Signature Assignment Portrait Of An Early Learner
Portrait of an Early Childhood Learner
Trissy Coppens
Arizona State University
Foundations of Diversity, Human Development, and the Young Child
ECD 549
Larry Sidlik, Dr. Michael Roberts, Monique Davis
December 4, 2014
Portrait of an Early Childhood Learner
(MHC Early Childhood Solutions, n.d.)
Did you survive the “terrible two’s?” Well congratulations and welcome to the what lies ahead for you and your three year old child. The next few years are called the “magic years” because it seems like magic that your child is finally listening to you and for your child it is an opportunity for their imagination to run wild. As parents we have watched our children grow and develop in the areas of height and weight, remembered when they first crawled, walked, and even spoke their first words. During these early school years there are many changes in their physical, cognitive, language, and social/emotional development. Everything that a three-year old does during their day teaches them something about their world. They learn through exploration and trial and error and their minds are like little sponges. They learn by using all of their five senses. In the physical domain the developmental milestones that three year olds are mastering can be found in using their gross and fine motor skills. They can walk up and down stairs, one foot on each step, run easily, climbs well, and feeds themselves with some spilling. They also can build a tower of 4-5 blocks, pedal a tricycle, throw a ball overhead, and dress themselves with help (Powell, J. and Smith, C.A., 1994). In contrast these children will be working on mastering feeding themselves with little spilling, building a tower of 7-9 blocks, walking downstairs using a handrail and alternating feet. In this domain the developmental theorist Piaget states that children increase in playing and pretending in this pre-operational stage of development. For example their play is demonstrated by the idea of checkers being snacks,
Trissy Coppens
Arizona State University
Foundations of Diversity, Human Development, and the Young Child
ECD 549
Larry Sidlik, Dr. Michael Roberts, Monique Davis
December 4, 2014
Portrait of an Early Childhood Learner
(MHC Early Childhood Solutions, n.d.)
Did you survive the “terrible two’s?” Well congratulations and welcome to the what lies ahead for you and your three year old child. The next few years are called the “magic years” because it seems like magic that your child is finally listening to you and for your child it is an opportunity for their imagination to run wild. As parents we have watched our children grow and develop in the areas of height and weight, remembered when they first crawled, walked, and even spoke their first words. During these early school years there are many changes in their physical, cognitive, language, and social/emotional development. Everything that a three-year old does during their day teaches them something about their world. They learn through exploration and trial and error and their minds are like little sponges. They learn by using all of their five senses. In the physical domain the developmental milestones that three year olds are mastering can be found in using their gross and fine motor skills. They can walk up and down stairs, one foot on each step, run easily, climbs well, and feeds themselves with some spilling. They also can build a tower of 4-5 blocks, pedal a tricycle, throw a ball overhead, and dress themselves with help (Powell, J. and Smith, C.A., 1994). In contrast these children will be working on mastering feeding themselves with little spilling, building a tower of 7-9 blocks, walking downstairs using a handrail and alternating feet. In this domain the developmental theorist Piaget states that children increase in playing and pretending in this pre-operational stage of development. For example their play is demonstrated by the idea of checkers being snacks,
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