...Though early childhood program aren’t mandatory, they can benefit children. The main goal of an early childhood program is to help children develop cognitively and socially and also to introduce them to the school setting and prepare them for elementary school. Through early childhood programs, children gain long-lasting academic and social benefit that will benefit them throughout their lives. To run an effective program, an early childhood program should set specific goals and objective. The Early Childhood Education Program has been created to provide an enriched environment for early age children, which benefits their intellectual, physical, emotional, and social development. Increasingly, research shows that quality preschool programs reduce the need for remedial classes in subsequent grade levels. During the preschool years, children develop characteristics which will affect their lifelong love of learning. The Early Childhood program has created an environment that has the children and their parents identified as the focus. Each family brings to the program values, language, diversity, and traditional customs and therefore, recognizes the importance of forming a partnership with the parents to create a positive experience for all child. A place where children are loved not on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender, ethnic group identification, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, color, or mental...
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...Harvard Graduate School of Education HARVARD FAMILY RESEARCH PROJECT NO. 1 in a series SPRING 2006 Family Involvement IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION The family seems to be the most effective and economical system for fostering and sustaining the child’s development. Without family involvement, intervention is likely to be unsuccessful, and what few effects are achieved are likely to disappear once the intervention is discontinued.1 —Urie Bronfenbrenner This brief is dedicated to Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917–2005) whose pioneering research influenced the work of Harvard Family Research Project. Introduction Family involvement matters for young children’s cognitive and social development. But what do effective involvement processes look like, and how do they occur? This research brief summarizes the latest evidence base on effective involvement—that is, the research studies that link family involvement in early childhood to outcomes and programs that have been evaluated to show what works. The conceptual framework guiding this research review is complementary learning. Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) believes that for children and youth to be successful from birth through adolescence, there must be an array of learning supports around them. These learning supports include families, early childhood programs, schools, outof-school time programs and activities, higher education, health and social service agencies, businesses,...
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...For observation of an early childhood education institution I visited the preschool classroom of Livonia Little Tots in Livonia, Michigan . The classroom consisted of eight children, five and six years old. The type of program at Livonia Little Tots is what I will call a “traditional” preschool. After being given the opportunity to observe a preschool program traditional setting, I found that I was comparing and contrasting the events I had observed in each classroom with each other. When I walked into the preschool classroom of Livonia Little Tots the children had just arrived at school. The students were hanging up their coats, saying goodbye to their parents, and finding an activity to play with before the day would officially begin. Some of the children were putting puzzles together, others were playing the game “Ants in the Pants,” and others were cutting fun shapes out of construction paper. They participated in these and similar activities for about twenty minutes while the teacher was preparing for the morning “circle time.” While the students were permitted to play with, however, and whatever they wanted to, the students at the traditional classroom were asked to use their inside voices rather than being allowed to speak in any level of voice. The classroom environment of the traditional preschool seemed to stimulate learning due to the abundance of activities available to the students. During the morning play time the children were given the opportunity to explore...
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...Philosophy of Early Childhood Education The process of educating children begins at a young age in the early childhood program. Children need to be received in a warm inviting classroom in which the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development are a priority and address on a daily basis. Meeting the children’s needs of feeling safe and nurtured at school will facilitate learning to take place. Before students entered the classrooms to be filled with factual knowledge under scripted lessons that were to accommodate all learners. Educating children these days is more like an art that requires the use of creativity and knowledge to consider the student’s needs to prepare the lessons, incorporate personal philosophies, and implement the proper pedagogic strategies to develop children’s academic potential. Being an early childhood teacher is a privilege that requires to be assumed with responsibility as early childhood teachers spend the majority of the day teaching children who’s both parents work to cover the family needs. Children at the Pre K to K start school between the ages of 3-5 depending on the program and school children are attending. For my final paper, I will identify and discuss the theories and/or philosophies that demonstrate how I envision the appropriate classroom to be for the selected age group. I will also provide an overview of the concepts I will teach in each academic area, and share some of the strategies and activities that will be implemented...
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...Early childhood educators are often the one's that plan the menu for children. Its is our duty as the children's teacher to make sure that a child doesn't get sick. There are so many things that should be considered when you are planning a nutritional menu. The child's heritage and cultural play a big factor in the children's life's. While planning a menu, you need to meet the nutritional standards for the child's age. We as teacher's can learn how to use the proper way of food prepartion,sanitation,storage,handling,and presentation. Before you start cooking make sure that the surfaces you are preparing to use are cleaned with hot soapy water. Keep all utensils and equipment properly cleaned by washing them properly. Sanitation is a very important part for food prepartion. You can use a mixture of 1 tablespoon of bleach and 1 teaspoon of hot water to make sure that the areas are sanitized. Those areas that need to be cleaned are the tables, highchairs, countertops, placemats, and sinks. Harmful microorganisms on these surfaces can make food unsafe. When you are storing food you need to make sure that all the food that you have is stored in a temperature that it will prevent spoiling the food. Do not store leftovers at room temperature,refrigerate them or discard them. When you store cans you need to do the inventory system the first one in is the first one out, so that way a child doesn't get old food. A good example that can help for you to be able to rotate is...
