...PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM Janelle Conlin Early Childhood Curriculum & Methods: ECE311 Instructor: Michael Walter August 10, 2012 PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM Preschool classroom’s fosters an exploratory play environment for children ages four to five to prepare students for private school kindergarten courses and utilizes North Carolina kindergarten standards to develop curriculum. Cumberland County public school system does not have the best reputation for educating students and has created a need for more private schools. Currently, we only offer a preschool program but plan to expand into the elementary school ages. As the new school year approaches I will be redesigning the classroom environment and curriculum by incorporating theories from Reggio Emilia, Creative Curriculum, and High Scope Curriculum along with including state standard activities to cover the main concepts for the core subjects to prepare for Kindergarten. Classroom environment and teaching strategies will incorporate philosophies and theories from Reggio Emilia, Creative Curriculum, High Scope Curriculum, and Piaget’s theory into a comprehensive curriculum design for preschoolers. When developing curriculum it is important for this age group to have several approaches. “Children ages 3–8 benefit from planned, teacher-guided, interactive small-group and large- group experiences” (NAEYC, 2009). “Reggio Emilia programs demonstrate how planning an environment is driven by respect for the rights of the...
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...BA908 Journal Critique: Parental Preferences Concerning Preschools Submitted by: Rick Elmann Labrador Student Submitted to: Dr. Danilo M. Te Marketing Management Professor I. Summary As we all know, the quality of a preschool varies from program to program. Selecting a preschool program is a complex decision that involves weighing cost and benefits. This decision as we know is also influenced by factors such as families’ needs and values also by realities such as cost and convenience. As emphasized, the aim of the study was to find the positioning of customer advantage of preschools. A parents’ deciding factors in choosing a preschool, in a succinct breakdown, are with reference to the said five important attributes which are essential criteria differentiated according to importance placed upon school safety, teaching quality, distance of the preschool, schooling cost and adults to children ratio. The study uses the method of conjoint analysis to identify the attributes and to segment parents into clusters. An initial focus group discussion (FGD) was conducted to obtain insights and opinions where thirteen parents participated and help narrow down the crucial attributes into only five as mentioned above. After the initial FGD was done, next was the process of conjoint analysis where a cluster sample of 400 parents where obtained and was formed into two main groups. The groups where the 200 respondents coming from the Talomo district which was within...
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...not only covers that academic aspect but also sheds light on the benefits preschool education has on social and emotional aspects of children's life. After collecting this information, it will be collaborated with the findings of this research paper using different research technique. In the end, the paper will be concluded along with some suggestions. Introduction In this competitive world it is very important to train the children in such a way that they are not left behind. Study shows that with pre-school training, children show much developed skills of learning when they enter kindergarten. If a child is being read to at home, visits museums, learns how to play a game and reads along someone then it is more likely that his/her learning abilities are polished and ready for kindergarten (Stube & Patrick, 2010). Pre-school is a planned program for children before they start their formal education. It deals with the learning ability of a child. Children are trained in such a way that their learning abilities are enhanced. Specified techniques are used to improve the language skills and analytical skills. it also has a positive effect on the behavioral aspect of a child's personality. Bridges (2008) found out from the research that involving parents is very critical for the success of pre-school training. Also, involvement of community can be very vital in the accomplishment of a successful preschool training center. Margetts (2007)...
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...Good morning head master, assistant head master, teachers and students. I'm delighted to have the honour to be here on this special event The School Entrepreneurship Day. It is my privilege to stand here and share with you about “Why Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal of The Day?” How many of you want to be healthy? How many of you find it a challenge to eat healthily because you are always running late!When I was a kid, my mom always told me that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. It turns out she was right. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, not just for nutritional benefits, but for mental benefits as well, and there is no excuse not to eat it. You would be shocked at how many people skip their first meal. According to Adirondack Sports and Fitness, nearly one fifth of adults don't eat at all in the morning and many students don't eat breakfast either. Twenty percent of elementary students skip breakfast and sixty percent of students ages between 9 to 15 skip breakfast. A lot of people, especially children, go through the day without having breakfast. Many people believe that it is not necessary, or they say that they are not hungry or don’t have time for that and begin their day with no meal. I believe that everyone especially children should eat breakfast before going to school. The purpose of this talk is to show the importance of breakfast, especially for school children. Studies show that eating breakfast everyday is important in...
