Identifying the Core Components of Early Childhood Program

This reading summary discusses the importance of early childhood education and the positive effects of early childhood programs. It explores the unique needs of young children and the role of teachers in supporting their learning and development. The summary also covers topics such as playtime, child reasoning and problem solving, kindergarten retention, parent-teacher conferences, recess, art activities with infants, and more.

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Identifying the Core Components of Early Childhood Program
BY: - SIMON WORKMAN AND REBECCA ULLRICH
Early childhood education must be encouraged for the purpose of healthy development.
There are positive effects of early childhood programs. Early childhood education is being made
necessary through every nation. However, elementary and secondary education is legally
required for all students (Workman & Ullrich, 2019). However, early childhood education is
considered as important as well as fundamental in the stage of the learning process (Comer &
Ben-Avie, 2010). Moreover, young children are not considered students. They have unique
needs. It is essential to understand how a young child starts the interaction with the family.
However, the separation from the parents can be somewhat difficult. A teacher needs to help
through this transition phase. The role of a teacher is of a mediator and children can go through
different problems while sharing or learning as to how to get along.
Early Education and Play Time
BY: - JOAN ALMON
Children miss for an emotional, physical, social as well as cognitive benefit. During the
playtime, the child is working towards neurological development. Lack of playtime leads to
negative consequences such as anxiety. The depression and anxiety have been rising in the past
few decades. This can severely affect the happiness of kids and this is also one of the reasons
behind violence against each other (Almon, 2019). There are different kinds of play, which is
required by the child. For instance-solo playtime is considered as important to keep the child
explore her imagination. Playtime with other children is also considered as equally important as
it helps in conflict resolution and socialization.

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With sensory play, children are able to utilize the five senses and learn about the world.
Sensory play is considered important for children. In the Bible 1 Corinthians 12:18 “God
arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.” (ESV).
Child Reasoning and Problem Solving
BY: - JESSICA VICK WHITTAKER
The children must be provided with options to learn through play, and thinking aspects of
children are also very important. Judging through appearances, it gets difficult for the kids to
understand that quantity will always remain the same. The children look at one thing at a time. It
is very hard for the preschoolers to focus on a single perception (Whittaker, 2019). The kids tend
to sort objects through one character rather than two. If children are provided with different
blocks of different shapes, colors and sizes, the young kids will sort them by lining through size
and calling it as a parade. Preschoolers can be quite illogical when they have to deal with the
number of concepts. Children must be provided with thinking challenges throughout the day;
children can put away with books and blocks and encourage classifying objects.
Kindergarten Can Stop Failing Of Kids
BY: - LAURIE LEVY
Schools favor retention and most of the research has shown that child benefits in
Kindergarten. There are certain individual cases as the child has missed the early days of school
due to move or illness. The best option is to provide the kids with specific support and help the
students catch up during kindergarten in first grade. Children who have been retained can do
better. There are few kids who can fall due to weakness areas which have not been addressed
(Levy, 2019). There is a social stigma attached with held back and this can have a major impetus
on the attitude of a child. There are a number of school districts, which will inform relatively that

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child is at risk for the purpose of retention. The school must provide additional services and also
provide help at home.
Supporting Children While Meeting State Standards
BY:- LISA S. GOLDSTEIN AND MICHELLE BAUML
During the academic year, there are schools, which invite parents for a regular parent-
teacher conference. There are certain instances where the student's teacher need to schedule the
meeting with a parent; it is not a panic state. This is considered as the standard part of the school
curriculum and efforts, which will help in creating a strong association between teachers and
parents (Goldstein & Bauml, 2019). The child may undergo through the positive or negative
experiences in their classrooms, teacher-parent meetings can be of great help and the teacher can
find different methods, which will work together and ensure the success of a child. There is
many times where the parents may start feeling nervous, as they need to attend the parent-teacher
meetings. There can be cultural and language differences which the parents can face.
Time to Play: Benefits of Recess
BY:-CATHERINE RAMSTETTER AND ROBERT MURRAY
There are many benefits of recess period and its advantages are told through teachers and
schools. Recess is an unstructured play and this can be of great benefits as keeping the kids in the
classroom all day. It is essential to consider the benefits and evaluate the different reasons for
highlighting the significance of recess. Physical activity can have a lot of impact on brain
function. This involves freedom to run, play, move and this is true especially outdoors
(Ramstetter & Murray, 2019). This can have a tremendous impact on the abilities of the child to
control and focus throughout the day. It is important to understand that the mind cannot be
educated without the use of the body. Learning is viewed as an integration of moving and

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thinking. It is not only the belief of an influential educator. The research has been showing
positive links between the people who have the cognitive ability.
Get Messy: Exploring Art Activities with Infants
BY:-TRUDI SCHWARZ AND JULIA LUCKENBILL
Toddler or an infant enjoys the child-centered and emergent approach through their
teachers. This implies that parents and teachers are observing the kids at play. It is essential to
find what they are learning and design developmentally adequate curricula for meeting and
extending their interests. These curricula development techniques will lead to possibilities for the
child and help in understanding the deeper understandings (Schwarz & Luckenbill, 2019). There
are sensory projects that are considered as integral for the curriculum and children can develop
the key skills for different types of activities. It is significant to understand that every child
grows and learns new things at its own pace. Children can vary in the six months' period.
Children who are in their developing stage need a lot of practice and the activities in every age
range will be used over and again.
Time for Play
BY:-STEPHANIE HANES
The kids who lie in between the age groups of three to six months old will pay more
attention to the world around them. Parents and teachers must emphasize positive interactions
that must be filled with sensory exploration and language. This can be beneficial for baby's
learning. There are instances where kids and toddlers show interest in the activity and they are
involved with it. This implies that kids are learning (Hanes, 2019). It is not considered to teach
young children. Parents need to treasure the early hood days of cuddling and playing with little
ones. This is exactly the point how the children grow and learn. Moreover, the kids who lie in the

