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Spencer Rathus details the developments children undergo both physically and cognitively throughout their childhood in his book, CDEV 2010-2011 Edition. I completed my observation at Clovis Community College's Child Development Center on February 2, 2016. The young boy I observed was three years old. I observed him both inside the class room as well as out in the play ground area. The boy spent most of the time playing on the tricycle, as well as on the play structure. Rathus writes, "By age 4 or 5, they can skip and pedal a tricycle"(2011). Since the boy was only three, I was surprised that he had the physical ability to keep control over the tricycle and stay on the path outlining the play ground area.

This toy hits many of Piaget’s sensorimotor stages of development in a child beginning at age 6MO sub-stage 3 which was remarkable to me where one toy could assist with secondary circular reactions, coordination of secondary schemes, tertiary circular reaction and beginning of representational thought (Bee, Boyd, pg. 140). It is very easy to use for both small children and more advanced toddlers. I was impressed with the fact it is not a throw away toy after 6 months it can be used over several years and by multiple family members to assist with growth and development. After watching the video and reading information on this toy I would strongly recommend to parents who have children ranging in age 6MO to

If there is one thing that all American’s can agree on it is that the education provided for our youth serves as the foundation for the continuation and prosperity of our nation’s future. On the smaller scale, the students that live and learn here in the state of California will become our congressmen, doctors, policemen; the future of our great state. The adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) was necessary for improving the education policies in place for the youth in California. For one, it replaced the failing academic system, the No Child Left Behind Act. Second, the CCSS drives students to build deeper conceptual understandings of course material and foster their critical-thinking and analytical skills. Next, the CCSS levels

To the respected and caring leaders of the California Department of Education, I hope to remind you all of the obstacle that most students face when they enter college. I am an undergraduate student at University of California, Davis. Although I got accepted to the university, just like many other students, I found that the knowledge and skills that I have learned and developed from secondary school do not meet the university entrance requirements. I have come to realize that high schools did not prepare students enough for the cruel and competitive environment in college. In order to help students to survive in more competitive environment and to pursue higher education, the Department of Education is greatly needed in establishing higher

“ Disorder that involves symptoms of extreme inattentiveness, problems with impulse control, and high levels of activity; although some children present only symptoms of attention deficit and others experience only hyperactivity, usually both are evidence.” ( Dunn, 2013, pg. 244)

According to (Barkley, 1990, p. 3) Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the current diagnostic label for children presenting with significant problems with attention, impulsiveness, and excessive activity. Studies show that ADHD was once estimated to be 3 to 5% of school-age children, but more recent studies place the figure closer to 7 to 8% of school-age children and 4 to 5% of adults (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). An example would be Jay Durosier who is currently a client at Center for Family and Child Enrichment, Inc. He has presented symptoms of hyperactively, and difficulty sustaining attention on a consistent basis. He is receiving individual therapy to address his behavioral problems as manifested by short attention span, and difficulty following through on instruction in a timely manner. The goal is to Decrease his hyperactivity, increase self-control and follow directions in school.

This article discusses the controversial argument of whether Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) is to be considered its own subtype type of ADHD, right beside inattentive and hyperactive. This article also brings attention the high comorbidity rates of other social and behavioural issues that are influenced by ADHD and SCT. The article determines that SCT has its own list of symptoms aside from the other subtypes, however mainly relating to Inattentive ADHD. Similar to inattentive ADHD, the article acknowledges that children who demonstrate SCT behaviours often appear sleepy or daydreaming, while acting slow and lethargic, while possible demonstrating low motivation and persistence to complete activities. This information from the article determines

For a child simple movement through out their personal space and home initates basic movement from the start simple task such as reaching for items or even head movements towards things. Basic movement such as turning and lifting the head during exploring and play time aids for infants to visually explorers the play space.

After constantly observing that certain actions lead to certain results, around 8 to 12 months, infants increasingly acquire knowledge of cause-effect relationships. Accordingly, they begin to engage in goal-directed behavior: They behave in ways that they know will bring around wanted results. They also begin to combine behaviors in new ways to achieve their goals. One achievement in this sub-stage is object permanence, the recognition that physical objects still exist even when they are removed

“Dangerous Minds” is a parable that is based on true events, which took place in a multicultural inner-city in the California School System. The movie commences by displaying multicultural inner-city neighborhoods, which are poverty stricken neighborhoods with dilapidated buildings and houses that have broken windows and graffiti, and also showing homelessness and drugs dealings thought out the neighborhoods. Then the story begins by an ex-United States Marine, Louanne Johnson enters her first year of teaching at the inner-city California School of African-American and Hispanic students. These students are labeled and judged not only by the staff member of the school, but also by their own family members for their subculture of being underprivileged

During class Bander demonstrated inattentiveness behavior, specifically, difficulties paying attention and maintaining effort. Although this behavior wasn’t severe, it impeded him to finish the task assigned. He constantly needed prompting from the teacher assistant to complete tasks.

The Attention Problem scale assessed behaviors that may indicate the child is easily distracted and unable to concentrate for a long period of time. Matthew’s self-report of his attention was within the Average range (Attention Problems, SRP: T=43), although he indicated that he “sometimes” is easily distracted, has a hard time concentrating and forgets to do things. Mrs. Sluka’s reported that Matthew has no significant difficulty maintaining his attention at home (Attention Problem, PRS: T= 46). Although, Mrs. Sluka endorsed that Matthew “often” is easily distracted and “sometimes” has trouble concentrating.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between purposeful movement in the classroom and improved attention span with an increase in student achievement. In this chapter important literature was reviewed to bring light to movement, active learning and the effects it has on the human brain. In many settings, early childhood education is becoming increasingly structured, with emphasis on academic achievement and testing. Using movement activities throughout the day is an effective and enjoyable way to support learning and development (Furmanek, 2014).

The information sensory processing theory tells us that we all have an innate learning ability. Children are born with specialised information processing abilities that enable them to figure out structure of motor development. Information processing describes how children’s body performs; take in large amounts of information from the environment which are and analyse and interpret the information then make decisions about what response to make therefore it determines children’s motor development. This stage involves the sensory mechanism detecting signals in the environment. Information is received from the environment via vestibular, tactile, auditory, visual and proprioception system. The information is gathered from both internal and external sources. Much of the information received is irrelevant to the performer and

Babies and toddlers learn through their five senses. It is through the senses and the development of gross and fine motor skills that children are able to explore their environment and learn (Rowan). When babies and toddlers are introduced to technology and learning programs on tablets, computers or the television, they are prevented from