The Importance Of Working With Children

When working with children and young people it is important to know the aims and responsibilities for your setting.

I believe that children are my first priority and I will do my best to nurture the inherent gifts that each one brings and shares with me. I believe what greatly makes a difference in a child’s life is a teacher who cares about each child and who teaches from the heart to touch or challenge every aspect of a child’s personality, cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and cultural during his or her journey with me. I also believe that every child deserves the opportunity to learn, gain knowledge, and be educated. I will encourage the child to learn and develop at his or her own level. With the guidance, scaffolding, and learning, they will gain knowledge and explore the world in a safe

“The developed world deprives children of a basic and inalienable right: unstructured outdoor play. Children today have substantially less access to nature, less free range, and less time for independent play than previous generations had.” This quote is from the research based paper titled, “Where the Wild Things Should Be: Healing Nature Deficit Disorder through the Schoolyard." This article touches many aspects of how children now a days need more exposure to nature like it was on the older days. Currently, there are many playgrounds around the United States and even more the world. This article is trying to bring awareness to the problem of if playgrounds do not have enough nature or is too safe then it is

“Outdoor education is in line with current thinking, but also echo’s the philosophy of the McMillan sisters. Practitioners today should be aware of the opportunities afforded by outdoor provision, not only in terms of developing children’s learning, but also with positive benefits to their health” (Cooper 2004)

When exploring water and gardens, it is important to apply the EYLF to children’s learning and development. Outcome two, children are connected with and contribute to their world allows children to develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities, respond to diversity with respect, be aware of fairness, and show respect for the environment (DEEWR, 2009). By developing these outcomes children begin to broaden their understanding of the world they live in. This can be explored by providing children with opportunities to explore the environment through gardening or water play and promote positive responses

Children are motivated to learn when they have opportunities to make choices in an environment that is secure, enriching and stimulating. Children are curious from infancy and have a desire to learn from their environment and people around them. When children are encouraged to interact with their peers and adults in positive ways, they feel safe to explore their surroundings.

Kids who live in places like housing tracts, condos, and planned communities are not allowed or discouraged to take part in outdoor activities. More than 57 million people live in places that control what that person and their family does. Even the public government can restrict children’s access to nature. “For the most part the criminalization of natural play is more suggestive than real. However, in some communities, young people who try to recreate their parents’ childhoods may face misdemeanor charges or see their parents sued.” Page 29. With these regulations kids are basically forced to join a sports teams. Sports are good for kids but it doesn’t let them be free and do what they want. Studies have shown that modern families are spending more time watching television and on the computer. Growing obesity rates among adults and children because of diets and sedentary lifestyles. Since kids are not going outside and playing as much they are getting less exercise and are more obese than ever. U.S. researcher Jane Clark, a University of Maryland professor of kinesiology suggests “that a generation of children is not only being raised indoors, but is being confined to even smaller spaces.” “calls them “containerized kids”- they spend more and more time in car seats, high chairs, and even baby seats for watching TV. When children do go outside, they’re often placed in containers-strollers-and pushed by walking or jogging parents.” These are used to keep the kids safe but research suggests that it effects the long-term health of children. As more people are being affected by nature deficit more scientific evidence is emerging that indicates direct contact with nature is essential for mental and physical

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Being outdoors has a positive impact on children's sense of well-being and helps all aspects of children's development.

Since 2004, all services in England that work with children and thier families are operating

Finding ways to keep students interested in schoolwork and increasing their cognitive abilities has been a constant struggle for teachers. It is common knowledge that when a child’s interest wanes, it becomes harder for them to learn and retain knowledge on the subject. One tool that can be used to combat this issue would be the use of an outdoor classroom or learning outdoors. During the late 60’s and 70’s outdoor education was highly recommended in curriculum guidelines to enrich educational experiences, but later declined in the 80’s (Eaton, 1998). Today, outdoor education only plays a small role in children’s education experiences, despite the benefits it could provide. Teachers should take advantage of outdoor education to increase children’s cognitive skills, provide physical and emotional benefits, and decrease the bio phobia many children seemed to have developed.

Busy adults should enjoy nature with the abandon that a child would. Like an innocent child, he points out that “nature never wears a mean appearance” (241). When Emersonexplains, “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child” (241), he givesthe reader insight as to how they are alike. Children are not in a rush, and neither is nature. People need to remember their inner child and stop trying to hurry and accomplish and worry about everything all the time. They should stop and really pay attention. Emerson makes the point that if people will look at nature through the eyes of a child once again, and really see it as if they are looking through a “transparent eyeball,” then they will get back in touch with their own thoughts and feelings. Children are not caught up in society’s politics, rules, and social problems the way adults are. Instead they are focused on the joys of nature such as picking flowers and climbing trees. Everyone should try to look at the world in a more child-like way in order to remind themselves of its beauty and what really matters.Nature helps preserve a sense of youthful

In the video last child in the woods, Richard talks about the different ways it is good to connect with nature. Different ways to interact with nature can be by going out and listening to the movements of the leafs, or lift up rocks and logs and see underneath that there are bugs and your not alone. When you go out into nature and have a wonder for things, Richard states that, that’s a way your letting spiritual ways grow within yourself. So many good things can come about just from connecting with nature. You can develop healthy childhood development by letting kids go out into nature or even getting yourself out and connecting. Studies have showed that those kids who connect with nature have a bigger mind set. They end up succeeding more

A talent that I have is knowing how to handle little kids. I have worked with preschool kids for 4 years about. Working with kids helped me gain a lot of experience on how to teach a certain kid a certain way. I have realized that every kid learns a different way, not all kids can be taught the same way because all the kids have different ways of understanding a certain subject. Or they have to be taught by working one on one, teacher to student. I have improved on teaching children, and that was my main goal, was to improve on that. So that way when I get older and have my own kids I would know how to teach them in a way where they can understand. I find my talent a amazing thing because working with children is not an easy thing. I believe

The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (2017) believes that outdoor learning is a powerful tool that is proven to raise achievement, improve social, emotional and personal development and contributes to the health and well-being of children and young people. There is no doubt that children will learn better if they are given space to discover and explore for themselves. The Northern Ireland Curriculum: Primary (2007, p.44) states that outdoor learning has an important role in the emotional development of children where they are “free to run, shout and play exuberantly.” Children can learn about important