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BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

8081 Module 4

Discussion: Week 7:

Literacy Development Through Play-Based Activities

Assignment Task Part 2 Colleagues Responses

Write two (2)

150 word responses:

Respond to two colleagues’ postings in the following way:

· Share how you, as an early childhood professional, intend to integrate play into your current practice in an effort to enhance language development and acquisition.

Cite appropriate references in APA 7 format to substantiate your thinking.

Lua shanks  Response

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In the early childhood setting, the environment is serene and supportive to the learning and development of a child. The environments serve as a core component in helping children and toddlers deal with certain challenges. The environment is supportive and with materials and equipment and routines that help in learning of the child. There are families ad practitioners that an at the forefront to support every child across different developmental domains. unfortunately, this environment is not accessible to all children because some practitioners are not sure how to create the environment. The environment s organized in such a way that it maximizes the learning opportunities and engagement of the child. There different books at different reading levels and the books are places where they can easily be accessible. To all your children. The walls are painted with bright and shouting colors with different pictures painted on the wall. The furnishing of the environment is child-sized and age-appropriate. The physical environment has is filled with different activities and clear visual and physical boundaries. The children are always visible to adults to ensure that there is proper supervision of all the children in the environment. The environment is also designed to enable the children to play independently or even in small groups. The materials are organized and put inappropriate places.( Segal, Bardige, & Bardige, 2012). 

Play is exceptionally huge for a kid during the youth years. The actual climate will shift contingent upon the age and number of kids in the homeroom, just as the objectives of projects and explicit exercises in the study hall. The newborn child study hall, for instance, will assign the eating, resting, diapering, and play regions as essential for exercises. Notwithstanding, the main space where exercises will be performed is the play region. The play space of newborn children should be arranged with the goal that they can handle and arrive at age-suitable toys or pull themselves up when working on standing or straight.

References

Segal, M. M., Bardige, B., & Bardige, M. K. (2012). All about child care and early education: A comprehensive resource for child care professionals. Allyn & Bacon.

Stacey, S. (2018). Emergent curriculum in early childhood settings: From theory to practice.

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Katheryn Gonzales Response

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Developmental centers in the kindergarten classroom is a hot button where I teach. Most research that I have found, really all research, has deemed play in the kindergarten classroom as developmentally appropriate and important for student growth. The school that I teach in has curriculum that I am expected to follow in ways that are already decided. I find it very difficult to fit play into my daily schedule. However, I do find ways. During my literacy block I have incorporated center-based activities. One of the centers is my writing center. Writing centers incorporate phonics by adding letters, high frequency words, and word knowledge activities. In the writing center I provide students with a word wall that has sight words we are, or have learned, and an alphabet chart. I also incorporate a monthly word wall with pictures for students to write words. I have multiple writing tools, markers, colored pencils, pens, pencils, crayons, etc.). I also include notebooks, journals, writing paper, cards, and other fun paper. This is a favorite center for my class. Children are encouraged to practice writing strategies I model while they play. Students will pretend to make a grocery list, write a birthday card, and other fun activities. This center is developmentally appropriate for students because it allows them to extend academic learning into individual experience as well as allows children to build on prior knowledge (Taylor & Boyer, 2020).

Another center that I add to my literacy block is a listening center. This center is also a class favorite. While children are in this center they listen to a story either on an iPad or desktop computer. This center is a developmentally appropriate practice for teaching reading comprehension. Once students are finished listening to a story, I ask them to draw a picture of the characters and settings in the story. I ask students to label their picture which incorporates phonics. I will follow up with students by dictating their comprehension of the story as they retell what they heard. This is a great listening and speaking activity that my students really enjoy. I am able to incorporate listening, speaking, phonics, writing, and comprehension. 

References:

Read Naturally. (n.d.) Essential components of reading. Retrieved from

https://www.readnaturally.com/research/5-components-of-reading

Taylor, M. E., & Boyer, W. (2020). Play-Based Learning: Evidence-Based Research to Improve Children’s

Learning Experiences in the Kindergarten Classroom. Early Childhood Education Journal, 48(2), 127–133. 

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Kelli Barnes Response

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What a hot topic reading is within the preschool and primary realm! As a teacher, I get excited about all things literacy and anything that will encourage a stronger language and literacy foundation for my students.  However, with the ever changing curriculum cycles, traditional "centers" can viewed as taboo in some schools.  Thankfully,  some systems are beginning to see the crucial benefits of play and student-led engagement in the classroom, especially in the younger years. This is a welcomed sight because of the benefits that these centers can influence the essential components of reading, that include fluency, vocabulary, phonics, and phonemic awareness (n.d.)  In the system where I teach, a new curriculum was adopted two years ago and Kindergarten saw a complete about-face that allowed teachers to really dig deep into phonics and allow more classroom time for center-based learning.  Because I am a huge advocate for play in the classroom and student-led activities, I was happy to see this and have begun using some of the same concepts in my own classroom. 

For this week's discussion, I want to focus on the Kindergarten-age child and the potential language enhancement and development that is encouraged through center-based learning.  As a former Kindergarten teacher, I love to see the foundational growth that occurs at this age through phonics, reading, and writing.  One of the easiest and most impacting centers is alphabet letter and sound matching.  This simple center is engaging and builds phonemic awareness of letters and sounds that they make, which is crucial for beginning readers who will be identifying these letters and their sounds in books for the first time.  Another great center recommended, that is also suggested by Reading Rockets.org, would be word hunts within the classroom to build vocabulary.  These word hunts could start with primary color and number words and transition to sight words that would build better sight word recognition when building fluency.  This center would create a bridge between two different essential components. One last center to mention would be the power of read alouds in the classroom.  Read alouds are a pivotal part of a class' success and can allow students to hear new vocabulary, picture a story in their minds as they listen, and build listening comprehension.  Having students later complete a picture story map would strengthen comprehension needed for reading.  With these center-based learning activities, students would most certainly have multiple opportunities to build upon the essential components of reading. 

Reference :

Read Naturally. (n.d.) Essential components of reading. Retrieved from

https://www.readnaturally.com/research/5-components-of-reading

Reading Rockets (2015). Retrieved from http://www.readingrockets.org/

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