Quality of learning
Having the capacity to notice, modify and adapt behaviour, emotions and attention related to the demands of a situation.
What is Self-regulation?
When children feel a sense of this, they feel safe, free and confident in expressing themselves and exploring new ideas.
What is belonging?
This person believed children could flourish in the right environments, including curriculum materials called "gifts" and "occupations".
Who is Friedrich Froebel?
What is the staff to child ratio for infants according to the child care regulations?
1:3
1 adult to 3 infants
1830-1870 commercial and manufacturing companies needed workers. The Factories introduced this type of school to provide care to the babies while their parents worked.
What are Infant Schools?
What is DAP?
Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Encourages you to see each child as an individual, as part of the community and as part of a larger community.
The degree to which you form meaningful relationships with children, other educators and families in your ECE programs (ECE QUALITY)
What is Process Quality?
A positive and trusting relationship between parents, children, and educators, and a responsive environment have a powerful influence on a child's development and learning.
What is the environment?
Explain how a chaotic physical environment usually indicates a lack of intentional learning?
An intentional educator attends to details such as organization, color, light and shape. The educator will provide carefully selected open-minded materials for meaningful independent exploration.
What is the ECERS-3 and what is it used for?
The Early Childhood Environment Ratings Scale for preschoolers (aged 2.5-5 YO) is a tool that measures components of quality. It can also be used to gather info to support quality improvement in early childhood programs.
By the early 1900s these nurseries were created for mothers who were poor, widowed or deserted.
What are creches?
The 3 core considerations of DAP are this
What is commonality, individuality and context?
3 challenges early learning education faces in rural Sask.
Lack of qualified staff
Lack of space
Lack of money
Parents feel like they have limited choice
Distance and location barriers to programs site
There is no care outside of typical working hours
Feeling valued, being connected to others in the group and making meaningful contributions to the group.
What is belonging?
This person's kindergartens were introduced in the 1870s as a method to address growing numbers of preschool children left unattended while their mothers worked.
Who is Friedrich Froebel?
What is the staff to child ratio for toddlers
1:5
1 staff to 5 toddlers
What happened during the Second World War?
Canada recruited many women to the workforce due to many men leaving to fight the war, causing a demand for child care. The baby boom after the war forced response to offer part-time enrichment programs for children.
Everything about the social and cultural contexts for each child, each educator, and the program as a whole
What is the Context of DAP?
Structural Quality is based on these 3 building blocks
Low adult to child ratio
Qualified educators with training
Stimulating environments
The physical environment should lead to active, curious play and learning. Your choices need to reflect the interests of the children, the children's family background and your knowledge of child development.
What is play?
Explain why children who interact with responsive educators have greater social skill development
Children are more likely to get along with their peers when they have responsive educators. Responsive educators support social skills, thinking and language skills.
With an ECE diploma, how can you provide better outcomes for children in the programs you will work
Answers will vary
You will have the knowledge and experience to offer a learning environment that is stimulating and challenging. You recognize the importance of both theoretical and practical knowledge.
A flood of women entered the workforce and a growing understanding of the importance of the early years. The legislation was introduced to assist low-income Canadians with childcare costs.
The characteristics and experiences unique to each child within the context of their family and community that have implications for how best to support their development and learning
What is Individuality of DAP?
Four broad principle of early childhood education
What is Holistic development,
Environments,
Belonging
and Play
Interaction between the environment and biology on a childs development, including cognitive, language, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical. "The whole child"
What is Holistic development?
The process of developmentally appropriately assessing young children includes the 3 following steps
Gather information
Document
Reflect
This program believes in four elements including supporting holistic development, providing health services, providing parenting progams and providing supports and resources to familes.
What is Headstart?
What happened in the 1980's when the government began funding more and more early learning programs?
There were increases in demand for spaces and early learning and childcare programs across Canada. Prompted introduction of the childcare regulations and a greater understanding of quality early learning and care.
All development and learning occur within specific social, cultural, linguistic and historical contexts.
What is the Commonality of DAP?