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...Universal Preschool The topic of universal preschool has been the focus of much discussion and controversy statewide. Preschool or programs such as Head Start, learning daycares, and childcare have undoubtedly become quite popular over recent years. However, not all children are obtaining the benefits early education has to offer. due to the lack of funding. By implementing universal preschools every child will have the identical opportunity to achieve greatness. Preschool aids in the development of significant social and self-regulation skills, lays the foundation for brain development and forthcoming learning of the child, and benefits society as well as the individual child. The success of the future generation begins with our preschool programs in the state today. Although early education has been on the rise in recent years, not everybody is taking advantage of what preschool has to offer. According to a table from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which is a private philanthropy organization based on the well-being of children, titled “Kids Count Data Center” 4,381,000 children age’s three to four were not enrolled in an early education program in 2006. That is 54% of youth whose first day of school will be Kindergarten. Granted some of the children entering Kindergarten will have basic knowledge, but the vast majority of them will not know the alphabet, colors, shapes, or even that a book needs to be read from left to right. In comparison, however, a Scholastic magazine...
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...I can’t even remember all the times I’ve been asked the question: “Why would you want to be a teacher?” I hear all about how little teachers are paid, and how people “just don’t know how you do it.” I have had people treat me like they don’t really think preschool teachers are teachers, rather, over-paid babysitters. I wrote a blog post on it once, so did my friend, Kristi Sauer. I’ve written about why preschool is important. What I haven’t written about, was why I choose to be a preschool teacher, or more like, why I stay a preschool teacher. It doesn’t pay great, especially if you are working in a child care setting. Working for a school district pays significantly better, but still doesn’t offer some of the benefits that “regular” teachers get (such as health care, pay stretched out over the summer, etc.). Those things don’t matter so much to me. Yes, this has led to some huge financial struggles over the years, but to me, doing what I love is more important. There have been a couple of amazing opportunities over the years that I have passed up on. The pay on said positions was much higher, but they weren’t teaching jobs. A Director position wasn’t hands on enough for me… My passion is to teach young children. The highlights of my days at work are when I see a child’s eyes light up when they learn/try something new. When they suddenly are able to make the letters in their name, or do something they weren’t previously able to do, I get as excited as they do. When a...
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...CD 125 07/10/11 PRESCHOOL OBSERVATION PAPER Part I Setting July 22, 2009, 3:30 PM, Pilgrim Lutheran Preschool Chula Vista, CA. Addie, almost 3 years old Each classroom was made up of two adults and a specific age group of preschoolers, from 2 ½, 3, 4, or 5 years old. In the classroom where I began my observation there were two teachers and nine children (we later moved to the playground). I felt that the preschool was a very safe environment for the children. The front yards of the school were completely fenced so no children can run off the property. It seemed to be a healthy place for the children to play both inside and out. The preschool is very spacious and it is across the parking lot from the elementary school it feeds into. Approaching the preschool you are greeted by large, blue letters, “PILGRIM LUTHERAN PRESCHOOL”. There is a gate in the middle of the fence with a handle so that only a certain height can reach. On either side of the path to enter the main building is a nice green lawn where the children can play with toys for outside. As the door is opened you hear an alarm beep which to me said this school is a safe place for these kids, the teachers are always aware when someone walks into the building. There is a spacious kitchen where the teachers prepare their snacks for their class. There are four classrooms for the four specific age groups. Each classroom was equipped with desks and chairs suitable for young children in preschool. There was an art...
