Assignment: Early Childhood Development

Assignment: Early Childhood Development

Assignment: Early Childhood Development

Participated in the discussion by replying to a minimum of 2 classmates, asking a question, providing  a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with rationale,  challenging a point of discussion, or making a relationship between one or   more points of the discussion. Each reply post is unique and original   in nature and meets the required minimum word count of 150 words

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Britney Rodriguez’s Week 7 Forum

britney rodriguez(May 17, 2018 11:23 PM)– Read by: 1

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Good evening

I hope all is well! The most important things a parent should be looking for when deciding placement in a preschool, are that play, specifically make-believe play, is incorporated, that there is an adequate amount of activities aimed towards boosting language development, that artistic activities are encouraged, and that the child’s environment will be safe, and caring. Make-believe play is beneficial to children, as it represents a child’s thought processes, and bolsters those processes, and social skills (CHFD308 Lesson 7, n.d.).

Boosting a child’s language development is crucial during their early ages, as it is necessary for a child to understand language prior to communicating it (CHFD308 Lesson 7, n.d.). It is a large part of the arts preschoolers should be learning, aiding in their overall development (Branka, Matjaz, & Tomaz, 2015). The encouragement of art enables imagination, and creativity, which help develop a child’s cognition (Branka, Matjaz, & Tomaz, 2015). Additionally, an environment that is caring and safe equates to a healthy learning environment, free of stress, and full of support.

Parents evaluate skill development with regards to problem solving, make-believe and artistic activities within a preschool, by observing their children’s actions in certain situations, or when playing by themselves, or with others. Parents understand the abilities their children have prior to them attending preschool, as they recall what they have taught them.

If children are seemingly able to work through problems better than they did prior to preschool, or if they are tapping into their imaginations and playing make-believe, or utilizing their artistic abilities more-so, or better, than it would be safe to say that their skills are increasing, from attending preschool. However, if there is no change, then the preschool curriculum should be reevaluated by the parents.

Looking at this development is very important for evaluation, as it is a way parents can be aware of the benefit of said preschool curriculum. Looking at these things can help parents decide if their child is benefitting in said preschool, or not. Thank you for reading, have a great night!

Sincerely,

Britney Rodriguez

References

Branka, C., Matjaz, M., Tomaz, Z. (2015). Preschool teaching Staff’s Opinion on the Importance of Preschool Curricular Fields of Activities, Art Genres and Visual Arts Fields ProQuest.  Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/docview/1769716152?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=8289

CHFD 308 Lesson 7. (n.d.). Cognitive Development in Early Childhood. American Military University.

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