Philosophers and Theorisits in Early Childhood Educatiotn

In this essay I will discuss my personal philosophy of early childhood education because as a teacher, I want to become better and a way to do that is by starting off with a personal, well- articulated educational philosophy. Philosophy of learning is constantly changing, but one thing that will never change is the fact that everybody is different. Moreover people learn at different rates and in different ways. All teachers should have a well-formulated perspective on how children learn best; therefore, my philosophy would be helping each specific child as an individual rather than a group.

Rita, Lella, and Cathy wanted to study how materials can fuel ideas and thinking. To begin their investigation the ladies warned their student’s parents that their children would be requesting materials to

Scaffolding is “support that enables a child or novice to solve a problem, carry out a task, or achieve a goal that would be beyond his or her unassisted efforts” (2014). Parents, caregivers, and other adults scaffold how to play with a toy, how to get dressed, how to hold a spoon, use a cup, etc. Scaffolding is being done every day unintentionally by anyone who comes in contact with a child. In the Voyager room we see the teacher scaffolding one of the girls when the teacher tells the student to group her animals by size. This was a great way for the student to work on her greatest to least identification skills. Another way a teacher was able to scaffold in the classroom was mediating a fight. A little boy and girl began to fight and so the teacher was able to show them the proper way to talk out a disagreement by walking them through the steps of turn taking when

Children’s creativity must be extended by the provision of support for their curiosity, exploration and play. They must be provided with opportunities to explore and share their thoughts, ideas and feelings, for example, through a variety of art, music, movement, dance, imaginative and role-play activities, mathematics, and design and technology.

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The term ‘scaffolding’ the child’s behaviour as Vygotsky explains that children are often aided by us and we direct them together into achieving the purpose of any activity. For an example, in the Montessori, every day there is a walk about around the park which require the children changing their shoes to wellingtons. On return there are some who just refuse to tie their shoe laces because parents always tie their shoes lace at home. A particular child who was struggling for some time and failed was very confused and in tears. I decided to hold his hand and directed him to tie his shoe lace. From that moment onwards, the child was able to do it himself and he was very proud of his achievements as a result of ‘scaffolding’.

The goal of Choice-Making Strategies allows the child to indicate their preferred want as well as provide an opportunity to communicate. Choices can be presented throughout the day in a variety of settings such as meal time, playtime, and daily routines. This goal consists of offering two favorable objects to encourage the child to participate in play. The communication process will be determined and accepted when the child reaches out to touch the desired item at least five times a day for 2 weeks.

Upon reading chapter 8, entitled “Sensory Experiences” I was able to identify several senses of individuals and how those sense affects children in the classroom. The three most common sense that stood out to me were: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. However, these senses are the most common senses used in early childhood classrooms. Children use their senses to discover and explore things around them such as: their environment or peers. Children whom use their visual senses prefer to see photos, cards and charts. As a future educator, I must be able to identify my students; learning styles, strengths, and weakness. By doing so, I can provide art activities based on their learning and style. In the arts and crafts center, students are able

Learning is child’s play young children learn a lot about their world through play. Parents can facilitate this learning by choosing toys that stimulate a child’s cognitive language social, physical and emotional development. The children of ages 3,4and 5 they are masters of make believe and they act out grown up roles. They develop strong attachment s to favorite toys and they enjoy creating things with their hands. (Library, 2007)

While reading this article, I learned about interesting new things and the importance of using loose parts in an early childhood classroom. Children learn really fast, and when incorporating different things in their learning and just watching and guiding what they are going to do is pretty interesting too. Every child reacts different to certain materials, and it is pretty interesting to watch their actions. This article is going to help me in the classrooms

(Marsh, 2014). The teacher would ask open-ended questions when children are investigating; this is where I focused a great deal of attention because I wanted to understand what questions she would ask them. It fascinated me how she communicated with them, which encouraged the child to discover and learn on their own with support. She explained to me that we do not ask a them what they are playing with, instead, we should be asking them ‘what are they investigating?’one example would be to ask them, “where is the paper plane traveling to?”. Communicating like this has made me very aware of how I need to interact with them, it has improved the way I speak and

Being an educator of the Early Childhood Education (ECE), is a task that cannot be taken lightly. Do you know investing in Early childhood education is more valuable than investing in the stock market? Some studies show that the estimated return on investment for early childhood education is 2.8% higher than the stock market. As in the early years children are taught to be more independent and responsible, their base is well established and are better prepared for life. Therefore, they will need less support in the future as they will be able to cope up with difficulties on their own. Nowadays, more people are investing in early childhood education so it has become more important for the educators to not only focus on the academic part but to train skills that children require in their daily lives and qualities needed to face the outer world. In order to fulfill these requirements each teacher has a different philosophy of education as everyone’s way of teaching is different. In the following essay, I will express my own “Philosophy of Education” in ECE.

I kept observing around the classroom. What I noticed the most was dramatic play tools and toys everywhere. Apparently, the children were free to move around and move their play to other spaces in the classroom. There were old toys, empty food containers, baby clothes for the dolls, and old clothes for dress-up. Most of the toys seemed as if they would be ordinary tools used at home. The toys and props were in plastic containers with an image that corresponds to their contents. Some were labeled play shop, house, bank, post-office, the doctor’s surgery, the secretary’s office, etc.

Early in the 1600s philosophers and educators began turning their attention to the early years in life, recognizing early childhood as a distinct stage in life requiring different teaching methods environments and learning materials. Comenius a European religious leader (Czech Bishop), was one of the first philosophers to author text which outlined a modern system of education for all ages including the very young (Follari, 2015). Comenius is often referred to as “The Lost Founder of Early Childhood Education” because his ideas and philosophies produced little impact during his life, his original ideas are often credited to others. (Weber, 2017).

one another.Children are creative and have an eagerness to learn. Emphasizing on their curiosity, their creativeness shows by the use of technology. Providing them with opportunities to use their