Observation: Pasadena City College Child Development Center

At this center has sand area, slid area, a big grass area for the ball, a big box water to play the kids and there has many bike and swing also they has storage for the toys and wood’s toy. so the children 's

The preschool years which are the ages between 2 ½ years to five years old is an exciting time for children. It is during this time that they use all of the development learned during the infant and toddler stage to actively explore and engage in school. Preschoolers learn how to make their own choices, develop socially, and explore their environments. Parents and caregivers still play an important role in helping children during this time take initiative and explore their environments. Adult’s behaviors, attitudes, and styles of thinking contribute to preschooler’s

In our childcare center we have a variety of materials placed where children are able to access and reach easily. There are six different learning centers for children to explore. There is a carpet area for circle time, a quiet area with books, an area with blocks and puzzles, an area for painting, writing and coloring to develop fine motor skills, and dress-up and pretend home area i.e. kitchen sets with dishes and pretend food,

In the essay, “Can Playgrounds be too Safe” by John Tierney, he argues that children should not be sheltered from playground equipment that some may consider unsafe, because they need to encounter challenges, such as, high jungle gyms to help them with phobias throughout life. I agree with him that many playgrounds have become too safe, especially for the older children. Children like to be adventurous and I think the playground helps them develop the ability to continue trying without giving up. I was one of the children that played on the so called “unsafe playground equipment” and I remember the feeling of making it to the top of the jungle gym or all the way across the monkey bars; I

For the classroom observation assignment I was able to observe at Stepping Stones Family Childcare and Preschool Program. I conducted observations for five hours each on the dates of September 24th and September 25th of the year 2015. This licensed home-based daycare and preschool program is located in a quiet suburban neighborhood on 4103 Bryant Street, Blasdell, New York. The facility allows for a twelve-child capacity (ages 6 weeks to 12 years with four additional school age) and is owned and founded by Kim Bannister. When I observed, there were two additional staff present. Therefore, there were a total of 3 adults and 12 children at the center when I observed. New York State Senator Marc C. Panepinto was also present on September 25th as he read to the children and toured the home. I chose this specific setting as I personally thought it would be an interesting dynamic to study how a home-based preschool program is run.

“The developed world deprives children of a basic and inalienable right: unstructured outdoor play. Children today have substantially less access to nature, less free range, and less time for independent play than previous generations had.” This quote is from the research based paper titled, “Where the Wild Things Should Be: Healing Nature Deficit Disorder through the Schoolyard." This article touches many aspects of how children now a days need more exposure to nature like it was on the older days. Currently, there are many playgrounds around the United States and even more the world. This article is trying to bring awareness to the problem of if playgrounds do not have enough nature or is too safe then it is

Furniture and equipment should be flexible and open-ended. It should be easy to rearrange the room to respond to children’s needs and interests. Movable platforms, risers, large hollow blocks, movable tables, boxes, large pieces of fabric, clothespins, and other open-ended materials give children opportunities to arrange spaces to suit their needs. They enhance children’s imaginative play; provide opportunities for

Give atleast 6 example for each age group in each development stage. The ages under each section are;

Indoor and outdoor toys need to be age appropriate, any trips to local parks, playgroups have to be checked for safety: no animal faeces, syringes, equipment is in good order, appropriate fire exits.

The Eva Mitchell Child Development Center is a daycare center for employees and students of Hampton University. On October 10, 2017 I was part of the first group that attended the development center to participate in a classroom observation of students and teachers. We wanted to be able to observe both younger and older children. In order to secure good and well-rounded observations they split us into two groups. My group followed the oldest children of the two groups, around the ages of two to four years. The second group mirrored ages two and younger. After thirty minutes we were to switch classrooms and watch the succeeding group. Upon entering the room, you see colors surrounding every surface of the area. The walls are covered in the

It is difficult to picture a city or town without a park or a playground for everyone to enjoy free of charge. This thought is not as far fetched, as some might believe. The massive movement for communities to provide public lands for relaxation, leisure and play has its roots in the Progressive Reforms around the turn of the twentieth century. The congestion of urban centers and the fading concept of child labor creates unintended consequences such as an increase in crime, lack of natural landscape and no place for children to play. To combat this problem cities across the country begin the process of implementing government inspired play to replace the open country that children generations before used as their playground.

The Crittenton Center located in the heart of downtown Peoria, has two rooms dedicated to pre-school age children (3-5 year olds). The Firefly room is home to eighteen students, four boys and fourteen girls, all of whom are deemed at risk by the Department of Child and Family Services or DCFS. The Crittenton Center also bases all of its best practice guidelines on DCFS standards and its academic standards are in line with Illinois Common Core requirements (Toya, personal communication, July 17, 2015).

All children will also benefit from daily learning and enjoyment in our stimulating and safe outdoor play area.

Over the weekend I observed my twin niece and nephew while they were at home, during which they were in the room their mothers call “the play room”. During my observation I focused on Julian, he is a twenty-one-month-old with brown hair, and blue eyes who was in the construction area of the room. The construction corner is a part of the room that is defined between two sets of shelving four feet away from each other and a wall with a wooden platform on the floor in the middle of the shelves. In the shelves, there are different size and shape wooden blocks, small cars and trains, and a basket of small animals. When Julien entered the room he quickly walked over to the construction area with a smile on his face and picked up the basket of miniature trains with

During the primary (grades), in particular during the first week of school, some children show anxiety and cry when their parents leave.