Describe Your Early Childhood Areas

The state of early childhood profession has rapidly been changing because of the current trends, policies and movements in the rapidly changing 21st century world. This report articulates the key issues of diversity of the early childhood settings, a number of models of early childhood education and care, diversity among people, the status of early childhood profession, the belief that the profession suits female than male, the poor status of the profession and less pay than other professions associate with the early childhood profession The study consisted of analysing the strengths and challenges of the early childhood profession. The study methods of analyses include the National Quality Framework, The National Quality Standards, Assessments

“Early roots of play as a best practice for early learning was documented by Plato, a Greek philosopher, who insisted that play is considered a natural activity of childhood.”(Ingrid Crowther, 2011, Pg. 2) Early Childhood Education is a term that refers to educational programs that are devoted to children from birth to the age of eight. “Children of this age learn by exploring and investigating; therefore, their environment should support and encourage this process.”(Rebecca Isbell and Betty Exelby, 2001, Pg. 11) Early childhood environments should be attractive and exciting. These environments should allow children to work and play using proper resources, materials, and tools.

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Using my previous fieldwork and the Windshield Survey, I was able to drive around the city of Pasadena observing local patrons. I was able to focus my desire for improvements on specific areas I thought would be appropriate and want to focus on specifically for my community health topic. Due to the large amount of people in the city, I was able to go to local parks, outdoor malls and various busy streets. Using questions addressed from the Windshield Survey, I was able to delineate whether the city is primarily rural or suburban. Approximately how much open space is there and whether it is open space or private? Pasadena is a suburban city and has over 7 million square feet of open space (City Data, 2015). The survey also asks how old the buildings and homes are in the community? Are these homes similar or different in structure and architecture? Are there solar panels in use? Are the yards trimmed and neat or overgrown? I used the city 's

Early childhood appears to be a learning type of environment place or programs; that tries to develop the whole child with the parents as the first teachers and professionals as children second teacher. Early childhood is where professional promote and prepare children of all walks of life, all different types of back grounds, different special needs and different types of disabilities. From ages zero –two and three - five years old learn through their environment. Early childhood programs set different types of standards that will help children and their families. Early childhood programs offer a family type environment, so children and their families feel welcome and safe. When coming to an early childhood program the Professional staff helps children adjust in the program environment and help children respect different diverse multicultural children that they will come in contact with. Families will also be explain and taught how to respect the different diversity of the multicultural surroundings. All this means is early childhood programs try their best to reach the different needs of each child and their families, so the curriculum tries to meet the needs of the different diverse children with their different learning styles. Early childhood have standards that are offered to children and their families. Some early childhood programs standards are relationships, curriculum, teaching, assessment of children progress, health, teachers, families, community,

The child that I will be observing is my friends four-year-old son, Jeremiah. I’ve known Jeremiah since he was born on August 7, 2012. He is an energetic kid that loves cheese and candy. He lives with his mother and older sister. He started head star at three years old and is now in Pre -K. The observation was made at my house. I invited my fried and her children over for dinner.

There are many different skills and abilities that an individual will need before engaging in a careen in Early Childhood Education. You must have great communication skills to communicate back and forth with the child, as well as the family. You must have the ability to work well with others and have patience for children and families. You must understand that each child is different in their own special way. Being consistent and modeling for children and families is equally as important. Showing enthusiasm for learning and teaching are also some great qualities an early childhood educator should have.

I thought it was very interesting to read about the different theories and perspectives that are discussed in chapter two. It is important to look back on the roots of early childhood, but it is more important that we build upon those roots to adhere to the needs of children in this day and age. The book gave an example of how some child care traditions would seem abusive or strange to modern families today. This supports the fact that early childhood education is always developing and changing over time. As I continued to read the chapter, I was very unfamiliar with the different philosophies of guidance such as the maturationists and the constructivists. It is interesting to observe the different perspectives and ideals people have on early

I enjoyed reading your post and looking at your observation chart. What age is the boy that you are observing? The only reason that I am asking is because he sounds like the boy that I am observing. Although mine does not scream, but he hits, kicks, throws things, and raises his voice. The first time I was in there I was shocked. I am around young children all of the time, but I am not used to this type of behavior.

The child that I saw has two years and ten months old, she’s officially a toddler child, at that age most children learn about the world by touching, looking, manipulating, and listening. children learning process has become more thoughtful and they languages are increasing and beginning to form mental images of things, concepts, and actions. The child that I saw respond to simple directions like if I say “can you stand up or say bye to the others students” she does. At first, she was so concentrated playing with playdoh on the table and putting some coins on that. But when she took the scissors to cut the playdoh into small pieces she does with enthusiasm and when she finishes she was so excited and happy. Later the teacher asked the child to do something else like make circles with the crayon she does but I felt that the child was frustrated because the crayon is thin and she prefers the marker because it is thicker and her hand can hold it.

Relatives and the parents are the environment and first set of people that newborn and children have contact and interact with. They learn first few things from siblings and caregiver. Most times, due to the economic situation of the family, children spend less time with parents due to education or employment. Most times, children are raised by relative or caregiver because parents have to work. Child development starts from when their cognitive skills are developed. Time spent by caregivers and Parents and their literacy level are important in early child development. Belsky et al.(2007) research on effect of early child care on children’s showed that parenting was a stronger and more consistent predictor of children’s development than early childcare experience while higher quality care predicted higher vocabulary scores. According to Susanna et al. (2004), Children display stronger social development when providers have education beyond high school. Children with high literate guardian are more likely to participate in children's home literacy activities. Magnuson and Waldfogel , (2005) stated that Children who attend center care or preschool programs enter school more ready to learn, but both the share of children enrolled in these programs and the quality of care they receive differ

The child that I had observed for this experience plan was J. J has just turned two years old or 24 months. J is a white Caucasian toddler with strawberry blonde hair that is slowing becoming red. J is slightly tall for his age and I believe he weighs around 20 to 25 pounds at the max. J has rosy red chubby cheeks with blue eyes, J also has a small scar above his right eye from where he fell from his grandmother’s stairs.

I have always believed that I had a strong ability to construct and phrase writings to sound and be grammatically correct. My profession within the field of Early Childhood requires constant written communication to be well formed and structured yet easily comprehendible for others to acknowledge. It needs to be clear and concise with direct formal and informal subject matters.

Chapter 5 “Early Childhood: Body and Mind” section “Thinking during Early Childhood” teaches about the cognitive development of children during early childhood at around ages 2-6 years old, in which, children targeted at this age do not use logical operations (reasoning process). Such a term is called the “Preoperational Intelligence” conducted by Piaget. Furthermore, Piaget’s preoperational thought establishes that children have language but use symbolic thought where “words can refer to things not seen and that an item, like a flag, can symbolize something else (in this case, a country).” Symbolic thought proves Animism; the belief that young children have thinking that “natural objects are alive and nonhuman animals have the same characteristics of a child” (Berger, 173).

In this essay, I will discuss my experience during middle and late childhood. I will address three stages which are the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. The physical development consists of body and brain growth, health issues, and motor skills. The cognitive development consists of language, memory, and attention. Socioemotional development is based on relationship, employment, and personality.