Child development observation

Remote Observation video and notes!

1. A Successful Preschool Transition: Managing Separation Anxiety I am a firm believer that parents should have a drop-off routine. When a parent engages in a consistent daily routine for drop-off, children are less prone to have anxiety. Many of my families have their routines in their cars on their way to care.

2. The nature of integrated learning Integrated teaching and learning benefit the children to acquire and use basic skills in all the areas of learning. Integrating teaching helps to develop children’s attitudes, skills, and knowledge and to help them make. It also offers opportunities to experience learning as a meaningful whole.

3. CSEFEL PracticalStrategies TeachingSocialEmotionalSkills Teaching social skills helps children become better adults. They have different strategies to deal with different situations. It also helps them cope with problems that they might not necessarily know how to handle.

4. Practical Strategies for Teaching Social-Emotional Skills Has four different steps! Explain the new skill. Demonstrate it. Give positive feedback. Provide practice opportunities.

5. Babies and toddlers: Amazing learners Early learning lays the foundation for later learning and success in school/life. It is also essential for the quality of life in the present. What you learn first, you learn best.

6. Preschoolers - Cognitive Cognitive development is reasoning, thinking, and understanding. Cognitive development is essential for the knowledge growth of all children. In preschool, children are learning questioning, spatial relationships, problem-solving, imitation, memory, number, etc.

7. Make the Most of Every Minute in Your Preschool Program This video speaks about the importance of making the most of every minute. It offered recommendations on materials to use. One is the Mighty Minutes for Preschool (Cards 01-100). Teachers can use these short and playful songs, chants, rhymes throughout the day to help children be engaged.

8. Highly Successful Strategies to Guide Young Children's Behavior - Dr. Patricia Vardin This video talks about strategies on how to guide children that have destructive behavior. What triggers inappropriate behaviors. How can teachers use the supportive guidance approach to help children with these behaviors?

9. Helping Toddlers Regulate Emotions Helping toddlers regulate emotions using “ ruler.” RULER stands for five emotional intelligence areas: Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating emotions. With RULER, children learn different words for feelings, which help them express their feelings and emotions.

The following videos are from the California early childhood online module for inclusion.

10. Inclusion Providing care for children’s disability and at risk for learning disability. Three fundamental principles to ensure inclusion practices access, participation, and support.

11. Universal design for learning Universal design focuses on the design and composition of an environment inside and out to enhance the quality of care for all children. Universal design should maximize Independence when possible. It advises on how to help special needs children engage and be independent.

12. Talking with parents when concerns arise. The video shows how to respond when parents are concerned their children might have a Learning disability. It also speaks about if a teacher can provide adequate care for the child and what to do. It also talks about if the delay is learning or emotional.

13. The emotional response This video was about the emotional response that teachers sometimes have when they see that they are not developing where they should be. It also speaks about the fear of talking to the parent. It also gives suggestions on how to engage the family to provide services for them if need be.

14. Preparing for a formal conference (special needs) So when preparing for the formal conference, small informal talks should have been spoken to the parent about the topic. During the conference, you have to be specific on the descriptions for instants. He is having trouble, not he’s having some trouble. If you are worried about a child, you have to be ready with the referrals.

15. How to conduct a conference. Start by asking family members how they see their child’s development. Share the positive qualities you have observed in the child. Ask how the child is behaving at home before sharing any concerns.

16. Contributing to collaboration Providing an inclusive and collaborative program is an inclusive effort. Both teachers, specialists, and families can serve as resources for teachers. To help special needs children thrive in their learning environment.

17. Collaborating with families (special needs children) Collaborating with families is about children that enter your site already (special need) identified. A rich collaboration is essential for the child's success. It’s Important for a teacher to be familiar with the resources that parents may need for their children. It’s also important that teachers are open to working with specialists to provide the adequate care that the child needs.

18. Co-teaching in with special education teachers Co Teaching ensures that students with special needs have access to the general education curriculum. The benefit to co-teaching benefits both the child with special needs and the teachers. I know first hand Caring for children with special needs can be overwhelming. When I work together with the children’s wrap-around team (SARC and other specialists), it is easier for me to help the child.

19. Environmental support modification for special needs. Create individual workspaces. By defining the space, children are able to focus and will likely keep their hands and their attention on their materials. Arranging small groups for activities for children with special needs work better with smaller groups. Allow free flow between math and other activities.

20. Child preferences Child preferences mean coming to know the child’s preferences through observation, direct interaction, families, and others, then taking this knowledge and applying it in various ways. By using a child’s favorite toy in different areas of learning will help them with their development.