Question

Note:Subject:EC110/EEC1202 Section 02 Early Childhood Education Curriculum and Instruction but I choose Psychology to be easy.

Choose an Early Childhood Group, Setting, and Weekly Theme and describe in a half page.

Answer 1

Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary.

(Answer) A typical rectangle room could have designated corners for children’s activities. There could be a gross-motor skills corner. This corner could have its own clay desk, where the kids can play with modeling clay. There could also be other activities that sharpen a child’s gross-motor skills.

The physical domain could have mini-slides with a soft-mat area for the teacher to conduct physical exercises for the students. The most essential is the activity area. Young children need to develop coordination and motor functions. There are several indoor rides like crawling tubes, mini slides and see-saws that are available.

The cognitive domain will be a designated learning area where the children can sit to fill their workbooks and engage in conversations. This activity area would also need a creative/ art space. Activities conducted here will include painting, craft, clay work etc.

Psychosocial activities like sharing stories or addressing the class are something that would be conducted with the kids facing the group in front of them. An assortment of each of these activities, with proper time designation, should help all of the kids with their social and cognitive skills. Also, the corner could be assigned as a “storytelling area.” Every child’s area needs a space to ameliorate the children for when they get a bit hyper or exhausted. This would be a perfect corner. The storytelling could be a weekly activity that would culminate the theme of the week. Themes like horticulture, animal kingdom, colours and shapes would be appropriate to help build up the understanding of the child.

Another essential activity is music. Children should be able to engage with musical toys and put up performances to help them expand their understanding of sounds and percussion instruments.

For outdoor activities, there could be a gardening corner where children can learn little lessons to take care of the environment. Simple things like how to water plants, plant seeds etc. Can and should be taught at an early age.

The first learning area can be dedicated to learning all about the animal kingdom. Perhaps a class pet would fit perfectly into this equation. The second could be for speech and language. Some of the activities conducted here could include public speaking. In order to boost a child’s confidence, they could speak to the class about their pets or their favourite meal or their family. This would help them get over any intimidation of public settings and enable them to learn from exchanging stories. These varied activities would help a child develop their cognitive skills and positively affect their overall development.