Creative Environments
This powerpoint was organized around 4 main domains.
What is PIES - physical, intellectual, emotional and social?
The most important job a caregiver has.
What is keeping the children safe?
Research shows that developmentally appropriate environments cause less of this?
What is stress?
This plays a major role in helping children guide their behavior.
What is modeling?
Molds behavior via a reward and punishment – the goal is obedience.
What is the Behaviorist Theory?
Large and small muscles are part of this domain.
What is the physical domain?
Infants need a secure safe space.
What is separate spaces for mobile and immobile infants?
•Recent reviews of early learning standards for prekindergarten children urge early childhood educators to place as much emphasis these two domains.
What are the social and emotional domains?
A teacher who attends to children's needs.
What is a caring or responsive caregiver?
Helps children learn from experiences and reasoning.
What is the Constructivist Theory?
Self - esteem and self - concept are part of this domain.
What is the emotional domain?
Sensory materials for preschoolers should be available indoors and outdoors.
What is sand and water play?
An integrated curriculum using these for topics of learning.
What are themes?
Help children express and name these.
What are feelings?
Believes that time is the best teacher.
What is the Maturationist Theory?
Curiosity and experimentation are part of this domain.
What is the Intellectual domain?
35 square feet per child.
What is the common guideline for indoor space in most states?
Children's mode of learning.
What is play?
•Brain research demonstrates that processing emotions is more difficult for this gender.
What are males?
The biggest concern for teachers.
What is Discipline?
Sharing, cooperation and empathy are part of this Domain.
What is the Social domain?
These need to be clear and consistent.
What are classroom rules?
These help children move from one place to another.
What are transitions?
This is related to children's progress in reading and writing.
What is risk taking?
This is usually associated with helping kids deal with problems.
What is Guidance?