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...Early Childhood Research Quarterly 19 (2004) 375–397 The early childhood classroom observation measure Deborah Stipek∗ , Patricia Byler School of Education, Stanford University, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-3096, USA Abstract This study assesses a new measure of early childhood classroom practice in 127 kindergarten- and first-grade classrooms. The measure was designed to be appropriate for classrooms serving children from the age of 4–7 years. It assesses the nature and quality of instruction as well as the social climate and management of the classroom. Two separate scales assess the degree to which constructivist, child-centered and the degree to which didactic, teachercentered instructional practices are implemented. Findings indicate that the measure produced reliable scores and meaningful, predictable associations were found between scores on the observation measure, on the one hand, and teachers’ self-reported practices, teaching goals, relationships with children, and perceptions of children’s ability to be self-directed learners, on the other. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Early childhood; Classroom observation; Teaching; ECCOM; Measure 1. Introduction Political and public concerns about improving education have been fueled recently by reports highlighting the number of students, particularly from economically disadvantaged homes, who fail to achieve minimum academic standards. The National Center for Educational Statistics (2002)...
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...Deborah Hawkins Early Child Development Chapters 6-11 Sharon Garrett Models-These are the models that are used for Early Childhood Development 1. Head Start: Empowering for Change from Within 2. The High Scope Foundations: Planning, Implementing, and Reviewing Best Practices 3. The Project Approach: Active Inquiry in Early Childhood 4. The Schools of Reggio Emilia: A Child’s World 5. Montessori Education: Environment, Materials, and Methods 6. Waldorf education: Harmony and the Whole Child Head Start- In 1964 under President Lyndon Johnson Sargent Shriver assembled a committee and put together a group of sociologists, psychologists, and pediatricians to design a system that would assist children to overcome their setbacks or obstacles caused by poverty. Before the name Head Start was establish, the committee had tossed around several different names, e.g., Kiddie Corps, and Bay Corps however the name Head Start was chosen by the academics who understood the achievement gap between middle class students and their lower class peers (Kagan, 2002). President Johnson announced Project Head Start in May of 1965, President Johnson and Mr. Shiver used the (Office of Economic Opportunity) to establish the Head Start program (Kagan, 2002). It started as an eight week summer program for children from low income communities that were going into public school in the fall (Styfco and Zigler, 2003). In the first summer of the Head Start Program it served over...
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...other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University. | | | |ECE7001-8 |Dr. Patricia Candler | | | | |Topics in Early Childhood Education |Assignment 5 | | | |...
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...Due: Spring, 2014 Assignment: Observation Paper: Head Start / Early Head Start Point Value: 25 points Directions: Now that you have a broader perspective on both the early intervention movement in general and the Head Start initiative, consider their impact on both society and the field of early childhood education. Responding to social inequities and global demands may not be motivations you previously associated with teaching. Consider these perspectives as you observe, reflect, and research on the following questions. You will search out a variety of avenues to offer free or reduced services in your community which meet the following situations. 1. Head Start is the primary model for Early Childhood Education here in the United States. President Obama supports Head Start with federal dollars. Discuss the advantages of your own personal child attending a Head Start Program. 2. What is the difference between Head Start and Early Head Start? Where is the local seat for Head Start located in your region? Who is the state Early Head Start seat? 3. Subsidized childcare assistance: What is the poverty level for income in your county? How many children in your county are on subsidized childcare assistance? Whom do they talk to? Where are they located? What is the number? 4. Who is your Healthy Start Nurse in your county? What is their job? What services do they offer to your parents? 5. Subsidized housing: What is the...
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...A History of Early Childhood – Johann Pestalozzi Johann Pestalozzi was an 18th century educational reformer who believed that every child has the innate ability to develop emotionally, intellectually and physically when given education. Another belief of his is that true learning and development of a skill takes place best when a child is participating in an activity that requires the particular skill instead of the traditional passive form of education. (Brühlmeier, A. 2010) His philosophy basically states that every child has the capacity to develop holistically through education. I find this to be true as this is basis on which modern education systems function and it has been proving that the provision of education can develop a well-rounded individual regardless of the child’s family background or economic status. With regards to the different methods that facilitate learning, I find that it is especially essential to incorporate hands on activities that through completing, teach the child a certain skill or concept. This not only makes the child an active participant in his learning but also gives him the opportunity to use his senses in unison with his intellect, which I believe develops the cognitive ability. After observing some of the children in my class who are mostly three year olds, I’ve come to realize that they learn through experience and play. When they are taken out for outdoor activities, they learn to run carefully by previous experiences of...
