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WRITTEN PROPOSAL
Written Proposal
Julianne Jackson
PSY 104
Vanessa Schoenherr
April 13, 2015
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Introduction
Educational personnel have been in a long time setting up strategies to improve growth and development of our children in school. Lake park community center is a program that would supplement the growth and development with academic and cultural enrichment to children during out of school time hours. The center offers literacy and educational services by involving lots of activities. These activities have been split to gather for children of different age groups, starting from one year to the age of 18 years. Spitting this group stages helps identify the children talents and therefore gives the instructor ideas of training these children well. Children learn a lot from the time they are born to the time they become adults. I am seeking for the city council consideration for this project because it will give our children to learn more from what they get when they are in school. This is also a one way of integrating good ethical principles to children that would help them be responsible citizens as they grow up in the society. I believe having this center, not only would be beneficial to children alone but to the community and the country at large. The education systems integrate early childhood education and parenting education to inculcate life skills to children. However, the personnel need to work with families and communities to better prepare children’s success in school and a working environment. This paper aims at outlining the need of establishing community centers that collaborate with the education system in supporting children’s learning.
Age Group #1 – Infants
Infants develop an innate human ability which forms a basis for acquisition of language this also acts as developmental process which would be appropriate in understanding social behavior and skills. The best activity that would help the infants I to buy objects would be hanged for them to see their movement. These children love mimicking which shows a developing mind. They always expect movement of objects that always excite their minds. The objects can be made to move continuously like a pendulum and designed to give an impression of flying birds, horses and attractive objects. The theory of mind is used to support this activity. It acts as an intuitive explanation and understanding on people’s mental states and minds for instance thoughts, perceptions, knowledge, intentions emotions and desires. According to Deiner, P. L. (2013), theory of mind also seeks to explain how mental states influence social behavior and can be used to predict human thinking and actions. This is significant for human consciousness for example infants are expected to love movement of objects randomly. This is part of developmental psychology. This activity helps children have physical development by their knowing that objects keep existing. It gives the infants to develop object permanence even when they cannot be seen for instance is the moving objects are removed from their sight the infants develop cognitive development, they still know that they are there and would start to cry. The crying process is emotional development. They start to know that when they cry they are soothed to stop. Exercise is an health issue which should be considered depending on how the children responds to some items.
The second activity is finger painting. This would involve teaching the child to use a lot of painting on the floor or on different papers. They are thought how to touch paint brushes, markers and crayons and how well to position the correct paint. The theory to support this activity is Piaget's cognitive development stage theory where a child is thought to think differently unlike adults. Children can pain unimaginable pictures out of nowhere. The infants learn to be creative in mind and know which colors are attractive by touching them. This activity helps the children physically by supporting the large and small muscle development. It also improves their eye coordination that would be needed for writing later as they grow. Because the activity involves many children working together, this improves their social development by sharing and interaction with others. The cognitive development will be improved when they learn colors and their names. According to Grotewell & Burton, (2008), the children develop emotionally when their instructors help them feel valued and this raises their self esteem. Self discipline and good behavior plays a role in acquiring this knowledge. Girls are good with colors while boys can be attracted to objects that are constructed.
The specific item needed for this age group would be edible color painting. This is because the item is inexpensive and will help prevent children from consuming the dirt. Piaget's cognitive development stage theory suggests that paint helps infants develop faster by giving them ideas on how to mix paints. Learning from their instructors gives them an opportunity to develop their minds faster.
Link: http://www.incredibleart.org/files/color.htm
Age Group #2 – Toddlers
The activity that would help toddlers involves filling and emptying containers. Many containers are placed at the same area and objects like small balls are given to them to fill the containers. Care should be considered because toddlers can decide to eat or swallow the objects. The theory to support this activity is constructivist Theory which is based on invariant mathematical knowledge. Buy knowing which container is full and which the toddler is not, is able to decide which container to fill next. This improves their physical development of muscles and eye coordination knowing which container is filled and which ones are not. According to Grotewell & Burton, (2008), by using one to hold this object and the other in manipulating the container also improves their physical development. When toddler discovers that a container is filled and another one should be filed their cognitive development is improved. They can also imitate what others do. The toddlers can be sad and cry when their containers are emptied by others. The interactions with others give them a chance to develop the social development. They also watch other children and respond to them.
The second activity will be playing games. The toddlers are given balls and bottles that roll everywhere on the floor. They are thought to compete on whose ball can move faster on the floor. Cognitive theory supports this activity as toddlers can differentiate between a fast moving object and a slow one. According to Grotewell & Burton, (2008), most often the toddlers can fight for the object which moves faster. The physical development is achieved by throwing the balls and bottles to move faster. The cognitive development is achieved by knowing and observing which bottle moves faster on the floor. The socio-emotional encounter is developed when they have a brief play encounters with other children. Self discipline and good behavior plays a role in acquiring this knowledge. Girls are good with colors while boys can be attracted to objects that are constructed.