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...Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: AUTONOMY VS SHAME & DOUBT WILL TOILET TRAINING | Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: INITIATIVE VS GUILT PURPOSE EXPLORATION | School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY COMPETENCE SCHOOL | Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group. List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group. | Toddlers are ready to develop a sense of self and separate from their parents, and understanding and respecting this evolving independence is a common parental challenge. (Edelman&Mandle, 2010). Toddlers depend and rely on their parents/ caregivers for health management | Preschoolers are naturally curious And are capable of being actively involved in health promotion and prevention including oral care, bathing | School age children perceive health as it relates to the germ theory School age children are passive by asking fewer questions regarding their health. | | Parents may fall into pattern of illness care, missing the continued opportunity to receive antipatory guidance and health promotion information until preschool or school requirements bring them back in. (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008) Parents have inaccurate health prevention or promotion information. ...
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...Challenging Behaviors in the Preschool Classroom Challenging behaviors come in many shapes and sizes. Some children have tantrums, others may go hide in a corner and some may even get extremely aggressive. The underdeveloped or emerging language and social/emotional skills of preschool children can lead to challenging behaviors in the classroom when they cannot communicate their needs. Finding strategies that will enhance the development of their language and social/emotional skills will help to deter the challenging behaviors. Smith and Fox (2003) (qtd. In Powell, Dunlap, and Fox 26) define challenging behavior in young children as “any repeated pattern of behavior, or perception of behavior, that interferes with or is at risk of interfering with optimal learning or engagement in prosocial interactions with peers and adults.” Challenging behaviors can be a behavior that encumbers the child’s development of their social, cognitive and emotional skills (Kaiser and Rasminsky 7). Some of these behaviors can be harmful to the child themselves or to other children or adults. Many adults tend to put labels on those children with challenging behaviors. Kaiser and Rasminsky stated “A Rose by Any Other Name” (9), here are some of the labels many of us have heard or even used ourselves, ”High maintenance, noncompliant, disruptive, and out of control” just to name a few (Kaiser and Rasminsky 9). When labels are used to identify a child with those challenging behaviors, the child basically...
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...Preschool Curriculum As Gordon and Browne point out the curriculum "is the planned and the unplanned and includes all of the activities as well as the subject matter, the interactions with people, and all of the experiences of the child's day" (331). So in order to construct an appropriate curriculum, teachers need to be ready to include group activities and also individual instruction according to each child's experience and necessity. The appropriate curriculum does not let any child behind. On the other hand, it includes all the differences such as children with different cultures and children with disabilities. A current issue that connects to the construction of an appropriate curriculum is the diversity of the classroom. Since teachers work with so many children from different backgrounds and culture, it is hard for the educators to create a curriculum that makes those children participate in class. The language is a big challenge as well . For instance, teachers need to know some words in the child's native language to communicate with the child.. Moreover, educators should know the child's culture as well. I remember one of my ECE teacher telling a story about a child who did not celebrate Christmas. The teacher did not know his family did not celebrate Christmas, so she made him take a Christmas tree home, which was completely out of context for this child's family. Therefore, educators need to talk to children's parents, do research on children's different cultures...
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...I was on a parenting bulletin board recently and read a post by a mother who was worried that her 4 1/2 year old did not know enough. “What should a 4 year old know?” she asked. Most of the answers left me not only saddened but pretty soundly annoyed. One mom posted a laundry list of all of the things her son knew. Counting to 100, planets, how to write his first and last name, and on and on. Others chimed in with how much more their children already knew, some who were only three. A few posted URL’s to lists of what each age should know. The fewest yet said that each child develops at his own pace and not to worry. It bothered me greatly to see these mothers responding to a worried mom by adding to her concern, with lists of all the things their children could do that hers couldn’t. We are such a competitive culture that even our preschoolers have become trophies and bragging rights. Childhood shouldn’t be a race. So here, I offer my list of what a 4 year old should know. She should know that she is loved wholly and unconditionally, all of the time. He should know that he is safe and he should know how to keep himself safe in public, with others, and in varied situations. He should know that he can trust his instincts about people and that he never has to do something that doesn’t feel right, no matter who is asking. He should know his personal rights and that his family will back them up. She should know how to laugh, act silly, be goofy and use her imagination...
