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Wake Up and Wake Up and Smell the CrayonsSmell the Crayons
Wake Up and Wake Up and Smell the CrayonsSmell the Crayons
Susan K. StewartSusan K. Stewart
• School readiness
“… social, mental, and physical skills that prepare them for classroom learning …”
School Readiness: What Matters MostRand Review, Fall 2004
• Universal Preschool in California Creates Benefits that Surpass Cost
“Our analysis shows that an investment in universal preschool in California would provide a net economic benefit to the state.”
“An increasing number of children suffer a ‘character disturbance’, emotional detachment and uncomfortable inner rage, and its origins can be traced to disruptions in parent-infant bonding.”
The Assault on Parenthood
Dana Mack
Birth through two years• Physical Growth
– Holding head– Controlling arms– Sitting up– Crawling– Walking– Half adult height
• Language– Listens– Babbles– Starts a few words
• Social Skills– Smiles– Responds to people
Three Year Olds• Physical
– Active, Active, Active– Short attention span
“God put the wiggle in, don’t you dare take it out.” Henretta Mears
“Movement is one of the most important components of learning.” Maria Montessori
• Language– Very verbal
• Why? No.
– Pretend• Copy and imitate
• Social– Plays next to other children– Appear to be outgoing– Develop bonding relationships
Four Year Olds• Physical
– More physical control– Still moving
• Language– “Read” books– “Write”
• Social– Play with others– Bossy
“Do not feel that you must teach your preschooler to read.”
“Try not to feel that you as a parent ‘ought’ to be doing something special about your child’s intellectual life.”
“And here is where all too many parents make that fatal mistake, …. They start their child too soon.”
Your Four-Year-Old, Wild and WonderfulDr. Louise Bates
Gesell Institute of Human Development
Gender Differences• Girls
– Sit to do seatwork sooner– Growth spurts earlier
• Boys– Tend to be more active– Later growth spurts
Child Development and Learning
• Children learn best when their physical needs are met and they feel psychologically safe and secure
• Children construct knowledge
• Children learn through social interaction with other adults and other children
• Children learn through play
• Children’s interest and “need to know” motivate learning
• Human development and learning are characterized by individual variation
• Opportunities for children to learn out of school
• Opportunities for adults to serve as role models
• Opportunities for children to become involved with and contribute to the community.
• 85% of adult personality is formed
by age six– Character– Social– Spiritual
Character Development
• Love– Learned in the family
• Help– Help at home
• Sharing– An act of kindness– Children are naturally self-centered
• Giving– Charitable activities
Social Skills• Social skills are not socialization• Three-year-olds can learn to shake
hands, sit in a restaurant, ask permission to leave a room (Montessori)
• “Yes, I’m concerned about socialization and that is why I have chosen to educate my children at home.
Spiritual Skills• Prayer and/or meditation• Religious Reading• Singing
And how from your childhood you have had a knowledge of and been acquainted with the sacred Writings, which are able to instruct you and give you the understanding for salvation which comes through faith in Christ Jesus
2 Timothy 3:15 (AMP)
Discipline• Do it now• Be consistent• Watch for negative reinforcement• Apply the Golden Rule• Don’t give a choice you don’t mean• What are triggers?
Curriculum• Two-year-olds
– Crayons– Books– Blocks– Open & close– Pail, shovel, dirt– Mom, Dad, siblings
Curriculum• Three-year-olds
– Pots & pans, canned goods– Begin cutting– Sewing cards– Obstacle course– Books– Learn parents name
Curriculum• Four-year-olds
– Pencil and paper– Books– Matching games– Puzzles– Collections– Maybe computer
Curriculum• Five-year-olds
“We maintain that all too many boys and girls are virtually kidnapped into kindergarten long before they are ready, simply because they have reached some arbitrary legal age.”
Dr. Louise BatesDr. Frances Ilg
“ ‘ Kids who enter kindergarten at age 6 instead of 5 .. Do significantly better on standardized tests, and the gains persist beyond kindergarten.’ “
Ashlesha DatarRAND Associate
“Keep those pencils out of their hands and workbooks off their desks as long as you can,”
Dr. Louise BatesDr. Frances Ilg
Curriculum• Six-years-old
– Sort laundry (math)– Watch grass grow (science)– Read aloud– Write name (language)– Set the table (math)– Go outside (P.E.)
What To Do With Baby• It’s your school
– Informal learning– Encourages independent learning
• Newborns• Naps
– One-on-one time
• Read. Read. Read.• Involve older children
– Read– Make up stories– Practice flash cards– Teach a younger child
• Games and puzzles– Scrabble, Monopoly, Concentration– Make shape puzzles
• School Kit– Crayons, paints, small toys
• Let everyone watch
Activities for the Family• Local trips
– Zoo, pet store, fish store
• Pick your own farms• Plays, concerts, museums• Scrapbooks
Ideas From Moms• Carry along shapes and colors• White boards• Magnet letters• Paper on wall or table• Toe painting in bathtub• Take school outside
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