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...Summary of presentations The workshop was opened by Professor Bo Samuelsson, Göteborg University, who referred to the concept of sustainable development as an ever-evolving concept; it could and should not be defi ned in one single way.4 He spoke of education for sustainable development as a learning process and not a product. He also mentioned that the present practices were far from sustainable, and that it might be easier to defi ne what are unsustainable practices rather than sustainable ones. Professor Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education towards Sustainability, stated that, to his knowledge, this was the fi rst international workshop on education for sustainable development with specifi c reference to young children. Raising provocative questions such as: ‘What does it mean to be more instead of having more?’, ‘What is enough?’, ‘What is for all’, he pointed to the necessity of changing our perspectives and ways of living if our societies were to become more sustainable. He said that many paths could be taken, and that in order that the right ones were taken, world citizens must be educated, well informed and uphold democratic values. Furthermore, he claimed that while rich countries continued to cause the largest problems related to sustainable development, their perspectives, values and knowledge were listened to more often vis-à-vis those of developing countries. As a promoter of the United Nations Convention on the...
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...! Latoya James December 2,2014 The term early childhood refers to a child from birth to 3 years of age. For a long period of time, researchers have been studying the correlation between early language intervention and literacy skills in children of that age group. (Silke et al., 2013) Learning to read is known to be effective in positively impacting oral language skills. To become more literate as a child, children must be able to have the ability to decode print fluently and how to comprehend not only what they read but to be able to broaden their language skills which a required for having the best ability in understanding reading comprehension skills. (Siegler, R. S., DeLoache, J. S., & Eisenberg, N. (2006). How children develop.) There are countless language and literacy skills that need to be targeted in order for a child to be school ready. One of the language skills that needs to be targeted in an early intervention program is the alphabet knowledge. (Silke et al., 2013) Apart of the fundamentals of alphabet knowledge, it is important that students know individual letter sounds and be able to progress to more complex and advanced combinations of letters and sounds as they move to a different grade level each year. This is called phoneme awareness. (Siegler, R. S., DeLoache, J. S., & Eisenberg, N. (2006). How children develop.) Children who lack alphabetical knowledge understanding simply cannot understand words or text. Not being able to receive an opportunity to learn...
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...Early Childhood Education Jenelle Johnson PSYC2700 - Child Development U03a1 Early Childhood Education Capella University December, 2014 Early Childhood Education Early childhood education is education that is geared for children three to eight years old, however, early childhood education can start as early as infants at birth through the age of eight years old. Early childhood programs were developed for all children who could not otherwise afford quality preschool or daycare programs. It is the belief that all children benefit from education at an early age. Early education is important to the development of these young children. These programs offer assistance, resources, and education to both the children and parents. Programs all over the world have been implemented to help young impoverished children have an early start to education. This paper will discuss the policy of the Head Start Act, the benefits of receiving early childhood education, and characteristics of a good high quality early childhood program. Early childhood is an important time for children as they grow and learn so much. So many important factors such as health and nutrition, economic status, education and daycare programs, and positive effective parenting are all huge factors that can have an effect of the development process of the young child. Because of the importance of all these variables, programs have been developed and policies have been made to assure that all children have...
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...The Early Childhood Education Education is an asset for every person and probably the most important pert is when it starts, at early childhood. This decides the child's attitude to education throughout life and its capacity to learn. Children start to learn early in life and though it may not be realized that even during the first few months of life the child begins experimenting with language. The attitudes towards literacy develop during this period and all important concepts of literacy expand during these years through the care of the adults and various forms of print that they chance to meet. This important form of literacy is composed of several key components according to the experts on literacy and this first of these is phonetic awareness. This is an understanding that speech contains many units like spoken words, syllables and sounds. The children gradually become familiar with names of letters, their shapes and sounds. Over a period of time they also develop the capacity to take every spoken word apart in terms of sound and also combine sounds to form words. (Promoting Literacy Activities in Early Childhood Settings) The children have to hear and say the parts of the word and then only they can learn to read it. They have to understand the importance of each sound in a word, as this is the only way they will learn to say the word properly and not develop too much of an accent or slang which will hurt the ability of individuals to understand it. For this purpose...
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...Importance of Early Childhood Education Abstract Within every moment that passes, our country is falling behind educational standards in comparison to the rest of the world. America prides on their education, but as a country the standards are not raising for students as they are in other places of the world. We now have things like the No Child Left Behind Act that inadvertently passes children to the next grade level when they do not deserved to be passed. The corruption behind our educational system must be changed, and to be changed it must begin at the beginning with the youngest children, those who can be easily taught the rewards and enjoyment of learning quicker than the older children who were never taught those things. This needed education reform must most importantly be a collaboration of school workers and parents, whom happen to be the most influential adults in childhood. Importance of Early Childhood Education Children, as the saying goes, are the key to our future; the knowledge they possess will directly affect our future. America as a whole needs to put more emphasis on young childhood education, because at a young age children are more likely to develop better educational skills and are more likely to be able to learn to enjoy education and everything it can do for an individual. The necessity and importance of early childhood education stems from our country’s need to rank higher against other countries, from education needing to be the responsibility...
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