into the essential functioning of an authentic classroom. The daily use of observation combined with the ability of the learning materials to reveal a child’s understanding and rigorous record keeping enable Montessori teachers to closely follow their students’ development. In the classroom, there are also additional tools such as daily recording of activities by the child and regular one-on -one conferences with each child that contribute to the teacher’s effort to assess every child’s progress.
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CSI COMPETENCY STATEMENT I To establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment As a teacher of young children I am aware of the need to provide a learning environment that helps children grow, develop and learn. As I reflect on my teaching practices, I make sure that I provide appropriate teaching strategies and services in each of the three Functional Areas below to meet Standard I. Safe - Each day, I make sure the environment is safe for the children in my care. The classroom
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| |Explain the change in the teacher's role as each child begins to concentrate and focus on activities,and the impact this has on the child's growing | |normalisation.(20) | |Show an understanding of why the child might regress.(5)
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Center Experience The center I decided to do my observation is a Kindercare. The Kindercare I went to was a big center. There were two sides to the center. One side was just infants and toddlers, and the other side was preschool, prek, and kindergarten. The director welcomed me when I arrived and showed me around the center. She seemed very nice and someone who truly cares about the children. She explained there were two infant rooms and four toddler rooms. I decided to observe in a toddler
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different reasons why people communicate, for example at the start of a shift you will be asked or told what needs to be done for the children to be able to start playing in the room. Then when the parents drop the child off you need to communicate with the parents to make sure that the child has been ok whilst they haven’t been at nursery and find out if they are on any medication which we should know about. If you have a problem and you are not fully confident with dealing with the situation by yourself
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Critically evaluate how the principles and approaches of your school meet the holistic needs of every child In writing this essay I am going to analyse, discuss and critically evaluate how school A has enhanced current practice and adopted different initiatives in my attempt to identify the holistic needs of every child. Correspondingly I will analyse aspects of the mission statement that highlight the overall effectiveness of the school’s ethos and whether or not the school is fulfilling what
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Developmental Checklist Observation Summary EDU 119-OW My observation data was collected on a 2 day observation of a young boy, by the name of Jade. This child is located in a class of 16 children, at a preschool in Rocky Point, NC. His birthday is 11/21/09, and at this present time of observation he is 4 years old. After several days of observation and according to the 4-5 year old developmental checklist, John is well above his age level in development. On day 1 of observation after arriving from
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instruction, and then implementing those goals into our work with children. For this Final Project, you are asked to do the first two steps of this process. You will develop a partial portfolio for the child you observed and, with that information, you will develop instructional goals for that child. This assignment has three parts: The first part of this assignment requires you to develop a mission statement. Using your completed Assessment Purpose KWL Chart from the Week Five Reflection Journal
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For my middle childhood observation I chose a 10 year old female by the name of Mycah Landry. Just to give you a bit of a background, Mycah attends a magnet school and makes straight A’s. She is a very smart young girl. We will start off by comparing Mycah’s physical development to that of Berger’s in the text. As documented in the text “Unlike infants or adolescents, school-age children’s growth is slow and steady. Self-care is easy –from brushing their new adult teeth to dressing themselves, from
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EDC 018 – 1 The Developing Child Assignment 2 Unit Leader MR Perry Knight Word Count: 2000 Hand In Date: Thursday 17th March 2016 The developing child This essay considers two areas of the learning and development for young children. Therefore I will be concentrating on the social and emotional development. (DfE, 2015:2) “Development is not an automatic process, however. It depends on each unique child having opportunities to interact in positive relationships and enabling environments
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