I do my part to maintain a well run purposeful program‚ responsive to participant needs. On their first day in our program‚ I make an effort to meet and greet our clients‚ the parents as well as the children. I ask the parents if they need any special requirements‚ accommodations or modifications to better service their children. I also ask the children which games they enjoy‚ and see if they have any questions for me about the program. This gives them an opportunity to know we have familiar
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Assessing Infants and Toddlers Nichole Spiller ECE 354: Assessment & Intervention during Early Childhood Instructor: Robin Skeen Monday‚ October 1‚ 2012 Assessing Infants and Toddlers Assessing infants and toddlers is commonly used to determine if children are meeting their developmental milestones or if they are showing any signs of developmental delays or disabilities. Many types of standardized tests are available for use with infants and young children; all are psychological
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Goal 1 To Establish and Maintain a Safe‚ Healthy‚ Learning Enviornment There are several things that I do everyday to ensure the saftey of my classroom. I always maintain an accurate child supervision record and do my classroom counts every 30 minutes‚ or more often when necessary‚ to make sure that my head count matches the actual number of children in my classroom. The way the classroom is set up also helps ensure the safty of the children. Our stations are set up to reduse open floor
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describe two goals of a quality infant/toddler care and education program and two ways caregivers/teachers can help reach such goals. Two goals of quality care programs and reaching those goals include: Ensuring cultural congruency & ensuring that professionals possess appropriate knowledge. Reaching these goals include ensuring that each student’s culture remains rooted to their learning process & strongly evaluating staff and keeping their knowledge up to date. 2. "The hardest part of infant-toddler
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Competency Goal I: Candidate provide safe environment to prevent and reduce injuries. Functional Area 1: Safety As a teacher I believe safety is one of the most important things to give to a child besides health and education. A child and adult should feel safe as soon as they walk into the building in the morning. I practice safety in my classroom by placing items for children at their reach and all other items out of their sight. "Out of sight out of mind!" I cover all
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Competency Goal II To Advance Physical and intellectual Competence Functional Area 4: Physical In today’s society there is an increase in obese children. I make sure that each child gets the proper exercise that he or she needs. I try to teach the children to stay healthy by getting the proper exercise that is needed for them. I take the children outside everyday if it’s not too hot‚ or too cold. I practice forms of yoga in the morning and the evenings with the children. This is
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Gabriell Ospino January 24‚ 2011 Competency Goal III To support social and emotional development and to provide positive guidance Functional Area Candidate provides physical and emotional security for each child 8: Self and helps each child to know‚ accept‚ and take pride in himself or herself and to develop a
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In this term paper I will explore infant and toddler curriculum. I will discuss: the developmental themes in infancy‚ infant toddler curriculum‚ and the differences between preschool curriculum and appropriate infant toddler curriculum. In conclusion I will share some of my personal feelings about infant and toddler curriculum‚ including the challenges and rewards. Developmental Themes of Infancy ‘The behaviors and abilities that develop during each stage are influenced by the theme that consumes
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physical sensations-sight‚ sounds‚ smells‚ touch‚ and taste-help the infant survive and grow to meet his or her potential. This "somatosensory" bath from a loving caregiver-the rocking‚ hugs‚ coos‚ and smiles-is transformed by the infant’s sensory systems into patterned neuronal activity that controls the development of the brain in positive ways. It is in this dependent relationship between the primary caregivers and the infant that the new form of attachment grows. This attachment the emotional
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Within this paper 6 scholarly research articles focusing on infant and/or toddler development will be discussed. These articles will cover physical‚ cognitive‚ and social or psychosocial development. A 30 minute observation of a 1month old (Willow) and a 13month old (Emmett) will be conversed‚ with particular focus on physical development including body shape and motor skills‚ cognitive development‚ and social development. The information obtained in the observations will be compared to the information
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