Report: Baby Bounce

For this particular activity, I planned a music session with the children in order to provide them the opportunity to play various instruments and sing along with the songs. I placed the basket full of musical instruments in the middle of the circle of children and put on a CD’s of children songs and encouraged the children to pick one to play with. Everyone eagerly grabbed their favorite instrument and began playing along with the music. As, we have listened to this CD before, they were quickly singing and dancing along with the music. The youngest girl I watch had the idea to pretend to be a ballerina and asked me if it would be okay to put on some

The “Toy Paper” is a research paper assignment for Child Development which we are to complete an in-depth analysis of the usefulness of a specific toy of our choice. The toy itself will be evaluated by three various stages in relation to cognitive, developmental, social and cultural perspective in addition to discussing topics which relate to the toy and its possible use by the child. The toy I have chosen for my topic to write about is the “Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Puppy” which is a toy designed by Fisher Price for children ranging in age 6 to 36 months it contains 50+ sing along songs, tunes and phrases. A testimonial by a parent stated, “the interactive components of the puppy are engaging, the songs are fun and the different levels allow

Setting : Observation took place in a classroom of Richmond Preschool . There were 18 children who are 4 years old, 3 ECE teachers and 1 volunteer during this observation.

Put on some music and invite children to a dance party (1 – 6 years old) - Music activities and experiences help children practice important skills, including thinking, language, motor coordination and understanding emotions. Music and singing can help children follow the routine. Clean-up songs alert children that it's time to put away their toys and move to another activity. Educators can use songs to signal a transition from one activity to another, or to keep children interested and occupied while they are waiting for the next activity. Playing quiet music is a clear signal for nap time. Loud, energetic music can get children up and moving or help them use up energy before they settle down to a quieter task. For this kind of experience

The word prevent implies “to come before” – namely. To take action against what could potentially become a problem. This is often referred to in the field of mental health as primary prevention (Bloom, 1995). The goal of primary prevention programs in child maltreatment is to prevent child abuse from occurring. The enactment of various public policies at the national and state levels relevant to children’s health and welfare may be viewed as primary prevention.

Statistics show that over half of infant deaths related to child abuse is caused by abusive head trauma or shaken baby syndrome. The effects of shaking a baby are serious and may lead to the death of an infant, studies show that an estimated amount of children who suffer from this is about 1,000 - 3,000 infants and toddlers. Every day one in four victims of SBS die from this abuse and 80% of the survivors suffer from permanent damages. Shaken baby syndrome or SBS has been around for hundreds of years, it happens when someone shakes an infant out of anger or frustration, this normally happens when the infant won’t stop crying. Infants have small brains and very weak neck muscles so when you shake a baby, you are making the brain bounce back and forth, hitting the interior of the skull causing either bruising, bleeding, swelling or all of the above to the brain.

Children’s books, specifically for young children, are full of pictures that cause the stories to be more entertaining while contributing to the plot of the story. Early-stage children’s books are light in text and dense in pictures; as the stories progress the pictures increase. Stories such as The Bernstain Bears and The Spooky Old Tree by Stan and Jan Bernstain do not have a great deal of words and rely on pictures to provide setting, details, and help tell the story. Picture use is essential in child development and understanding of a story, as well as keeping the children interested in reading. Images are a crucial component in Children’s Literature, bringing stories to life for young children, as well as captivating readers and helping

For my ten tutoring sessions I choose to do my cousin, Walker Hannaford. Walker is a five-year-old boy who is full of excitement. He means the world to me, so I want to do my best to prepare him for kindergarten. The first time I met with Walker I learned more about his interests. He loves sports, tractors, and being just like his dad. For the first lesson I did with him I read the story Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure by Doreen Cronin. He really enjoyed this book and stayed engaged. We talked about the story as we went through reading. I asked him questions about what he thought was going to happen and how did he think the characters felt. He answered all of my questions. I found a few vocabulary words from the story for us to talk

I focused on Dizzy play for this discussion. I had noticed over the last week that the children were really interested in making noises with the stuffed animals (particularly the stuffed dinosaurs). Jackson and Theo would have so much fun making the noises and chasing each other with the dinosaurs. I also try to incorporate some dizzy play into are day, usually after nap/quiet time I will play hide and seek with the kids or run after them and pick them up and they laugh and love it.

I think that using spider puppet and beanie babies are great idea to get interests for young children. They have a short attention span, but if the lesson goes with a fun activity like acting out with their own beanie babies, students will pay attention well and try to get involvement in a lesson. I have suggestions in differentiated instruction. Students can break into reading groups to discuss about the story and have an acting out activity, too. The reading group will be divided by their reading level. Furthermore, if there is a student who does not speak or understand English fluently, a teacher can find a helpful friend to be with that

Children will be delighted in this remarkable rhyming tale similar to Dr Seuss books. Albert not only writes an exceptional magical story but also lends creatively beautiful illustrations to make this story leap off the pages into children’s hearts. Parents will be captivated by the lesson that children

The kind of baby bouncer will be settled on by the reasons you are searching for a baby bouncer. There are two sorts of baby bouncers.

“Energy Baby!” This was often heard echoing throughout the arena after Congress Executive Director, Richard Rossi, exclaimed this on the first night of the Congress. “Energy Baby!” was told to the audience, so they would be excited and energized as each speaker came out and presented. Although this was the original intention of the saying, upon writing this essay I realized that “Energy Baby!” could also be used to describe the advances in science and technology that was presented. The “new” ideas would be considered the “baby” and the reaction is the “energy” that not only the scientist, but enthusiastic students who admire these scientists and technologist. Now, with saying that the good things that come out of these “Energy Baby!” are great

I observed that a 4 year old boy on Friday, September 30 at 10:00 am during the show and tell activity in the preschool classroom. The teacher gives some direction "everyone will have turn to present their show and tell object, but you have to wait and pay attention to their friend's presentation" The 4 year old boy starts playing with a toy car on the carpet while his friend was talking, so the teacher stops the activity and reminds everyone that they can't touch a classroom toys during show and tell. Also, the teacher reminds them that if they follow direction , they can get a sticker at the end of the activity. The boy begins crying and saying " no no, i want a sticker now", the teacher answers "if you want a sticker what you have

An interesting movement activity for a two-year old is the one named Color Dash. In this game, several large articles of different color are to be placed in plain sight around the room. The caretaker helps the toddler to identify all the colors, then gives the signal for one of them and has the child racing towards it. This course of action is repeated for all colors, then the child is told to change the order of colors by moving the objects, and the game is repeated. A two-year old shows increasing skill in both gross and fine movements, and as such is capable of lifting, carrying, climbing, jumping and running. Also, they present a lively form of communication, expressing themselves through "words, gestures and mime either separately or in combination. Developments in language are immediately reflected in children's play" (Sheridan, 1999).