"Early Childhood Studies Blog"

Saturday, October 26, 2013

"When I Think of Child Development"

The first years of young children are a great deal of developing. The brain develops to help build a child’s social and emotional skills, as well as supporting language and literacy. In early childhood, a child’s learn about different things through play. The children also learn to play and build caring relationships in their lives. Children spend most of their time playing together and learn how to master difficult project.

Parents and professionals are a child’s first teacher throughout life. It is important to exposes a child to age appropriate challenges to encourage development as well as learn from interacting with their peers. Developmentally appropriate practice is learning deal with helping children to develop and learn effectively in early education. In fact providing high-quality programs are grounded in the belief that young children, families, and staff grow and learn best in the context of trusting, supportive relationships (Miller, 2008).

Refeneces

Miller, S. (2008). Secure attachment. Published by Ounce of Prevention Fund. Retrieved from

http://www.ounceofprevention.org/includes/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files/Secure%20Attachment.pdf

Friday, October 11, 2013

"Testing for Intelligence"

A holistic approach to child development seeks to simultaneously address the physical, emotional, relational, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of a child’s life. Our Child Development programs incorporate a variety of approaches to help educate and grow children into healthy, sustainable adults ready and eager to serve the Lord (NCM).

When viewing young children holistically they should be assessed. In fact, it is vital that children get involved in daily activities or programs to help improve their developmental skills. Child care centers must create a safe environment where their can learn successfully. Also, parents must be involved in the development of their children. Because assessing a child should begin, at an early age to recognize and make available support if the child has a problem.

Mexican and U.S. schools are a world apart from assessing school-age children. Schools in Mexico allow only superficial similarities to U.S. schools. The Mexican government has control over the schools and has different beliefs about education. Mexico has a state owned education system.

Some children are difficult to assess accurately because of their different stages or cultural background. I believe that an assessment of a child should be given in a familiar setting, to meet the child’s individual needs for evaluation and possible interventions. A child's temperament and affective state can influence cognitive ability, Vygotsky stated that "emotions and intellect are unified in a dynamic and meaningful system," and "emotions serve as the language of the young child, where verbal skills are lacking." (Grieve, 1992).

References

NCM. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://ncm.org/learn/childdevelopment/approach/

vakeshat | This WordPress.com site is the cat’s pajamas. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://vakeshat.wordpress.com/

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Hunger: Consequences of Stress on Children's Development

Poverty is the main cause of hunger, and hunger is a cause of poverty. Some families struggle trying to feed their family. Hunger can hinder a child’s ability to learn in school. Hunger also can contribute to health issues and put children at risk of experiencing poverty.

There’s a young teenage girl attending high school and had to deal with a pregnancy. To make things worse, she lived in a household with one parent, therefore, made it harder to live. She suffered from hunger a lot of school days because her mother could not afford to take of herself and two children not excluding the teenager. When people go malnourished, they lose brain functionality and the mental resources to be a productive asset in society or earn money. The young girl had to apply for government assist in order to eat and deliver a healthy baby. Despite years of progress against hunger, in 2010, it is estimated that 925 million people suffer from hunger.

In Asia and the Pacific, 28 percent of the people border on starvation, experiencing the gnawing pain of perpetual hunger. In the Near East, one in ten people are underfed. However, through groups and assisted provided today that percent has improved growth of children. Good nutrition contributes to children and women growth as they develop.

Reference

APA: Hunger and Poverty Facts :: Bread for the World :: Have Faith ... (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.bread.org/hunger/global/facts.html?print=t

"Feed the World." Insert Name of Site in Italics. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2013 http://foodforlifeglobal.blogspot.tw/

Monday, October 29, 2012

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Blog Assignment: Examining Codes of Ethics

The three at that are meaningful to me, and I consider each one to become and will become a part of my professional life are:

Excerpt: NAEYC. (2004). NAEYC advocacy toolkit. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/policy/toolkit.pdf

◦Chapter 1: Introduction (pp. 3-4) and Chapter 3: Engaging the Members in Public Policy (pp. 14-16)

Article: NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf

Article: The Division for Early Childhood. (2000, August). Code of ethics. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.dec-sped.org/

Three ideals from the NAEYC and DEC codes of ethics those are meaningful to me:

I-1.6—To use assessment instruments and strategies
that are appropriate for the children to be assessed,
that are used only for the purposes for which they
were designed, and that have the potential to benefit
children (Cpstephesn, October, 2011).

Assessment, identify the gathering of important information in order to make knowledgeable decisions, which is an essential part of early childhood programs.

I-1.9—To advocate for and ensure that all children,
including those with special needs, have access to the
support services needed to be successful (Cpstephesn, October, 2011).

Children with learning disabilities have many special needs that can be addressed. Therefore, many different services have to be aware of the particulars needs in which a child can be helped and treated as a person with individual needs.

1-4.1—To provide the community with high-quality
early childhood care and education programs and
services (Cpstephesn, October, 2011).

A program must be developed to combined early childhood education and developmental skills that include comprehensive approaches that directly involve families. Parents must participate in their children lives, in order to promote long-term effective learning.

Early Childhood. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://sophiab1227.blogspot.com/