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Questions
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My Beliefs
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Curriculum A
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Curriculum B
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Curriculum C
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What is the purpose of early childhood education?
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To form a creative and active mind for children to grow and develop.
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Create a dramatic play area based on the week’s curriculum. For example, create a NASA space station for a creative classroom to get the children.
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Create a class pet. Having a class pet can encourage children to be directed into making “better” choices using positive reinforcement.
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Making a rotation table choice time. Set up 3 tables of different sensory and manipulative activities and have the children rotate through the activities.
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What are young children like and how do they learn?
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Young children are innocent minds who see things from unique perspectives. They learn through repeated action and play.
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Use recycled materials to create musical instruments. Children see things how they are, so turning objects into something else gives them different perspective.
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Creating sensory and dramatic play to enhance the creative aspect of the curriculum to encourage children to learn through play.
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Make a “food choice” snack time. Make a snack out of something that is grown by the class.
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Who participates in early childhood education and what are their roles?
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Parents play a part as a child’s guidance and direct support of the child. Teachers/caregivers are meant to support and mold the minds of young children by encouraging them to learn through play.
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Have a secret reader come to read their child’s favorite story to the class.
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Make a spirit week and have the parents participate by creating/ coming to the class for different activities.
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Have a family fun box. Put fun weekend activities for families to do and then talk about it on Monday.
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What's worth knowing? What should children learn?
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Children should learn how to use independence and persistence to learn and figure things out. They should also know how to learn through repeat and by action.
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Create a class list of “rules” on how to be friends in the classroom and what to do during certain situations. For example “when to ask for help”
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Create an environment where children work as teams and use team-building strategies to work together.
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Make a classroom art using a buddy system where children create one art piece with each other.
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How might the curriculum be implemented and acted out?
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It can be implemented by creating the environment necessary. It can also be acted out through guidance.
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When discussing a certain topic, have the classroom focus on that topic. For example, ocean theme, create an ocean, use ocean letter flash cards.
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Make a “letter of the week” and have the children focus on making projects using that letter.
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Make a curriculum based on children’s interests and interest of play.
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