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The creative curriculum notes and analysis assignment
Notes:
There are five fundamental principles:
Positive interaction with adults.
Social emotion competence: it’s significant for the school
success.
Play: play and learning material going into different center for
children to explore.
Physical environment: it’s a set up for the child.
Parent teacher partnership: the importance of building a
relationship.
We as teacher need to know how children develop and learn in
school. We will do this by observation and assessments. Our
learning environment is very important for us and our children.
The environment provides children opportunity to decide if they
want to work solo, small or large group. We have goals and
objective of what us teacher would like to see in our students. Us
teacher play major roles in every child’s life. We need to be
considered of every child in the classroom. To help them with
their learning style and to engage them. And the family’s roles
are just as important also. The family helps us with the child and
with our curriculum. We should always be on the same page with
the parents and consider their ideas and input. The classroom has
six different section that can help you with your set up for
children’s learning. Here is a list of the different parts in the
classroom:
Art: is an area that’s warm, comfort and safe for children.
Everything should be child’s level with different material for the
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children to engage with. Art gives children the opportunity to
express themselves and exploring.
Blocks: this area provides children the chance to hold, build and
create. The shelves are placed to protect the builders. The floor is
smooth and soft to make it easy to build on. Blocks incorporate
math with measurement and space awareness.
House corner: this area develop imagination, creative, role
playing and recalling stories. This area also build connection to
real life experiences.
Table toy: the teacher can observe children easier in this center.
And there is opportunity where you can help them with problem
solving.
Sand and water: this center have natural materials inside of it
for children to build sensory skills. The child will learn to share
ideas in this area.
Library corner: this is a warm and welcoming are for children to
go into. The books inside of this center is ones that will meet
children’s interest.
All these areas set the stage for learning and integrating different
subjects together. And as teachers we can plan intentional
through our centers.
Analysis:
I learn that it’s important to plan intentional with the centers and
careful about the material inside of the areas. I plan to build a
good connection with the families to help the child have a success
place in the class. By incorporating their ideas with mines, I can
meet the child’s needs. I will encourage the child to believe in
themselves and help them feel safe in the classroom. I learn that
through play I can help the children with their social emotion
development. I plan to embrace each child as they meet different
milestones throughout the time in the classroom. I plan to ask
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open-ended questions to help understand the children’s needs
and interest. My focus will be on material the interest the child
and help with their development. Integration is very important for
me when it comes to lesson plans. I learn that every center can
include language arts and math. With the appropriate learning
standards, I can have a purposeful learning lesson that can be
integrated. Things I will consider for the child is goals, objective
and their skill develop. I will document and observe the children
to make the right assessment for everyone in the classroom. I will
learn to let the child be independent and ensure them that I can
assist them if needed. I plan to make sure all my centers are
engaging to the children. I want to be challenging the children
and providing them areas that are welcoming. I will have child
level shelves and furniture in the different centers. I learned it’s
important to label the shelves and have things the reflect child’s
home lives. I will alternate props in most centers. I want the
children to be able to explore and experiment in my classroom. I
will make sure my noise area is not next to my quiet area. In my
block area I plan to have the different size and shapes displayed
on the shelves so children. My house corner area will have dress
clothes along with house props inside. Benefits of the house
corner is the children learning how to get along and how to
express themselves. I will make sure my table area props provide
moments to problem solving. I would love to put an easel for the
children to explore emotions, colors and texture. I plan to be
flexible in all my areas and my classroom so my children can be
successful. I decide to incorporate outdoor lesson plan and props
in my everyday classroom. This assignment brought a lot of
awareness to the centers and the benefit developments for
children. I learned not only the benefits but the importance of
child/family relationship and how to integrate different subjects.
We as teacher must build bonds, develop skills for the children
and create a safe/warm environment.
