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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personal existence" (Ayers‚ 1989‚ p. 28). Based on your reading of Chapters 2 and 3 of The Good Preschool Teacher‚ 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
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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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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 2 - Physical & Intellectual Competence:  Bridget - CheekyMommaof2‚ Yahoo! Contributor NetworkJun 9‚ 2009 "Contribute content like this. Start Here." More: Competence Intellectual Competency Manipulatives Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print Flag Close 14 Helpful? Post a comment To advance physical and intellectual competence...It is essential to the growth and development of every child to advance their physical and intellectual needs. There are numerous
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Competency Goal 2 Functional Area 4: Physical I promote physical activities in my classroom daily. We do music and movement different songs like Pirate Ship‚ Bear Hunt and the Dancing Machine. All provide a wide range of movement to promote physical health. During outdoor play children are given opportunities ‚ to play with balls‚ climbing up and down the stairs to the slide‚ hopping‚ skipping‚ jumping and balancing on a rail. Children need opportunities to develop their body strength. Pulling
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Competency Goal II To advance physical and intellectual competence To advance physical and intellectual competence I provide various amounts of equipment and activities that help promote the physical development of children. I do this by offering activities that will allow children to use their small muscles and large muscles. Children need these types of activities so they can become familiar about how to use their muscles and to develop body strength. Activities such as throwing things‚ rolling
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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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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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