
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...Why is Early Childhood Education Important? Far too many children enter school not prepared. When unprepared children begin school behind, they tend to fall further and further behind. Children who are at risk of not doing well in school gain significant benefits from quality childcare. All children need to enter school ready and able to succeed. Cognitively: Improves school performance Raises math and language abilities Sharpens thinking/attention skills Reduces special education placement Lowers school drop out rates Socially and emotionally: Improves and strengthen interactions with peers Decreases problem behaviors Encourages more exploratory behavior Helps adjustment to the demands of formal schooling Long-term positive results and cost savings of Early Childhood Education: Increases lifelong earning potential Achieves better academic outcomes Lowers rates of teen pregnancy and incarceration Improves recruitment and retention of parents who work The Perry Preschool Project is a research project started in the 1960’s. Over the last 40 years, this study has compared 2 groups of African American children born in poverty and at high risk of failing in school. The children were 3 and 4 years old. Some of the children received a high quality preschool program and some children received no preschool. The participants have been contacted and interviewed throughout the years. Data was also gathered from schools, social services, and arrest records. Now, these...
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...LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS and DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS ECE101 Introduction to Early Childhood Education September 19, 2014 Introduction A teacher’s classroom environment is an ultimate concern in the beginning of each school year. This is in addition to designing an effective learning environment for reading, science and art projects among many subjects. Another important concern is arranging a generous amount of physical space with learning goals, while ensuring that each student adapts to all instructional requirements and needs. The first step to a well-equipped classroom setting providing sufficient reading and writing materials promoting an ultimate learning environment. This paper will provide a classroom designed for preschoolers between the ages of two to five years old in a daycare center. “Paraphrasing Loris Malaguzzi, founder of Reggio Emilia, it all starts with the environment – the entrance, the space, the walls (Edwards, Gandini, & Forman, 1998)” (Roskos, K., Neuman, S. (2011). Not only learning will occur, social interactions, friendships and other encounters among the teacher and students will transpire daily. The classroom environment also maps out emotions, thinking, behaviors, and qualities which will effect these preschooler’s lives forever. The classroom can either be a negative or positive environment. This all relies on the teacher’s shoulders. Physical Domain The classroom learning environment design supports the children’s physical development such...
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...ProjEnglish Composition II Even though some parents feel children under the age of five should be at home, early childhood education is important, because the earlier the education starts, the better the payoff in the future, and at this age the brain is doing the bulk of its learning. Early childhood education is important, because it helps children out down the road. If a child starts their education early, then they will be use to getting up on a regular schedule and going to school. They will also get use to being separated from their parents at a younger age. They will get more learning interaction than they would if they were sitting at home in front of the television or playing video games. At this age the brain is doing the bulk of its learning. At this stage in a child’s life, they are very curious. They like to ask questions such as who, what, when, where, and why. They also like to ask to start drawing, coloring, and using paints. When the child starts education at a early age, they are taught how to use a pencil, how to color, how to paint. They are also taught the alphabet and how to count. Some kids go into kindergarten not knowing these things, then they are behind compared to the kids that started their education in four year old kindergarten or pre-school. The most important reason early childhood education is important is because the earlier the education starts, the better the payoff is in the future. If a child starts school when they are three or four years...
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...The Need for Early Education 1 The Need for Early Education The Need for Early Childhood Education Amanda Snyder University of Phoenix The Need for Early Education 2 The Need for Early Childhood Education Early childhood education has many benefits; the most important one teaching young children the necessary learning skills they need to grow socially, and developmentally; children are growing and learning every day so the earlier they start their education the better. The need to provide more children early education is huge, no matter what the family income is. Every child deserves to have a chance to excel in their own future. This paper will address the benefits of early childhood education and the different types of programs available. The positive affect that can happen to children attending early childhood education centers such as head start, pre-k, or a local daycare center are extraordinary. The need for this early education is crucial to children’s futures. “Research shows the benefits to the child include improved readiness to learn, improved early literacy, decreased need for remedial or special education placement, and improved cognitive development. Long term, research shows a stronger likelihood to graduate from high school, improved academic confidence, and more participation in post-secondary education.” (Pennsylvania...
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...Comprehensive profile of history and development of the ECCE sector in Ireland. In 1969 the first state run preschool was opened in Rutland street in Dublin. Its aims were for children who were from disadvantaged areas. The department of education worked with an organization called the Van Leer foundation. This organization promotes the early education of children in economically disadvantaged areas. They both set up the pre-school in Rutland street. They were known as early pre-schools. 40 pre-schools had opened nationally. Their aims were to combat the effects of economic and social achievements. These aims were achieved by giving a good start to a child's education. (Flood and Hardy,2015) In 1973 the bar for marriage was lifted which allowed woman to return to work, it was lifted as there was nobody to look after children in families. This then created a need for child minders and childcare services. The preschool education was mainly in the private sector for children with the need of specific intervention and with special needs. The ECEC needs for babies, young children and their families were all met by the community, private enterprises and voluntary. (Flood, E. and Hardy,2013) According to early childhood Ireland, 2015 in 1992 Ireland ratified the UN convention on the rights of the child. The convention stated that a 'child' as a person is below the age of 18, unless a particular countries law set the legal age below the age of 18 for the age of adulthood. The convention...
