Strategies For Independence

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

While writing this article, I also learned new techniques, like: sitting the child with a role model student around; to ignore when they are acting out to get my attention (my students act out a lot to get my attention); to try to make him raise his hand if he wants to express himself and being understood; to send daily/weekly progress reports home; and other accommodations. I honestly believe that these techniques can help me much more in the classroom. For this reason, I will be talking with my director and parents to implement some of them. Maybe they will help my children in their homes

Interact with the child help him to take responsibility for task such as dressing up, feeding and tidying up which encourage to develop their self reliance.

Support is a key issue in this stage as well. If parents and preschool teachers encourage and support children's efforts, while also helping them make realistic and appropriate choices, children develop initiative- independence in planning and undertaking activities Without support, a sense of guilt can develop and follow through the rest of the stages until the conflict is dealt with. But if, instead, adults discourage the pursuit of independent activities or dismiss them as silly and bothersome, children develop guilt about their needs and desires.[6]

If the child works in group situations and they work well together, then you will achieve great results from those children, as they are all concentrating and giving their ideas across and they will be listening to each other. If your child mixes with children that want to learn and have great pride in their work and work to the best of their ability, then your child will also want to do that. There is also the fact that children sometimes pick the wrong group of people to mix with and they become distracted and don’t want to learn and they don’t achieve to the best of their ability. I also think that how your child learns and who influences your children starts at home with the parents and how the parents behave in supporting their children and the choices they make. If you as a parent encourage your child and help them to achieve the best of their ability, they should choose the peers that want to learn and if you don’t support your children and take no interest in your child’s education and welfare, then they will not give a 100% and pick the wrong peers.

Teaching early childhood children is not a job that should be taken lightly. At this age, you are building the foundation of learning and setting the precedence of what they see school as. It is my role as an educator to take responsibility for every child’s educational development. Each day in an early childhood classroom is full of challenges, but it is also full of laughs, smiles, and enthusiasm to learn. I firmly believe that every child is capable of learning, however, every child learns in their own pace and in their own way. Children need to feel that their teacher cares for them and is enthusiastic about their learning. This will help motivate them and maximize their learning. From there, the sky is the limit in the classroom! As an educator, I need to be conscious of learning and social development in order to reach every child and make sure they succeed. It is my job to see that every student is growing both academically and socially.

Corresponding concerning this article should be addressed to Kirby Magbie, Department of Early Childhood Education, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. Contact: knmagbie@crimson.ua.edu

“In the early childhood classroom, teachers work to achieve a balance between children’s self-initiated learning and adult guidance or support” (“Unit 7 Lecture,” 2015). With that said, I feel that this can be accomplished a few different ways. First, the teacher needs to understand what a child is capable of doing. This can be done through assessments, observations, and getting to know the student. Another thing that a teacher can do is provide the student work through scaffolding (this is probably my favorite teaching method). “Scaffolding refers to a process in which teachers model or demonstrate the problem-solving process, then step back and offer support as needed” (Firestone, 2015).

Early experiences are critical for a child’s development. According to the U.S Department of Education “there are 2.5 million children here in the U.S that does not have access to preschool.” Not everyone can afford

There is increasing facts that kids get to learn a lot after going to preschool. They become to learn about alphabets, numbers, and shapes. In addition to this, they gain knowledge about how to socialize like sharing thoughts, foods & things, being friendly with other children and include in a group of children.

Children begin to strive for independence in order to be motivated to explore the world away from their care givers.

education are not in a developmental stage to think beyond themselves and their wants. A child may have hopes of one day being able to learn to read but that goal will not drive their motivation and if it does, it will not do it for a long period of time. Children in preschool all the way until around the second grade are in a state where they require reinforcements. A child needs a reason to take a risk. A child may be afraid to count out loud and therefore have difficulties learning numbers but the child may take the risk to try if they are offered a treat such as feeding the class pet. Many reinforcements such as giving the students responsibilities in the classroom can create a successful environment in an educational and developmental

always listen to what the child is saying, so they express their feelings across and so that they

There are three things you can do to individual a child needs you have to individualize, document, and planning. When achild first come to a daycare you have to welcome the families and child and make them feel comfortable. The next thong you can do is document the child step by step. When doing documentations you have to frame a question, gather evidence, reflect on the evidence, then you will plan and maker your final decision. A second way that teachers build around children's particlar characteristics and needs- or individualize – is by observing each child andbplanning intentionallt to extend the child's interests while planning an emergent curriculum.

Kids are the most innocent creatures in the world and a gift that the person is lucky to have. The key to raise a successful child is to establish a good support system at home so that kid grows up satisfied with his achievements and ambitions. "The goal as a parent is to help your child feel competent and confident, and to help him develop a sense of passion and aim," says Susan Stiffelman, MFT, an educational therapist and author of Parenting without Power Struggles. It's the education that happens before the kid sets foot into school that is crucial in bringing up such a child(Parents1).