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...poverty with a five year old child. Your child doesn’t attend preschool and goes straight into kindergarten. They begin to struggle in school and lack basic math skills, pre-reading skills, and social skills. Over time, the lack of these skills builds up. By the time your child gets to high school and makes decisions about college, it’s too late. They are not “college level material.” Unfortunately, this is the scenario for many children in low income families. But what if having your child attend preschool made the difference between being prepared for college or not? What if preschool was available to all low-income families? The Annie E. Casey Foundation states, “Only three out of 10 Washington children, ages 3 and 4, were enrolled in preschool programs that met the minimum state standards last year.” Their point is that this is a wide early education gap! Seventy percent of children are not enrolled in preschool programs that meet state standards. As well, as results in a Georgia State University study, indicated that preschool significantly decreases the achievement gap. Children began preschool well behind the national norms on three of four skill assessments (receptive language, cognition, letter/word recognition, and expressive language) and finished preschool well above the national norms after the program (Henry, et al, 7). This is why the government should redirect our resources to include universal preschool in the Yakima Valley. This will enable future generations to...
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...Young children in preschool learn the basic physical, cognitive, and emotional skills through scaffolding, the assistance required in order to finish a task. This is the building block to set the children off to a right start in order for them to be successful in elementary school. As children enter the middle childhood, many physical, cognitive, and emotional skills advance and develop from young childhood. Advances that elementary school children experience are literacy, cognitive, gender identification, and relationships. When children reach the age to start their school education, their vocabulary, grammar, and understanding of language grow substantially as they learn to read and develop pragmatics. While young children in preschool also...
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...Macion, Rona Liza T. 3BSED – Mathematics Preschool pupils must not be over 5—DepEd By Dona Z. Pazzibugan Philippine Daily Inquirer How old should a child in preschool be? With kindergarten now mandatory under the K to 12 program, the Department of Education (DepEd) has required preschools and day care centers to comply with the standard requisite age for preschoolers. The preschool age should normally be up to 5 years old only, since by 6 years old a child is expected to be in Grade 1, according to the DepEd. Under Republic Act No. 10157 or the universal public kindergarten program passed last year, the DepEd made one year of kindergarten compulsory and a prerequisite to entering Grade 1. Kindergarten is free to 5-year-olds in the public elementary schools under the K to 12 basic education reform program, which consists of kindergarten, six years of elementary, two years of junior high and two years of senior high school. “Private (pre)schools should follow (the standard),” Education Undersecretary for Programs and Projects Yolanda Quijano said. “Whether they have nursery, kinder 1 or kinder 2 levels, they should now follow [the standard] that kinder is for 5-year-olds and Grade 1 is for 6-year-olds,” she said. Quijano clarified that while the DepEd required only one year of kindergarten, parents who can afford private day care centers or preschools can have their children start school as young as 3 or 4 years old to prepare them for regular schooling. Before...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The project aims to know the possibility of entrepreneurship in starting pre/primary schools in Pune with good return on investment. The nurseries to be set up should be started keeping in mind its demand and the basic factors which are contributing to their demand. With this study we tried to understand the growing need for such entrepreneurial opportunities. Entrepreneurship in set up of pre nurseries is in demand because of increase in level of educated parents and income levels, who also expect their children to learn and progress right from the beginning. Entrepreneurship not only involves starting a business but also to nurture it till it grows and start giving the fruits. Study on entrepreneurial opportunity in primary education sector also includes profitability of starting a pre-school and the growth opportunities it provides. OBJECTIVE: 1. To determine the feasibility and profitability of entrepreneurial opportunities in pre/primary education sector in Pune. 2. To study the factors surrounding the set-up of Pre-nursery and also to provide a template to an entrepreneur to start any business. SCOPE OF THE STUDY: 1. Study is limited to only PUNE city. 2. Study has been conducted in specific locations within the city. These locations are: a) Wanorie (Panda Kids) b) Magarpatta city (Euro kids, Zee Kids) c) Koregaon Park (Innovations) 3. Target respondents are limited to: a) Parents of the students studying in...
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