Programs And Activities For Children

There are benefits for children who play in organized activites and in creatively activites. Really there is nothing wrong with either one. Many people have there own inpinion but there is no or right answer. What activety would you have your child or children do?

When I started reading the description of this program, the first word that appeared amazing to me, was “Vancouver”. At that moment, I knew that this program was going to give students something special. In addition, there are many reasons why I would like to participate in the YMCA Youth Exchange Program. Furthermore, when looking at the selection criteria, it states how this program is for students who have faced long term obstacles that have presented many challenges, which I can easily relate to. Family circumstances, was a challenge for me towards my academic success. This is because of my brother. He is the child in our family who does extremely poorly in his academic studies which involves my family to focus more on his education and

The Lincoln Child Center’s main facility is located in West Oakland, California. It is a non-public organization formed of services and programs that provide care for children, youth, and families. Lincoln offers direct community, home, and school based services for over eighteen-hundred children, youth and families (Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, personal communication, August 3, 2015). Additionally through the Kinship, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation, and Family Resource Center programs, Lincoln implements services directly to over six-hundred caregivers, with nearly twenty-five hundred direct service clients. For the fiscal year of 2015-2016, the agency’s overall budget is twenty-million dollars (Finance Director,

Children in the child care center also work on their fine motor skills. I observed how they often draw pictures of themselves or of something they really like. For example, of flowers, animals or a favorite cartoon character they really like. The teacher help children to perfect this fine skills by learning how to make cupcakes and cookies. This helps the child identify that sugar and chocolate chip cookies need to be added to the mixture and all the ingredients need to be mixed together in order to create the recipe. The textbook mentions that between the ages of 4 and 5 a child develops this skills by using scissors correctly following the line, and drawing simple figures. (Beck 309). Parents can also work with their children to perfect this skills. For example, they can show their children how to use the correct kitchen utensils or come up with creative arts and crafts that a child might enjoy depending on their interest. For instance, when I was around 4 years old my mom tells me a story about how when I was younger she and I would do arts and crafts together. We had the tradition of always decorating for the holidays especially for Halloween, thanksgiving, and Christmas, She commented that decorating crafts was always exciting for me because I had the ability to use my imagination and creativity. She also said that my favorite part of decorating was painting the crafts because I had the ability to combine colors together to make the arts look great.

The grant requires that Anytown comes up with $150,000, which is 20% of the total amount funded. In order to offset the match amount required by FEMA, Anytown successfully applied for an additional non-match grant. The Alexandria “Difference Maker” grant will provide $30,000 towards the development of a more robust emergency operations center (Community Giving, n.d). The use of additional office space, totaling 1850 square feet, is equal to $57,054 per year. This is based upon the average square foot rate of $2.57 per square foot per month. The $57,054 can be considered in-kind contributions towards the match amount. This means that the city of Anytown will need to come up with $72,054. This funding can be obtained by using the cities operation budget as well as the general fund. By upgrading the EOC, the city of Anytown will be able to utilize the rooms for trainings and

The nonprofit organization that I chose to conduct research on is called the Lighthouse. The Lighthouse is an after school program for middle and high school students. I decided to research this organization because I have had a few friends volunteer there and I have heard nothing but positive comments about it. I really wanted find out more about the Lighthouse because from the little that I already knew about it, I felt that it provided a safe harbor for our youth in Lincoln and I think that type of organization is a great asset to the community. In this research paper, I will discuss the history of Lighthouse, the mission and values of the organization, programs and enrichment that is provided, projects that have been beneficial to the community, financials, and last but not least, I will talk about the staff and team at Lighthouse.

Early childhood classrooms are made with love and excitement by the teachers. Classrooms are created every year for a new group of students with purpose and meaning. Teachers spend hours on end to make their upcoming year one to remember for their students. Teachers work to create a safe environment, after all children spend more hours in school than their homes. According to Curtis and Carter (2003), “the environment is the most visible aspect of the work done in the schools. The layout of the physical space is welcoming and fosters encounters, communication, and relationships. The arrangement of structures,

In my program the main focus is partnership to benefit the child, because we take in consideration the needs of both the school and the family in creating the best environment for the child.

The program was created due to the fact that there are so many children with disabilities and mental illnesses. Every child is unique and may learn or interact in a different way. It is very important for parents to be able to identify if their child may need a little bit more assistance in certain area’s. There will be a therapy center for parents so that when they feel tired, ready to give up or even sad they can have someone to talk to. It is our mission to help parents cope with their situations by lending an extra hand when needed. The program is a non profit organization that will provide summer/ after school programs for children in order to assist families who need extra help or want a break. This program will create an outlet for both children and parents because not only will the program help students with academics, the program will also be centered around other extracurricular activities such as outdoor activities, field trips, sports, arts and crafts, big sister/ big brother mentors etc.

McClelland, Pitt, & Stein (2014) implemented an intervention program with seven to thirteen year old children to examine the impact of teaching self-control through physical, visual, and auditory exploration on academic achievement. The intervention lasted twelve weeks and incorporated short videos that encouraged children to use bodily movements to bring attention to parts of the body. For example, children’s attention was brought to eye tracking, arm movements, their ribcage, and breathing movements. Schools that received the intervention did significantly better on English and Math scores compared to the non intervention schools (20% rise in scores compared to 7%). An 88% increase in progress rate was seen in math. After the intervention,

On important thing for us as a teacher is to see and know that the children are growing and learning on our environment. That is why is important to have the children’s interests, because if we have the children’s interests we will see that the child is putting attention to as and learning. We a child is learning is because we have capture his interests. Is important to use things on the class room that are attracted to the child this way we will get their interests. Having the child interest is very important, because when we have their full attention we will see that the children don’t misbehave. It is important to see that the child is learning and having record of it can help us to see in what or how can we help children.

I personally believe that having both a time for creative play and organized activities are both very important. I think taking the time for both are vital to the development of children. They are important for many reasons.

Walking up the steps of the Child Study Center for my first day of field, all I could hear was the sound of my heart beat pounding in my ears. To say I was nervous is an understandment. Many thoughts ran through my head, the most prominent thought however was, "Will I mess up?" Meeting the other students who were in field with me helped me feel more comfortable, we talked about how each of us were worried or nervous, knowing that I wasn't the only one with these thoughts helped put me at ease some. Once we got into the classroom I started to feel unsettled again; it was overwhelming being in a new place and not knowing what to expect. The children were outside when we got there and the teachers who were inside the classroom introduced themselves

Whether organized by an adult or going with the flow, play and the use of their imagination is an important part of any child's day. Although many may believe organizing activities for children is the better way to go, creative play is by far the correct path to take. Creative play allows children to find themselves, and truly find who they are as an individual.

This was the first activity plan I implemented during this semester at the Child Development Lab. The activity plan I implemented incorporated math in which the children would be able to identify, recognize, and have a sense of quantity. As I knew the day to turn in our activity plan was approaching, I was sure to communicate with my mentor teacher to get better ideas of how to conduct my activity. Thanks to all the support my mentor teacher gave me, I feel extremely prepared, secured, and organized. For example, I had to read a book to the children before my activity would start and I decide to offer to read the book to all the children during story time instead of only reading it at my table. Before I began reading the book my mentor teacher