Early childhood is a time of remarkable physical‚ cognitive‚ social and emotional development. Infants enter the world with a limited range of skills and abilities. Watching a child develop new motor‚ cognitive‚ language and social skills is a source of wonder for parents and caregivers. The study of human development is a rich and varied subject. We all have personal experience with development‚ but it is sometimes difficult to understand exactly how and why people grow‚ learn and change. Developmental
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(Vygotsky). This simple phrase is meant to carry the notion that observation and documentation is key in understanding young children as learners. Observation and documentation of children has been an important part of early childhood teaching throughout history (Stuart Reifel‚ 2011). In the early nineteenth-century German educator Friedrich Froebel encouraged all kindergarten teachers to observe the children in their care in order to understand the ways in which children think‚ learn and build on their many
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Heather Stucker EC183/EEC1863 Section 02 Teacher Reflection I: Early Childhood Education as a Profession - Spring 2013 Nancy Kaczrowski April 19‚ 2013 Biggest Strengths- Integrating Diversity into Learning. When I was in high school we learned a lot about Diversity so I’m going to share with you all I learned I feel I will be able to use what I learned for my career in Early Childhood Education. Diversity allows more opportunities for learning and success. Diversity gives you more friendships
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administrator in early childhood programs is making sure that the program they offer in the center epitomizes the best practice in the field. As the head of the center‚ an early childhood administrator must be equipped with the precise knowledge and experience in curriculum planning‚ appropriate curriculum goals‚ variety in teaching approaches and classroom management. He/she is likewise expected to keep up with the latest trends and researches in the early childhood education field to persistently
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arly Childhood Development: Psychoanalytic Theory‚ Contextual Theory‚ & Cognitive Theory There are five main perspectives to human development; Psychoanalytic‚ Learning‚ Cognitive‚ Evolutionary/Sociobiological and Contextual. In this paper we will compare and contrast three of these developmental theories‚ the Psychoanalytic‚ Contextual and Cognitive. We will show how each theory has added to the knowledge we have of child development. We will also examines how‚ by using the knowledge that
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Early Childhood Early childhood is a stage of development that involves children from ages two through six. There are several factors that can affect physical development in early childhood. A child’s physical and cognitive development can be influenced by genetics and the environment. Genetics can play an important role in the physical development of early childhood. A child considered small for his or her age may have parents who are small in weight and height. The
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to support children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds Identified and discussed using perspectives and concepts. In addition‚ I will reflect on my personal identity and attitudes to diversity in my role as an early childhood teacher. There are multiple strategies that can support children and whanau from cultural and linguistic diverse background. Firstly communication between teachers and parents/whanau or centre and home are an important part of the process. Having
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My philosophy of Early childhood education is based on research that indicates that a child’s growth is developmental. Every child is unique in terms of life experiences‚ developmental readiness‚ and cultural heritage. A high quality early childhood program that provides a safe and nurturing environment‚ which promotes physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ language and cognitive development will ensure a positive continuation of the child’s education process In my philosophy I will talk about the goals
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My main reason for applying for Early Childhood Education is because I love children. I love working with them. I come from a bigger family. I am the oldest out of five children. I would take care of them all from time to time when ever my parents would go out for a night. Sometimes my parents would leave overnight to go on a little vacation by themselves and I would watch my siblings overnight. I also use to babysit for other people around our community as I was growing up. As I got older and started
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Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood Education Linguistic diversity in American homes has risen dramatically over the years especially in children under the age of six. Households of more than one in five school age children speak a language other than the English language. (nayec.org) Along with the rate of linguistic diversity rising‚ so has the issues and concerns associated with it. Problems arise with negative attitudes towards the diverse students and the language they speak‚ the
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