strategies for young children with special needs. Although every child is unique and specific needs vary, there are many different strategies that can be used to help children with special needs thrive in a classroom. Children with sensory problems can benefit from having a quiet and free from distraction. Having a schedule based on events instead of time can also help children with special needs, knowing what to expect, or comes next can have a calming effect on all children. Children that have
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Integrate Science and Arts Process Skills in the Early Childhood Curriculum How can early childhood teachers help children think creatively, discover new possibilities, and connect their ideas? Integrate science and the arts in the curriculum! “The greatest scientists are also artists as well.” –Albert Einstein Kathy Morrison Art and science are intrinsically linked—the essence of both fields is discovery. Artists and scientists function systematically and creatively. Their knowledge, understanding
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Being eager to engage in classroom learning activities is an important indicator of a child’s approach and disposition towards learning. Additionally engaging in visual arts is recognized as an important building block of early literacy. The goals of this lesson included showing a keen interest in the activity, and furthermore for students to experiment with properties of paint and explore visual art representation by painting on aluminum foil. Children must first engage in an exploration phase of
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environmentalist, and constructivist. These three theories allow us to analyze childhood development and better understand how children grow and learn. Although there are many differences in these theories, there are also some similarities. In this paper I will discuss how these theories relate and differ with regards to a child’s development. How do these theories help us understand our children and how they grow and learn? I will also discuss the importance of physical, emotional and cognitive development
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Danielle McKenzie Ms. Thomas English Class MW (1:40) November 14, 2011 Should sex education be increased in schools in an attempt to curb problems such as teenage pregnancy and sexual transmitted diseases? The issue in the world today is that kids worldwide are getting pregnant or getting stds or maybe even both. Parents are asking what ways or programs that can prevent the kids from those problems. Teen pregnancy is happening throughout the United States. Seeing that sex education is not
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educational experience and a brighter future for the children. Work with families of the children to create inspiration for lifelong learning so every child can learn and grow in a rich environment as well as a playful and safe educational environment. Mission: Our mission is to provide each child a quality education that they can learn in their own way and at their very own pace and to ensure they receive the help they need to learn and to grow. A young child’s work is play and we encourage them to do
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aspect of seeing how children learn from play. I strongly agree with implementing play in the classroom. Play itself is the work of children. It is a direct result of activities performed for self-amusement that have behavioral, social, and psychomotor rewards. Play is child-directed and the rewards come from within the individual child. It is enjoyable and spontaneous. It is an important part of the developmental stages of the child. With the use of play, children learn about shapes,
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preschool classroom. Why use technology? Using technology in our classrooms will actually help motivate students into learning. The excitement the students get when a laptop or tablet is pulled out is what begins that motivation. Even those children that were not paying attention are suddenly paying attention all because technology was presented to them. “Teaching digital literacy in the classroom is important both in the present and also for the future as almost every career today and in the
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is an essential skill for both children and adults (Feder & Majnemer, 2007). Even in the age of technology, handwriting remains the primary tool of communication and knowledge assessment for students in the classroom. The demands for handwriting are great, whether in the classroom or beyond. A 1992 study (McHale & Cermak) found that 85 percent of all fine motor time in second-, fourth- and sixth-grade classrooms was spent on paper and pencil activities. A more recent study (Marr, Cermak
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Professor: Ruth Monroe Abstract The highScope curriculum is an early childhood education program for children from birth to 5 and sometimes to 8 years old. This program can be for children with or without special needs and for diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and ethnicities. The program goal is to increase children’s cognitive, socioemotional, and physical development, giving children skills that will help them do well in school and be more constrictive and more responsible in their lives
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