Chapter One

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Working with Young Children
Chapter One
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Early Childhood

• covers the period from birth to nine years of
  age
• Growth very rapid
• Develops
• Sense of self
• Language
• Social and emotional skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Motor skills
• Important foundation for later learning

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Social and Economic Changes

• Changes in families
• Non-traditional
• Changes in employers attitudes
• Sponsored child care
• Employee benefit
• Company payoffs
• May offer childcare assistance
• Resource and referral service
• Emergency backup arrangements

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Changes in Education Attitudes

• 6 versus 33
• Developmental needs
• Licensed and accredited
• Half day vs full day kindergarten
• More public ed monies to early childhood ed.

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Career Opportunities in Early Childhood

• Nannies
• Au pairs
• Kindergarten teachers
• Child care teachers and directors
• Licensing specialists
• Others pg. 16

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Education Training Needed to Work with Young
Children

• Entry-level
• child development associate(CDA) credential-
• Two-year associate degree
• Bachelors degree
• Graduate degree

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Teachers Responsibilities

• Interact with children
• Influence children
• Space and activities
• CHALLENGING AND REWARDING!!

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• To know how children grow and develop
• To plan a developmentally appropriate curriculum
• To prepare the environment
• To communicate effectively
• To demonstrate teamwork
• To manage time wisely
• To participate in professional organizations
• To follow ethical standards
• To continue to learn

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To know how children grow and develop

• Understand child growth and development
• Abilities and interests at different ages
• Helps prepare inviting and developmentally
  appropriate environments
• Assist in developing curriculum that is
  challenging
• Work effectively with individuals and groups

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• Behavior brings them pleasure
• Learn from other people and you
• Teach positive interaction
• Cooperative and skillful in getting along with
  others

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To plan a developmentally appropriate curriculum

• whole child- social, cognitive, physical, and
  emotional development
• Physical- coordination, stamina, flexibility,
  strength, and sensory awareness
• Social- interact positively with other children
  and adults adapt to expectations
• Cognitive- acquire information to understand and
  function in worldproblem solve through hands on
  activities
• Emotional- understand themselves, recognize,
  label, and accept feeling assert rights in
  culturally acceptable way

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To prepare the Environment

• Inviting and stimulating
• Encourage to independently experiment, explore,
  and manipulate
• Interaction with variety of materials

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To communicate effectively

• Positive communication skills
• Inform explain guide
• Effective communication with parents
• Meaningful relationships with colleagues

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To demonstrate teamwork

• Work as a team
• Make coworkers feel important
• Support through actions and words
• Know how to resolve conflicts

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To manage time wisely

• Organize time
• Set priorities
• Distinguish between important and urgent matters

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To participate in professional organizations

• National Association for the Education of Young
  Children (NAEYC)
• Helps keep you up to date on new developments

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To follow ethical standards

• ethics- guiding set of moral principles
• Ethical- conforming to accepted standards of
  conduct
• Need to practice ethical behavior at all times
• Maintain highest standards of ethical conduct
• Always open to new ideas and and suggestions
• Code of Ethical Conduct guidelines established
  by the NAEYC

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To continue to learn

• A teacher never finishes learning
• Need to be a committed lifelong learner

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Characteristics of Successful Teachers

• Build your own strengths and develop your own
  style
• Best suits your personality
• Successful teachers have common characteristics

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Characteristics of successful teachers

• Fondness for children

• Patience

Sense of Humor
Compassion
Confidence
Commitment
Physical Mental Health
Personal Desire