Tda 3.1 Promote Child Development

Parents, caregivers and educators should offer children a high level of physical activity. Exercises help children with their memory, their ability to pay attention, creativity and goal directed behavior. Children should be encouraged to explore their environment, do activities for their community and school. To increase children’s cognitive development parents, educators and caregivers should encourage them with mental activities, frequently use imagery, repeat with variation, educate children and value their culture, practice concrete operations and classification. SocioEmotionally, children at this age understand the sense of self, and compare themselves with others, they are able to think logically, and understand other people’s point of view.

Nishanth, my son, and other kids ran about playing games like tag and climbing the small walls in my courtyard. I believe all of these activities promoted the use of gross motor skills along with emotional/social interactions. Tag is one of the play activities which is social, that requires anywhere from small to large groups of kids to play with one another. Running is a great form of exercise that keeps kids healthy. It is also mentioned in the book (Page 56) that “outdoor environments set up for autonomous children provide freedom for exploration with few

One important factor of physical activity during these years is to improve their gross and fine motor skills which assists with the many other benefits that being physically active will

Purpose: The purpose of this observation is to identify the child’s gross motor skills within the physical domain. Child H may increase levels of activity and endurance by freely exploring large outdoor equipment (Best Start Expert Panel on Early Learning, 2007, 5.1, p. 58).

movements. But those who insist to continue discover very quickly how important it is because being outdoors means that the child comes in contact with nature. This gives the child a pleasant touch to everyday life as opposed to the clinical environment (Lechner, H. E et al., 2007) In contrast to the classical physiotherapy exercises are very different and the child is more cooperative and not pressed. (Ajzenman, H. F., 2013)

Play has a positive and essential impact on the cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of a child, as it gives children the opportunity to be creative through a variety of activities as well as them having the chance to expand on their imagination, physical skills and motor skills. The gross-motor skills including the large muscles (such as the legs and arms) are developed through activies which incorporate skipping or running as well as any other physical based activies. Additionally the fine-motor skills which involve the smaller muscles (such as the hands and fingers), may also be developed during play. Particularly through activites which involve cutting or drawing, ETC. All these motor skills can be developed through play

The opportunities that are there for the receptive and the expressive language are such as text, productive graphic ideas that are represented which can be both drawn and written. The literacy is integrated in science in the class daily. The science focused teacher is reading every day to the children. how to integrate language and literacy materials and strategies to support preschool children. The children make graphs, charts, make books, and dramatize their ideas (French, 2002). Children can keep a journal to record different data they see. The children can use drawing and words to document like the life cycle of the butterfly (French, 2002). Children need time to talkabout what they see and observe and then they will compare what they see and observe with peers and adults. Learning science can give knowledge that will be essential for reading comprehension (French, 2002). Literacy is important in everyday lives. If a child cannot read or write they won’t be able to function in society. It is important to integrate literacy in all parts of the curriculum. Math is good for both reading and writing. Doing read-aloud to the children helps familiarize them to different types of literature, and it can also help in the children listening and their concentration skills. Choose books that have mathematical content can introduce the children to concepts in math. Math start books are a good source of math material for preschool children. Story

"It is essential to give young children time to be physically active during the day," (SOURCE) The playground or a classroom's gross-motor area provides children freedom of movement to engage in free play or teacher-led activities such as "Simon Says." Music therapy can also enhance motor learning

Literacy provides the opportunity to address educational standards in many different ways and engage children through texts, small groups and individual conversations. For this lesson, I would first begin with a whole group mini-lesson. During this lesson I would teach and model the skills that I want students to be able to do following our work. During this mini-lesson, it would be important for me to model the skill or strategy and then provide the students the opportunity to practice the skill. During my lesson I would model for students how to identify the characteristics of a character and organize the information using a graphic organizer. Providing this time allows the children to try the skill before they leave the group and ask any questions. The most important part about the use of a mini-lesson is that it is just as the name says, mini. This method of instructional delivery should not be more than 12

When children are involved in the process of reading in a variety of ways, it broadens their knowledge, strengthens their skills, and builds their confidence. As educators, caregivers, and parents, we can have a tremendous impact on children’s early literacy experiences. Knowing several strategies for sharing literature with them gives us valuable tools with which we can help them tackle the work of reading. As a result, we have the power to transform it into an enjoyable experience children can enjoy throughout their lives.

Many teachers focus on the importance of literacy in their classrooms, displaying word walls, putting labels on everyday objects, providing signs, and schedules, to illustrate the importance to their students as to how words can be used every single day and their significance. There are countless ways to incorporate literacy into a child’s life. There are four that I believe to be greatly beneficial to our students, and these factors are: having a classroom library, word walls, literacy workstations/workshops, and labeling. (This is where my literacy environment part begins, SUPPOSED TO BE INCLUDED IN PART 2 that I did not have, but needed! Thanks, Dr. Schonaerts!)

When I had my first meet up with the classroom teacher she asked what I love doing the most. I said reading. The mentor teacher then gave me the opportunity for the three weeks of teaching to run the reader's workshop program with the students. This allowed me to read aloud to the students every day and talk to them about books. A contact central to oral language development in early learning is reading aloud of stories. It develops the student’s oral language ability and with educator-led discussion will further enhance learning. (Fellowes and Oakley, pg 90, 2014) These lessons were such a highlight as I got to share with the students my love of books and they responded with the same enthusiasm. During the read-aloud time, the students were very engaged and had some amazing questions and insights about the books. As a form of assessing the students’ knowledge of the read-aloud, a dramatic play area was set up. A barnyard scene from the book and dress up clothes were placed in the area where the students could retell the book using dramatic play. This area was popular with the students during investigation time and their recall on the contents of the book was very good. By acting or retelling a story the children gain a better understanding of

Putting it all together: from one first grade teacher to another; The Reading Teacher, 2002, talks about how to create a seamless instruction with a theme based environment. It also gives descriptions of routines, centers, how the rotation systems are established and of how a classroom should be managed while incorporating a balanced schedule. Children will be taught Literacy, Journal Writing that allows children to write regularly in both a formal and informal way, Learning Centers that allow the students to explore educational areas arranged by the teacher, Lesson Plans, Education, and Reading Strategies that can be used or taught to facilitate reading proficiency. The combination of these will immerse children in their learning

Physical Development is the development of a child's fine motor skills (such as finger movement and pincer grip) and gross motor skills (such as walking and crawling). It is the progress of a child's control over his/her body. Which includes the child progressively developing control over their muscles, physical coordination and the ability to sit and stand. Te Whariki states that a child will experience an environment where they gain confidence in and control of their bodies (MoE, p. 86). The curriculum asks the teachers question's like “How is the range of play equipment selected and arranged to support physical development, and how well is it used to promote learning

Students at younger ages have a keen interest in reading a writing. I want to help these interests by encouraging reading outside of school. Their skills will continue to improve and the students will be confident in this skill from working on it so much. Reading can also help the children extend their vocabulary and help spell words from remembering them in their books. I can push these interests more by having students read aloud and incorporating reading and writing into my lesson plans.