Observation in the Early Childhood and Care Settings2
The layout of the area3
Materials and equipment available3
Mark Making Area3
Small World Area4
Book Reading and listening Area4
Creative Area4
Location of the Area5
Observed Activities5
The use of materials5
Interaction between children5
Interaction between children and adults5
The Child's enjoyment Area6
Decision making6
Medical6
Education6
Early year settings (Music): Layout of the Area7
Shaker Fun7
Use of Materials7
The use of Materials7
Interaction between children8
Interaction between children and adult8
Observation8
Child Observation Methodology9
Analysis of observation9
Observation centred planning10
Parenting Styles and Child Outcomes11
Objectives of the Study12
Importance of Equality Proofing13
Diverse Societies13
Different Concerns13
Diversity and Equality14
Child development and difficulties with child care in Ireland16
Early Childhood Education and Its Influence on Cognitive Development18
Means to Gather Information on the Observation19
Recommendations19
Implementations Plan21
Assessment Development and Early Childhood Learning22
Assessment System23
Observation and Development of Educational Processes24
References26
Child Care
Introduction
Each child is different from other child and, develops certain skills when they grow according to their own perceptions to the world. The criteria of development are almost similar in all children. All the requirements of the children including food, shelter, education and manners are the responsibility of the teachers and parents. Most parents and teachers are lacking in providing proper child care and, fails in the development of the children. There are many child care programs in order to raise the awareness in adults to up bring children in an effective manner.
Observation in the Early Childhood and Care Settings
Development of child includes several social, moral and emotional aspects of the society and, observation of the development of child is the unique skill in adults. All these new skills require lots of skills. The learning environment should be comfortable for children either at home, arts and music (indoor and outdoor). There should be such areas, in which children feel comfortable in their learning activities. Children can find materials easily and, don't waste their time in searching equipments. The area of learning in childcare centres should be clean and safe to provide wide space for children to develop their learning. There should be proper space for children to kneel, sit and lie down for their work. Teachers who also believe in activeness of children do not fill their classrooms with chairs and charts (Margaret, 1998).
According to the plan, several things should be available to children such as writing, mark making, role play, small world, sand, water, music, construction, mathematics, creative, computer, investigation and other creative things. In this paper, we will cover two areas in detail (Home and Music).
The layout of the area
The observations allow educators to give continuity to the curriculum through planning child-centered activities. Thus, they can discover what is meaningful and important to them: what kinds of objects and materials like playing? What kind of roles they play what kind of ideas, experiences and events speak most often? For planning to be meaningful, it must be relevant to the interests and previous experiences of children. Teachers noticed the interest of children in this experience and developed plans to use for the rest of the week, the theme of the technicians who repair phones. That is, adults used the ideas and interests ...