Preschool education

Article Review about Play in Early Childhood Education “Work while you work and play while you play; to be useful and happy, this is the way” (Ogunyemi & Ragpot, 2015, p. 1). Research findings of best practices often meet various challenges in implementation in the classroom. Such is the case in early childhood. So, in their article, “Work and Play in Early Childhood Education: Views from Nigeria and South Africa,” Florence T. Ogunyemi and Lara Ragpot review the literature about how to use constructivism

In the book Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited, the authors, Joseph Tobin, Yeh Hsueh, and Mayumi Karasawa, look into preschools in three cultures: China, Japan, and the United States. Prior to writing this books, the authors did research on one preschool in each of the countries to see what the learning styles were and how they compared to one another. Then they went back some twenty years later to see if there were any changes in the preschools. The changes, or lack thereof, brought about the

Introduction For the classroom observation assignment I was able to observe at Stepping Stones Family Childcare and Preschool Program. I conducted observations for five hours each on the dates of September 24th and September 25th of the year 2015. This licensed home-based daycare and preschool program is located in a quiet suburban neighborhood on 4103 Bryant Street, Blasdell, New York. The facility allows for a twelve-child capacity (ages 6 weeks to 12 years with four additional school age) and

Luke* took the Woodcock-Johnson III standard battery form B on June 26, 2015. Luke was five years and six months old. He should be going to kindergarden in August, but his grandmother and preschool teachers did not feel like he was ready for it. Luke was well motivated during the test and kept telling the examiner that he was doing a great job. The test seemed to accurately measure the students abilities. Luke scored a 91 in the Oral Language cluster. This cluster included the Story Recall and

Most young children develop language rapidly, moving from crying and cooing in infancy to using hundreds of words and understanding their meanings by the time they are ready to enter kindergarten. Language development is a major accomplishment and is one of the most rewarding experiences for anyone to share with a child. Children learn to speak and understand words by being around adults and peers who communicate with them and encourage their efforts to talk. As I observed Olivia, a typically developing

Case Study – Preschool Ehichoya Edokhamhen ECED 5210 – Advanced Child Development East Tennessee State University Introduction This child observation was carried out at the ETSU Child Study Center, after an appropriate permission was taken. I arrived at the Child Study Center at about 7:50am on Friday November 13, 2015, and I was taken to the Cricket Preschool classroom for my child observation. When I got there, there was only one child present at the class, and when I asked the teacher

Coping mechanisms can often be too complicated for young, preschool aged children to understand. Some different coping mechanisms for dealing with stress may include talking with a loved one, exercising, taking up a new hobby, or practicing mindfulness. Although many traditional coping mechanisms may be beyond the

According to a team at Colorado State University, surveys show that parents demand a choice on whether to send their children to school for a full-day or a half-day. These surveys also showed that parents of half-day students believe in balance of education and quality time at home. These parents want their children to not only receive the teaching the need to reach first grade but also foster strong home relationships with the parents and their siblings (Wolgemuth, 2006). Parents also point to the

of ADHD in a child. I agree with the opening statement saying that it is difficult to identify children that are below the preschool age, because they have not been in a situation that requires their full attention. I think it is very hard to really diagnose a child with ADHD who does not understand what the word attention even means. I think children who are not in preschool yet and do not have to give anyone their full attention should not be labeled as ADHD. Another part in the article states

Preschool children’s development is particularly different within the period of early childhood because their play behavior develops dramatically. They may play independently but within close proximity. We learned the five types of play, Parten talks about in her article, which are Solitary Play, Onlooker Play, Parallel Play, Associative Play, and Cooperative Play. In addition, Parten also found that different ages correlate to the type of play preschool children engage in. For example, older preschool