At a very early age, students spend most of their time in school. These learning environments, created by the teachers, play a very important role when it comes to the development of the child. This environment is established at the beginning of the year, and can be favorable for helping students work cooperatively in order to learn. There are many different factors that go into an environment, and many different components to take into consideration when thinking about a child’s needs. The classroom environment is either going to improve a student's ability to learn or impede it. Students should not only be improving, but they should constantly feel safe and comfortable throughout the class. This paper describes a number of methods, and …show more content…
Infants and toddlers will learn that they are loved, and being taking care of through a teacher's use of language with them. It is through language, that a child will truly learn to trust those around them in a classroom environment. A teacher can create a positive classroom environment through different language techniques. Such as, using the child’s name when speaking to them. This lets the child know that you are talking to just them personally. Looking into the child’s eyes is also important. This means adjusting your level by either bending down or squatting, or sitting in a small chair so that you are at eye level. Use a softer tone of voice when communicating. This creates a more comfortable environment for the child. It is also important to praise the toddlers especially when they start to learn to do things on their own. If a teacher praises a child for a new accomplishment, the child will be willing to continue to try new things on his/her own. It is also crucial to encourage toddlers to use more words. Teachers can guide children to speak in sentences by talking with them, never at them. An effective way to do this would be to talk with small groups of kids during meals, circle times, and while they play. Teachers should also constantly encourage children to talk more about what it is they are doing. To help students feel welcomed in the classroom, teachers should listen to them when they speak. Giving a student your complete and undivided attention will help them feel like a trusted member of the class. Through constant communication, and positive reactions to a child's attempt to use new language, children will naturally learn to speak in sentences and be confident in their surrounding
What I learned was the Power of Language video taught that with dual learners, you should incorporate some of their language throughout the day. Talking to infants and toddlers can help them to develop and build a strong foundation for literacy. The 5 interactions for response is tune in: pay attention to the child. Facial expressions: get down eye to eye to the child’s level, and smile. Touch: could be a hug, rub on their back, or sitting in your lap, Gesture: hugging, smiling
I would adapt my communication for a child by making sure I was speaking to them at a level they will understand & also choose words suitable for their age. I would also make sure I come down to their level whether that meant sitting or kneeling so that we are at the same level. Physically we are on an equal level and not towering over them which wont make a great start for effective or positive communication and could make the child feel uneasy. Young children tend to be more tactile and may need to express them selves with touch especially if they come to you upset about something. They may simply wish to hold your hand when they talk to you which can be reassuring both physically and also make them feel they have you attention and will listen
The skills needed to communicate with children and young people are listening, positive body language (nodding and sitting forward), eye contact, engaging fully in the conversation in a professional manner and offering feedback and able to talk and respond to children, young people or adults at their level of understanding which is appropriate to their age. It is highly important that you are sure that the person you are talking to understands what you are talking about and have asked them so that they can digest information and join in the conversation without feeling lost and that they are unable to follow you whilst you talk to them. For example sometimes you may need to speak clearly and concisely, using simple words for younger children
It is the duty of all the early years practitioners and the teachers in the UK to ensure that the children in their care are learning and developing according to the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum for the children from 0-5 and for the children who are from four years upward the National Curriculum. Pritchard (2008) defines learning as a way of acquiring knowledge or getting the knowledge of how things are done. Communication and Language is the one of the prime areas of development of the children in EYFS curriculum (2012), whereby children are supposed to be observed, assessed and supported in their understanding, listening and speaking. Walker (2012) states that children should be given opportunities to access a rich language environment in order to be confident and be able to express themselves as well as be able to listen in various situation. According to EYFS (2012) children between
Your body language should be open and responsive, you would smile and nod with encouragement. Adapting your approach depending on the childâ€TMs needs. Question: Question 2b Answer: As expressed before, it is important to adapt how you communicate with others depending on whom you are communicating with.
The children in a school are valued, with an environment that fully encourages and celebrates their learning and progression and how they are developing. The provision of a safe and secure learning environment for all its pupils should be provided through recognizing the importance of welcoming diversity and equal opportunities. The atmosphere within a school should be positive, with this being reflected in the attitudes of the staff and pupils, all caring for and taking pride in their surroundings and in how the learning journey of each pupil takes
Developing positive relationships by using effective communication is an important part of working with children and young people as well as working alongside adults. Positive relationships can benefit everyone in the classroom situation, it can encourage children to feel secure and able to participate, and to enable everybody to understand what is expected of them in the situation. Using positive communication is also a good way of being a positive role model to children and young people. If everybody feels happy and comfortable in a situation it helps to boost their ability and want to interact with each other.
The teacher should make sure that each student is involved in the lesson, ask process questions, open-ended questions, be patient when waiting for answers to these questions, and ultimately never say anything a kid can say. This method is something that I would like to implement in my future classroom. I know that it will take practice and perseverance, but it is something that I know I can
Competency Statement I To establish and maintain a safe, healthy, learning environment. My goal in a child care facility would be to make sure everything is safe for the children along with the staff who would work there. To make sure that the children would want to come back and feel safe at the facility. I would want everything to be healthy for the children as well as the staff also. No one would want their children to come to an unhealthy facility.
You need to consider using a language they can understand. Talk about familiar topics. Engaging them as much as you can. Share books, rhymes and stories.
The main differences between communicating with adults, children or young people is by using language what they can understand or what is age appropriate. Don’t use language unless you know that the body you are speaking to fully understands what you are saying. With children or young people you will have to communicate to them on a level that they understand. Listening to a child when they are communicating back to you. By listening this will make a child feel valued and heard.
Explain the importance to children’s holistic development of Speech, language and communication This development is important for children’s holistic development as this will help the children to socialise and help them express what they like and need, this will get them to have more sense about the world. If the child can communicate this will help them with their confident and self-esteem levels as they can talk about how they feel.it is important for children to use their own language skills and not to listen to other all the time and this could put their development back. Adults should praise children a lot so they have the encouragement try new things but it is important you adults to give them feedback so that they can learn from right and wrong.
By showing an interest in what a child has to say also boosts their confidence and self-worth. This will enable children to want to talk and play with others and lead them to have positive interactions
U1 AC 2.1 - Explain ways to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment. A number of ways to establish a safe and supportive learning environment is to stay within what is deemed as conventional rules and disciplines. A typical class room layout is rows of desks and chairs facing the front, it is the usual expected layout for learners and encourages them to accept conformity, something as simple as sitting on the chairs facing the front of the classroom is reassuring to the majority that the class is safe. In days of yesteryear the students would be expected to stand up when the teacher entered the room and wait for permission to be seated, thankfully those days are in the distant past and now it is acceptable to remain talking until the teacher is ready to begin class.
I think that the physical environment can play a major role in a child’s learning. If the classroom is very closed off and blocked the children will not feel free to explore their surrounding and become more independent. Ms. Laura’s classroom is very open and spaced out, even though the center itself is built with an open concept and only having half walls to divide the classrooms. She has organized the room in such a way that every though the different centers are clearly laid out, it’s not in such a way that makes them feel enclosed and blocked off from the rest of the room. The environment offers children a variety of different choices all in one area, all of the math, science, and table toys are together, so that a child does not have to search the entire room for something that they are looking for.