The specific items that should be bought include balls and bottles. These are cheap items and help the toddlers in improving their physical and cognitive development well. It will be important because it can be one of the most important things that improve the physical and mental development in children. Theory of mind supports the use of this item because it state that children love objects they can touch and play with when they are at this age.
Link: http://www.glasstargetballs.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=91
Age Group #3 – Early Childhood(3-6 years)
The curriculum for the early childhood is quite different from the others. This is the time when children have developed many skills like how to talk and mostly learn from their older children. The first activity will be thought how to learn using books, plants, art, music and nature activities. The children are given a range of atlases to identify countries, lakes and other physical features in the world. The learning environment should be designed in such a way that it gives the children freedom to touch the learning materials and appreciate them. The children can also be taught how to sing some music verses and perform them in front of their fellow children. The research done by the Montessori philosophy and methodology states that learning should be introduced when the child shows an intent to and readiness and therefore supports this activity during the early childhood. This activity enhance the physical activity because there child is involves in thinking which expands their minds. According to Grotewell & Burton, (2008), writing also helps them get used to holding writing material for long time with their hands. Cognitive development is improved because they are involved in discussions that might sometime require logical and comprehensive thinking. The socio-emotional development is improved when they fail some questions and therefore will be sad for some time but will later learn that failing is part of life.
Secondly, dancing will be another activity that will be important for the early childhood. Dancing sessions will also be intertwined with music playing. This will be a good way of discovering talent. The children will be involved in dancing competitions and the winner will be given presents. Social learning theory supports this activity because children are thought to learn new skills and behaviors by observing other people. According to this theory of child development, children learn new behaviors from observing the actions of other people and therefore help them improve their decision making skills. Dancing will help the children exercise and therefore helps in physical development. Learning which moves to make will help their cognitive development in the long run and learning and interaction with their partners gives them an opportunity to improve their socio-emotional development.
Specific item needed to be bought will be books like atlases, photo albums of great leaders or various famous people. These item will help the children expand the knowledge they usually get in class and use it effectively improve their minds. It will also help children learn about their environment and therefore appreciate by guarding against any abuse. From the Montessori philosophy research children learn using books by making discoveries. This item helps them to cultivate motivation, concentration and a love of learning. It provides an optimal learning experience that is positive and rewarding.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Scorch-Atlas-Blake-Butler/dp/0977199282
Age Group #4 – Middle/Late Childhood
This group can be involved in games activities like soccer where teams are chosen to play against one another. The player are thought on rules and given terms to play well in the field. The theory of mind supports this activity because the children can know when to pass the ball well and avoid rough play. This imp roves on exercise for the children and therefore improves on emotional development. Knowing when to pass the ball will help in cognitive development. When they fail to score or loss the game, their socio-emotional development is improved well. According to Evans, Ilfeld & Myers, (2000, self discipline plays a role in playing the game well especially when the kids have good manners through good parenting and education gives the children an opportunity to learn new skills.
The children can also be involved in running competition. This will make them identify their talents. Montessori philosophy advocates for this as a way of educating the children to participate in out of class activities. This imp roves on exercise for the children and therefore improves on emotional development.
Items that should be bought are games kits and soccer boots. This would give the children to learn how to use them well. It provides an optimal learning experience that is positive and rewarding. Boys can be hard to obey rules which are a gender issue that should be considered. Self discipline which is a parenting play a role in how the children accept the rules. Exercise pays a role in how the children play in the field.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Scorch-Atlas-Blake-Butler/dp/0977199282
The adolescence is involved in community development like charity and volunteer work. This way they would learn to appreciate the community they live in and appreciate the importance of ethical principles. The theory of the mind supports this activity because it helps children develop new life skills like helping the needy and working together. They develop physically by working and emotionally by observing the need of helping others. According to Evans, Ilfeld & Myers, (2000, exercise is a health issue that requires that people work to help them have a good health. Self discipline is a parenting issue that help the children behave well wherever they go. Boys can be hard to obey rules which are a gender issue that should be considered. Self discipline which is a parenting play a role in how the children accept the rules.
Lastly the activity that should be given to the adolescence is sex education. This way the children are thought on the consequences of having premature sexual relationships. Social development theory supports this because young adults learn from their peers. Ethical theories support this activity as a way of instilling good morals in the society at large.
Specific item that should be bought include magazines and health booklets that would be good in learning good morals and getting knowledge about life experiences. Theory of mind also seeks to explain how mental states influence social behavior and can be used to predict human thinking and actions.
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Scorch-Atlas-Blake-Butler/dp/0977199282
Conclusion
I believe that this project will help the children in our community .The points stated are supported by many research analysis and theory that have been practiced in many parts of the world and therefore are a good approach in the development of the children. Having better citizens who have educational and life knowledge gives our community an opportunity to prosper. Contemporary psychologists often draw on a variety of theories and perspectives in order to understand how kids grow, behave, and think Through this project, we can get talents and good future leaders’ would therefore urge the city council to consider this proposal because the advantages are far much important to our community. This would be necessary not only to the children but to the parents, teachers and other working people because each of them wants a better growth and development for their children.
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