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age groups of six to nine months are considered as explorers. These people try to find out the
things what happens and beginning to move with some skill.
Unit Blocks
BY:-KARYN W. TUNKS
Toddlers have some awareness, but they can prefer to play alone. It has been observed
that toddlers do not prefer to share things. The parents have heard over a time period that this is
mine and it is a very common term. There will be instances where toddlers will not be showing
any interest in playing with other kids, then providing them with different unit blocks and
materials is the best idea (Tunks, 2019). This is considered as the time for exploration. It is
essential to direct the child to some activity if they are involved with unwanted behavior.
Toddlers need to spend more time that can encourage wanted behaviors. Toddlers are needed to
be reminded again and again to repeat the actions as expected by the parents. Babies at this age
are often interested in repeating the actions what they see. The kids like to explore objects and
understand how everything works.
Animal Attraction in early childhood classrooms
BY:-CLARISSA M. UTTLEY
The infants and children demonstrate curiosity and interest in animals. Prolonged gazes
and gesturing or reaching animals and vocalizing are some of the methods that toddlers and
infants express curiosity and express the interest in pets and animals at home or elsewhere. The
children cherish and love companion animals like household pets and value the charismatic
fauna as an important role of nature (Uttley, 2019). Children will value simply because they are
animals. Parents need to help the children in recognizing the animal’s intrinsic value as what we
can learn from them and how they can help people, as they are simply the leaving creatures. This

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is a simple viewpoint and has been given special consideration. This suggests a view of the
association with animals, which are present in the common world. Animals are also regarded as
important creatures that comprise of both autonomy and agency and value intrinsically.
The Concern of food Allergy in Primary Classrooms
BY:-PEGGY THELEN AND ELIZABETH ANN CAMERON
Food allergy management and awareness have come to the forefront in the early
childhood setting. There are schools and organizations who are working on this issue from more
than the decade (Thelen & Cameron, 2019). According to the national poll, which has asked
parents with infants and kids, as they are aware of the different programs helps to protect the
child with food allergies? This poll indicates that two-quarters of parents are aware of one or
more preventive actions, which are provided in the settings. Schools need to show ethical and
legal responsibility and must be prepared for children who are suffering from food allergies.
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There are government regulations and standards, which early childhood programs need to
follow. There is a baseline, which has been focused on the protection of kids from harm rather
than on the advancement of child development as well as an early learning process. Classroom
interaction is considered necessary. There are nurturing environment that will encourage positive
interaction and confident learning for helping the child to discover the learning love. The well-
trained schoolteachers need to implement the activities, which will encourage social engagement
and independence. This involves the promotion of a healthy learning environment and teachers
need to establish a positive attitude towards education (Waterford.org, 2019).
“Alliance for Childhood” has been built and empowers the advocacy through networks,
which can help to improve the children lives. This has been envisioned in the world where stress

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has been reduced in infants and children through intrinsic motivation and child initiation.
Reducing the screen time as well as testing. The children are provided with play opportunities
and unstructured play (Alliance for Childhood, 2019). The organizations are working to support
the development of healthy children. This involves learning love and living joy. The schools and
various organizations have designed the guide to help the educators as well as parents to make
informed decisions.
The significance of critical thinking within a child and infants needs to be understood.
Every individual has its own thinking point of view. The children can have distorted,
uninformed, partial thinking. The quality of life and what is produced is reflected through the
quality of thought. Critical thinking is considered as an art of analysis and evaluating the thought
process with a view and improving it. The well-structured critical thinking has raised vital
questions as well as problems. This involves formulating them precisely and clearly through
teachers, which can be understood by the parents (Critical Thinking, 2019).
Childhood International Education is a nonprofit organization with membership. This
global community promotes the rights of educators and advocates for desirable conditions,
practices, and programs, which must be provided to young children in schools and infants. The
members which are present in childhood education international are teachers, educators,
childcare centers and students and different other organization. The vision of Childhood
International Education is that the child in every nation will have an access to the quality
education. This will prepare the children to become as engaged and responsible citizen and ready
for the changing world (Childhood Education International, 2019).

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References
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Childhood Education International. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.acei.org/
Comer, J., & Ben-Avie, M. (2010). Promoting Community in Early Childhood Programs: A
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Goldstein, L., & Bauml, M. (2019). Supporting Children's Learning While Meeting State
Standards: Strategies and Suggestions for Pre-K-Grade 3 Teachers in Public School
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Hanes, S. (2019). Time For Play. Eastern Michigan University, 142-147.
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Ramstetter, C., & Murray, D. (2019). Time to Play: Recognizing the Benefits of Recess. Eastern
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Thelen, P., & Cameron, E. (2019). Food Allergy Concerns in Primary Classrooms: Keeping
Children Safe. Eastern Michigan University, 158-163.

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Tunks, K. (2019). Happy 100th Birthday, Unit Blocks. Eastern Michigan University, 148-152.
Uttley, C. (2019). Animal Attraction: Including Animals in Early Childhood
Classrooms. Eastern Michigan University, 153-157.
Whittaker, J. (2019). Good thinking! Fostering young children's reasoning and problem
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