Developmental Observations I have chosen to observe the second video of preschoolers participating in free-play. In the video the toddlers are gathered in the classroom taking part in different activities. The room is a large open concept room with a variety of sections that enable the children’s play. The preschoolers in the video range in age from 2.5 to 6 years of age. While in this stage of development the children should be in the initiative versus guilt stage in life according to Erik Erikson. This is a time when they are able to learn new activies and ideas quickly. The children are more concentrated on successes rather than failures and do things for a simple pleasure of the activity (Brewer, 2007, p.21.). The children in the video …show more content…
• I will collect mats from the classroom. • Next I will lay out mats on the floor so the children will know where to sit when they enter the room and a mat for myself at the head of the circle • Place the stars on each chalkboard and write the name of the constellation on the top of the board • Write on the lyrics to the song “magic ball” on a piece of Bristol board • Write the lyrics to the song “sleeping bunnies” on a piece of Bristol board • Hang both Bristol boards on the wall behind where I will be sitting in the circle • Prepare 5 additional mini chalkboards with dotted lines drawn between the stars for an easier developmental modification. Suggested Procedure 1) Before the children enter the room I will place the mats in a circle and hang the Bristol boards on the wall. 2) When the ten children enter the playroom I will greet them smiling, waving and saying hello. I will place my hand over my mouth to stimulate as if I am talking into a microphone while asking the children to walk like they were on the moon too find a mat inside my
Mr. Murphy reported that the first room will be for the client’s children where they can color, play and be observed. Coloring material was observed on the wooded table that was located at the front of
The Firefly room is brightly lit with three large windows that look out onto the playground and garden. The walls are painted bright red and are adorned with student’s artwork as well as educational posters. Roughly two thirds of the room is carpeted and the other one third is tiled. The tiled portion of the room contains tree tables that are used for teacher led activities and mealtimes. This portion of the room also contains some storage a long sand table and a hand sink. The carpeted portion of the room contains the rooms five activity centers, open area to run and play and contains a large carpet used for circle time. One corner of the room is reserved for storing the children’s cots, there is also an unused changing station and more storage.
At a center, place a circle of construction paper (to represent the drum in a marching band) and some real or play pennies. Have children take turns putting 4 pennies on the drum while counting to 4 aloud.
“Current theories about inclusive play revolve around the idea that play is important for life and that all play workers should be committed to creating play environments that are inclusive and that offer multi-sensory experiences for all children. Play environments should ensure children and young people can become involved in imaginary play and can help develop motor activity. They should also allow interaction in a safe environment. Play is seen as the language that can bring children of all different abilities together. All children and young people have the same basic needs and go through the same development stages, even though they may not all go through them at the same pace: some go through some stages more quickly than most, while others may become static in their development for a while. None of this should prevent access to any setting. Through play with other children they develop social skills and learn about behaviour, communication and friendship. Play is the tool for practical learning
The old Vet Center, room S14 in its current condition has the potential to be this room. We would like to add a few yoga mats, which we can acquire from Student Life, otherwise leaving the room as is. Keeping the furnishings minimal in the Reflective Room. The PTK vision for the Reflective Room is that it will be
When I first started school my parents brought me a chalkboard easel. I would line up my teddy bears and act like I was their school teacher. I didn’t realize it then but I have a deep affection for young children and my heart fills with joy when I see them learn something they didn’t know before. That’s why I am attending Tuskegee University and majoring in education. I want to continue to see the spark in their eyes and I want to guide them through the early stages of school with your help that could become a reality.
The participation of children: Child will know where to hang coat , put belongings and were to go to begin the day.
I am going to move all of the park toys into one building. so that if they want to go somewhere and it is all the way on the other side of the park they do not have to waste their breath and run to the other side. In front of the “INDOOR-PLAY-AREA” I am going to have a fun door and a design that looks like a tree painted on to the front side of and a few on the side facing the water and facing and Busha Highway. I am also going to paint on little butterflies and little insects to make it look more friendly. I also have designed the outside of the “INDOOR-PLAY-AREA.”
I will use this in a group setting to better understand the children and help them become better learners.
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Choose a work area and place all of the materials that are needed to make this craft on its surface.
Description: I will introduce the activity with them pretenting that I am mad. This will hopeful allow them to copy what I am doing and make a mad face as well. I will have a chart that they will be able to point to. The chart will give them a reaction to do such as “stomp your feet”. After the activity, the children will be allow to create their own art. This will also be included with a reaction as well. I will over see the children as they do their art and gather them once they are complete.
The classroom itself is divided into several different sections each with specific purposes. On one side of the room, there are ten desks in two rows of four and one row of two which face a blackboard. The blackboard is always covered with the morning message, which the students are meant to copy down in their notebooks, as well as various other posters and drawings. Currently there is a large scale drawing of the cover of Charlotte’s Web covering part of the board as this book is currently being read to the class. Each student is permanently assigned to a desk and there are name tags to ensure that the students know which desk is theirs. There are also sets of cubbies affixed to each desk where
Alisabeth Mercado, thank you for your kind words, I have a passion for working with these young minds, appreciate when someone sees my approaches of learning as a positive. You had a question would I have each student in my class move their stick each day? The board is designed to show rare opportunities of achievement in a sense, toward developing moral and performance character experiences. So, depending in how many children, if any each day pose these actions, that would show how many actual students will use the board, daily. I think that child4rn, learn from structural activities. Stephanie Davis said, “share what they’ve learned, it gives them a sense of accomplishment and sense of purpose” (Seider, p. 113). Students of all ages learn,
Block area: In this area, I will hang charts and pictures with words at children eye level.