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- 1. Curriculum and how it affects children and how it is age appropriate. Cierra Settlemire SOE 115 Kendall College
- 2. Overview • The curriculum in the classroom is crucial on how the children learn. If the curriculum is boring then you find that your children act more than usual but if it is too difficult they may shut down. Finding the perfect curriculum is far from easy but will help the children not only learn but want to learn.
- 3. What is curriculum? • “The term curriculum refers to the lessons and academic content taught in a school or in a specific course or program.”
- 4. Source #1 • “Curriculums that include topics such as appropriate scheduling, creating a developmentally appropriate classroom, and making the most of learning centers, will help create a classroom environment that actively engages the child and keeps his or her attention.” • This website taught me about to keep curriculum in the classroom upbeat but yet developmentally appropriate. It gave examples of how a teacher conducts their classroom and the different activities one could do in the classroom. Teachers need to be able to distinguish each individual and their different learning abilities.
- 5. Source #2 • "Developmentally appropriate practice requires both meeting children where they are—which means that teachers must get to know them well —and enabling them to reach goals that are both challenging and achievable.“ • This website helped me realize even more that children learn differently. We have to look at every aspect when it comes to learning about your children. We have to get to them and find their interests and dislikes. Watch them play and find that one thing that can help you teach them a certain concepts. Getting the parents on board will help both of your jobs.
- 6. Source #3 • “It is important to note that while curriculum encompasses a wide variety of potential educational and instructional practices, educators often have a very precise, technical meaning in mind when they use the term.” • I love this website because it talks about how teachers make up their curriculum and how much time and effort they put into it. As the year goes they make changes that may help the next class. This website also talks about the different requirements that goes into making a curriculum.
- 7. Experiences • In my experience when the children get involved with the activities it promotes learning. If the class is working on shapes one week then find activities that will allow the children to help themselves learn. Go on a scavenger hunt into other rooms or just the hallway and tell the children to try and find different shapes. Find table activities that will make them draw their shapes themselves.. Children learn by doing things themselves. We do community volunteer week in our class and we bring in a police officer, firefighter, pastor, or someone around the community to come and talk with us. Get the children involved and ask them who they would like to have come in. This not only helps them learn but it also helps them become independent learners.
- 8. Communication with families • Communications with families is number one to me. My head teacher and I make a monthly newsletter for the parents to take home and read. In that letter we provide the different activities we will be doing each week, the letter/letters we do each week, colors, shapes, and even numbers we do each week. We tell them about any field trips or party days that may be coming up. We also provide parent teacher conferences three times a year so the parents can keep up with their child knows or is struggling with.
- 9. Conclusion • When it comes to finding the right curriculum there is so many aspects one has to think about. Is it developmentally appropriate? Will it keep the children’s attention? Will the children learn from my curriculum? This is one thing I do not think anyone masters 100% because of all the different types of children that one gets. You may have a kindergartener that can read but then the other only knows a few site words.
- 10. References • Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2017, from https://www.cceionline.edu/newsletters/May_08.html • Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2017, from https://www.cceionline.edu/newsletters/May_08.html • Concepts, L. (2015, August 12). Curriculum Definition. Retrieved August 15, 2017, from http://edglossary.org/curriculum/