1. Introduction. This is a program designed to give an early reading capability and advantage for children between the ages of 1 to 9 years. This is where the program acquired its name. It is intended to make the children reach the level of their peers or perform better than them. What is the origin of Reading Head Start? The program was initiated by Sarah Shepard who has taught English for 14 years apart from being a wife as well as having three children. The main motivation that made her start the program was a time when her son who was 6 years then brought home an English grade that was not impressive. Given that she teaches English, the situation did not impress her. As a result, she realized that the main problem was how English was being taught to children. This is what eventually …show more content…
This is very beneficial to children as well as their parents who want the kids to be involved in constructive learning activities. However, it is important to note that the kids are not only involved in fun and games. Exercises, videos, and workbooks are also involved. Nevertheless, this may still be an advantage to children who want a change in routine or those who understand better when they learn in a different way. For audio learners, the videos that are availed to them enables them to hear sounds. Books are there for the visual learners while workbooks make learning easy for the kinetic learners. The video games, which are interactive, are suitable for all the types of learners. This makes it advantageous to families that have may kids and prefer more than one learning style. Moreover, it can also enable you to figure out the learning mode that suits your child so that you concentrate on it. On the economic front, you are billed on a monthly basis after the period for free trial elapses. You can, therefore, opt out of the program once your child acquires the skill they needed in the first
Noemi a 42 Hispanic works as a Program Manger for an Early Head Start Program. She has a 9-year-old son named Andy that has an IEP for Hearing Impairment. Noemi and Andy Noemi and I met at the park to discuss her son’s learning disability. Andy is a 9-year-old boy that was diagnosed at the age of 6 with hearing loss in both ears the right one is worse than the left one.
What Exactly Is Reading Head Start? Created by Sarah Shepard, a mother and an English teacher for more than a decade, “Reading Head Start” is a simple-to-follow system that will assist
The Head Start program, is a nationally funded early childhood education program for low-income children who are not yet old enough to attend school. Generally the ages of head start students are five years old and younger. President Lyndon Johnson initiated the program during his war on poverty. “The Head Start program carries an implicit goal of improving equity among children by targeting vulnerable groups, mostly low-income children, a disproportionate share of whom are racial or ethnic minorities” (Joshi). President Johnson believed providing minorities educational preparedness would ensure a better education overall and stem the tide of poverty.
Nutrition related concerns are addressed by having the proper documentation from the child's physician. The only way Head Start recognizes an allergy to foods, medications and anything else it has to be documented by the child's physician. Parents can not just fill out a paper or tell the facility about it. Concessions will be made to make sure the child is not served or given anything they are allergic to. The company that makes the breakfast and lunches for each facility will be notified so they can prepare and label it so it does not get mixed in with the regular food.
Theoretical Perspectives The article “Identification of Disabilities and Service Receipt among Preschool Children Living in Poverty” takes a look at the services provided by Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Longitudinal Follow-up programs’ Part C services. In this article the theoretical perspectives focus on the quality of education for early childhood, specifically for vulnerable poverty-stricken children. The focus on children with disabilities is what this case study explores. While Head Start has been a beneficial program, it does not serve all vulnerable early education students.
When the child hears someone read, it will help them focus on the words and understanding the words. Another way to help them at home would be to provide them with a lot
One of the reasons for the program to be so successful is because they are focusing on empirical data and theory. As I mentioned above the program is based on empirical research which is very important to ensure effectiveness the program and see what works and what doesn’t. The program is targeting risk factors and provides with specialized services for each family as we know from previous studies that childhood and family is a very important foundation for the children and has direct impact on child delinquency. The program is providing new parents with skills and tools to be an appropriate parents, something that they possibly have not seen in their childhood. In most cases, parents who abuse and neglect their children, most likely been raised
The children will participate in an active game. Children in the relaxed atmosphere of the game will be able to speak each other’s names, repeat words and phrases. In addition, they will learn sounds and ability to acting and learn the numbers during the songs/games. Finger play activity will be present. I figure out that due to the fast tempo of the lesson and change jobs, I kept children to maintain a constant interest in the games.
Clearly, this method is a pro and con because I tend to not really read for instructions. But, in the future I will be using read for information expert when dealing with children. Because I will be having the children at least write a little bit about themselves so I can get to know them a little better. Overall, I have three positive motivated skills and the least wanted of my two motivated skills traits that make me the women that I am today.
The game can also be played with the teacher, which is a great way for the teacher to see if the student’s phonics and decoding is growing or needs more
Shared Book Approach is a common practice in the early childhood education industry. Equipped with large books that educators literally and passionately call ‘Big Books’, stories and texts are introduced, discussed and read aloud to children who are still working towards independent reading. As Shared Reading is usually conducted as a whole class, different levels of literacy competency in children require educators to carefully plan the activity to ensure maximal beneficiaries (Machado, 2010, p. 560). Based on the developmental milestone of the selected age group, children are generally have good-sized vocabulary and frequently encountered words that expands continuously.
In 1997, Congress asked the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to convene a national panel to assess the effectiveness of different approaches used to teach children to read. The National Reading Panel examined quantitative research studies on many areas of reading instruction, including phonics and whole language. The resulting report Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and its Implications for Reading Instruction was published in 2000 and provides a comprehensive review of what is known about best practices in reading instruction in the U.S.
Laura Tse and Tom Nicholson They studied about: The effect of phonics-enhanced Big Book reading on the language and literacy skills of 6-year-old pupils of different reading ability attending lower SES schools. They stated in their study: "The purpose of this study was to improve the literacy achievement of lower socioeconomic status (SES) children by combining explicit phonics with Big Book reading. Big Book reading is a component of the text-centered (or book reading) approach used in New Zealand schools. It involves the teacher in reading an enlarged book to children and demonstrating how to use semantic, syntactic, and grapho-phonic cues to learn to read.
Games make teachers use creative ways to make complicated ideas more understandable and relevant to learners and also break the routine. Games create interest and excitement in learning by making competitions. English language games boost learning and create a wonderful atmosphere and make learners active participants and have a funny learning experience Ara (2009). I believe that words in the games will be stored in students' minds and can be naturally recalled during oral communication.
The environment doesn’t seem to bother the children at all like it did me. There is so much on the walls I don’t know how the children are able to focus on what’s in front of them. The colorful décor makes the room feel like a pre-k room. With a lot of oranges and red shades. The rug being in center I thought was a good idea because the teacher has every child sit on the first letter of their name.