Assignment on Wellbeing of A Child

Running head: EC 512 WELLBEING OF A CHILD 1
EC 512 WELLBEING OF A CHILD 1
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Introduction:
For a decade, early childhood education and rights of children in early childhood setting
have gained increased attention in the research setting. The world health organization suggested
that approximately 43% of children in middle and low income are experiencing developmental
delay due to lack of nourishment. Over 80% of the brain development is observed during the
early years of the children which can be facilitated by the proper environment and 15 minutes of
the playing activating (Alcock & Ritchie, 2018). Moreover, a significant number of children
subjected to physical abuse, negligence which resulted in poor development of children.
Fostering the right environment in the early childhood setting can help children to develop self-
esteem and shaping behaviors. In this context, early childhood educators play a crucial role in
shaping the health and wellbeing of the children. Hence, education professionals must acquire
skills and knowledge regarding screening tools when they suspect any delay in the
developmental milestone. This essay aims to demonstrate the role of the educator in maintaining
a safe and healthy early childhood setting. This essay will discuss the role of educator in early
childhood setting, legal requirements and ethical principle that promote child protection and
rights and effective practice for supporting the wellbeing of the infants, toddler and young
children.
Discussion:
Knowledge of teacher’s role:
Early Childhood Educators play a crucial role in developing a rich and stimulating
environment for young learners. The educator stimulates interesting as well as fun activities that
facilitate the development of physically, intellectually as well as emotionally. Children of 1 to 5

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years usually depend on providers for all basic necessities. Moreover, they are frequently
vulnerable to develop a range of health issues when they are exposed to outer environments such
as insect bite, unknown plan and communicable disease from their peers (Wood & Hedges,
2016). The toddlers also exhibit increased mobility in the outer environment such as climbing,
jumping, and running and kick which posed a greater threat to their physical safety. In this
context, early childhood educators play an essential role to ensure that children are playing on a
safe environment, soft surface and playing with safe play equipment so that injuries can be
prevented. Munzer and Hashikawa (2020), suggested that in the early childhood setting,
educators play crucial in maintaining safety by preventing the potential health risk and hazard,
supporting them to gain skills of clean environment like hand washing and personal hygiene
(Chan & Ritchie ,2019). Moreover, pre-schooler of 3 to 5 years tend to be more independent in
their necessary daily activities and have the ability to understanding the language,
communications. In this case, early childhood educators usually engage the children in basic
playground rules, language skills, pre-literacy skills (rhythms, alphabets, number skills), motor
skills and shape and color recognized. They organize activities that promote social, creative and
physical skills along with high self-esteem. Curtis (2018), suggested that each individual is
unique and have unique development experience in their early childhood. In this case, early
childhood educators support the individual need of the children with the assistance of different
teaching methods such as instructing infants to convey their ideas, feelings and needs in unique
ways by engaging them in the conversation, asking and responding. Early childhood educators
improve children’s behaviour by demonstrating good practice to them. On the other hand,
Arreman and Erixon (2017), suggested that since a significant number of children and pre-
schooler subjected to physical abuse and neglect, early childhood educators usually play a