CHAPTER 2
CD30
Infant and Toddler Education
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Education vs. “stimulation.
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Infant education more than just babysitting.
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Preschool: circle time is the educational part.
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The Three Rs in interactions:
respectful, responsive , and reciprocal.
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The 10 principles:
Involve, quality time, communication, the whole child, respect, honest about own feelings, model
behavior, problem as learning opportunity, security/trust, quality of development.
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Curriculum: Appropriate curriculum should assist in planning for learning and development.
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Respectful and responsive curriculum is based on relationships that occur within planned and unplanned
activities, experiences, and happenings. Must understand typical development, atypical development,
diversity, and have good observation skills.
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Goals or outcomes to be organized in all developmental domains.
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Written Ways of Recording Observations:
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Anecdotal records- A description of something written on the spot or afterwards, that records something
brief that seems to have some meaning.
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Running records- A formal written observation taken first as notes and later written up in sentences and
paragraphs.
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Daily logs- To provide record times and details about diapering, feeding, sleeping. Shared with parents
daily if needed.
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Individual journal- one for each child.
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Two-way journals- Sent home for parents to write in and comes back to teacher next day. Could be e-mail
journal.
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Assessments: Ongoing tells how the child is learning, his/her growth, and development and what might
be needed next.
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Individualization: Using developmental profiles, the caregiver can individualize the curriculum so that it
meets each child’s specific and special needs.
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Knowing the child: what he/she teaches you about his/her interests, skills, knowledge, capabilities, and
needs.
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Do not use assessment procedures to create developmental report cards or label children!
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Development is NOT a race
Adults as Facilitators vs. stimulators :
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facilitator- appreciates the problems children encounter and allow them to work on solving those
problems by themselves.
b) Stimulators- provides stimuli to children in environment.
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Caregiver presence can be :
active—being a leader and directing what is going on.
receptive—following the child’s lead and being responsive.
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The Four Roles of the Adult in Infant-Toddler Education
1. Determining optimum stress levels: not too much and not too little
2. Providing attention for the right reasons
3. Providing clear feedback by standing back letting child figure out how to deal with it.
4. Modeling: Sharing, caring, respect, expression of emotions.
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The Benefits of Partnering with Parents
1. Children in the context of a family and a community.
2. Children’s learning and development are optimized.
3. Professionals and families have different knowledge and skills—everybody benefits.
4. The goals for child must fit in with their family and culture.
5. Outcomes must come from professionals and family, even if they are different.
6. Preserving diversity is important for all of us.