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...Philosophy of Early Childhood Education The process of educating children begins at a young age in the early childhood program. Children need to be received in a warm inviting classroom in which the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development are a priority and address on a daily basis. Meeting the children’s needs of feeling safe and nurtured at school will facilitate learning to take place. Before students entered the classrooms to be filled with factual knowledge under scripted lessons that were to accommodate all learners. Educating children these days is more like an art that requires the use of creativity and knowledge to consider the student’s needs to prepare the lessons, incorporate personal philosophies, and implement the proper pedagogic strategies to develop children’s academic potential. Being an early childhood teacher is a privilege that requires to be assumed with responsibility as early childhood teachers spend the majority of the day teaching children who’s both parents work to cover the family needs. Children at the Pre K to K start school between the ages of 3-5 depending on the program and school children are attending. For my final paper, I will identify and discuss the theories and/or philosophies that demonstrate how I envision the appropriate classroom to be for the selected age group. I will also provide an overview of the concepts I will teach in each academic area, and share some of the strategies and activities that will be implemented...
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...Many people have reservations about the importance of pre-kindergarten education. This was clearly manifest in 2006 when the California legislature unsuccessfully attempted to pass a law that would make pre-school education mandatory for all children. Many Californians did not agree with the importance of using tax payer funds to fund mandatory pre-school programs, including parents desiring to educate their children themselves. Research has show that children enrolled in Head Start programs benefit by receiving formal education before kindergarten. According to some studies, children enrolled in these programs are more behaved and have higher IQ scores upon enrolling kindergarten than their peers without formal education. Likewise, it was shown that children enrolled in Head Start programs learned quicker than children not enrolled in these programs. Critics of pre-kindergarten education claim the differences between children enrolled in pre-school programs and children not receiving formal education are only discernible during kindergarten, first, and second grade. During subsequent years, children who've not received formal education prior to kindergarten test at the same level and behave like their peers with pre-kindergarten formal education. Therefore, Head Start children may be at an advantage for a couple of years, but after that, their classmates perform at similar levels. Another major problem with Head Start programs is that children qualifying for these programs...
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...Preschool makes kids’ future better Some people believe that it is a waste of time to have their kids go to preschool. My stance is by attending preschool children have a head start in life and it improves their future. I interviewed a friend that has a different view. My main reason is that kids have 13 years (and then college!) that they "have" to be in school. Preschool (in my opinion) is glorified daycare that takes time away that little kids should be spending with their parents. So much of what they are taught can be learned in day-to-day life (letters and early reading, counting and numbers, colors and behavior) from their parents, family, friends, and the world they interact with. Putting most kids in a classroom setting at 2, 3 or 4 years old is not necessary. There are issues (speech or hearing delays, autism, learning disabilities, etc.) that should be handled by professionals, but even then, that does not necessarily mean a school setting. Katie didn't set foot in a classroom until her first day of kindergarten. Only one of my nephews went to Head Start, and that, honestly, was just to give my SIL a break for a couple of hours because she also had a nursing newborn. All of the 7 kids on my side of the family are doing well in school, and they've never had trouble adjusting to the rules, routine, or structure of school. Keep in mind also that one of my nephews has ADHD and Katie takes medication for ADD. My (almost) 13 year old nephew has been diagnosed with bipolar...
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...GETTING THE RIGHT START WITH EARLY EDUCATION UNIT 6 Project Bill Stout CM107 GETTING THE RIGHT START WITH EARLY EDUCATION I. Introduction a. Early Childhood Education is more important than you think. b. There are programs out there to help everyone. II. The benefits of starting a child’s education properly are more than you think. a. Starting school at the same level as most children. b. A greater chance of not dropping out and finishing throw high school and possibly college. III. How should parents participate in their child’s education? a. Using age-appropriate materials so as they don’t hinder their Education. b. Enrolling their children in programs early so they learn how to Socialize with their peers. IV. Conclusion Other than teacher’s parents play a large role in their child’s early education, knowing what to do and when to do it will benefit your child more than you think. Early Childhood Education is more important than you think; it has been proven that children who started their education at an early age do not begin kindergarten at the same level as other students. Having a successful child is being a successful parent; Start them in the right direction from the beginning. Parents can start this process before the children are you born. Pre-birth impact, if the child is exposed to positive things it will reflect on them after they are born and if exposed to negative things that impact will be the same. A parent would...
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...Early childhood education programs vary from school to school. There are so many different educational programs for children, and these are taught in a variety of formats to kids of many ages. They begin with early learning opportunities such as those offered in preschool programs, or even earlier with early reading taped programs for infants and toddlers. Opportunities progress as children grow so that kids may explore a number of extracurricular interests or enhance skills needed in the school environment. When children are in formal school settings, such as the primary grades, educational programs for children don’t stop. In fact, with many schools now so dedicated on meeting state standards, they may be needed more than ever to create a well-rounded education. Certain promises of early primary school, such as experimentation with art and music, have often been dropped or reduced in favor of focus on reading and math. Jean Piaget (1896-1980) view of how children's minds work and develop has been enormously influential, particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation (simply growing up) in children's increasing capacity to understand their world: they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so. Many schools follow this way of thinking. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) established much of her theories on education based on the works of the scholar Froebel, and the physicians Jean Itard and Edouard Sequin...
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