Wawanesa Wee Care Inc. |
Visit two- schema play
Visit three was all about Supporting Children’s Eagerness for Relationships and Social
Competencies. As we observe children, we are always looking for competencies. So often, we want to step in, fix, solve or just take over. After all, we are bigger, smarter and have so much to teach children. While this is true, we often forget just how amazing children are! While children may need our guidance to solve a problem appropriately, we often overlook the cues they automatically give us. Babies turn their heads when something or someone is undesirable to them. Toddler’s use the word NO like it's going out of style and often will shout of scream to show their displeasure. Older preschool children may say mean things, as a way to get their point across. Again, this is our opportunity to help them acknowledge their feelings and then express them in a socially acceptable way.
As children are naturally drawn to be in social relationships, we need to pay attention offer support and guidance, but also remember to sometimes wait 5 or 10 seconds to see just what they are capable of. Our role as an ECE is to determine how we can bring children together in relationship. Rather than saying things like 'you have all of the cars, can you share some with your friend' we might take the friend aside and say 'I see he has all of the cars right now, I wonder what his plan is? Let's watch'.
Ideally, we want to create an environment where leads children to interact with each other, and have shared play scripts. Children feel so powerful when pretend playing.
Competencies. As we observe children, we are always looking for competencies. So often, we want to step in, fix, solve or just take over. After all, we are bigger, smarter and have so much to teach children. While this is true, we often forget just how amazing children are! While children may need our guidance to solve a problem appropriately, we often overlook the cues they automatically give us. Babies turn their heads when something or someone is undesirable to them. Toddler’s use the word NO like it's going out of style and often will shout of scream to show their displeasure. Older preschool children may say mean things, as a way to get their point across. Again, this is our opportunity to help them acknowledge their feelings and then express them in a socially acceptable way.
As children are naturally drawn to be in social relationships, we need to pay attention offer support and guidance, but also remember to sometimes wait 5 or 10 seconds to see just what they are capable of. Our role as an ECE is to determine how we can bring children together in relationship. Rather than saying things like 'you have all of the cars, can you share some with your friend' we might take the friend aside and say 'I see he has all of the cars right now, I wonder what his plan is? Let's watch'.
Ideally, we want to create an environment where leads children to interact with each other, and have shared play scripts. Children feel so powerful when pretend playing.