Reflective Journals on Print Walks, Picture Talks & Theory of Mind

This assignment presents a series of reflective journal entries focusing on key concepts in early childhood education. The first task explores 'print walks,' emphasizing the importance of environmental print awareness for young children, using examples like stop signs and hand wash signs. The second task discusses 'picture talks' and how they can be used to develop language skills and comprehension. The third task delves into the 'theory of mind,' explaining how storybooks can help children understand others' feelings and perspectives. Finally, the assignment addresses the benefits of second or additional language learning for children, highlighting the role of teachers in promoting language acquisition through stories and poems. The document concludes with a list of references.

Reflective Journals

Table of Contents
TASK 1 : PRINT WALKS..............................................................................................................3
TASK 2 : PICTURE TALKS..........................................................................................................4
TASK 3 : THEORY OF MIND.......................................................................................................6
TASK 4 : SECOND OR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LEARNING............................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

TASK 1 : PRINT WALKS
Stop sign: The stop sign helps the children to be aware of the risk at the moment from where
they can prevent from the serious injuries (Bedard, Bremer & Cairney, (2020). Teachers teach
the children’s about the different kinds of print signature to aware them about the actions which
signatures display to alert people.

Hand wash: Hand wash sign is a general symbol who awakes the children to know where they
have to wash their hands. This particular signal aware the children to understand the place to
wash their hands and to prevent them from falling sick because of germs. At school, teachers
have a duty to make children learn about the hand wash practices.
Playground: Playground signature aware about the place where children’s can play games and
sports. It is important for the children to identify the print signature of different activities which
increase their literacy skills and knowledge and supports them to learn in definite manner.
Print walk supports children
Print awareness is an understanding that print is made to provide the appropriate knowledge to
the people about the particular way and situation (CETIN, GULHAN & KATRANCI, (2018).
For the preschoolers, teachers guide the children to fain knowledge about the print signatures
which increased their learning skills in definite manner and allow them to understand the things
appropriately. Children from 3-5 years rapidly able to develop their print awareness and can
finely improve their literacy skills. Accordingly, the above mentioned three print signature are
common types of signs which required the children to know about these signs at this little age.
TASK 2 : PICTURE TALKS

Questions are as follows:
Questions 1 : Which shape is this?
Questions 2 : Which colour is fill in the shape?
Questions 3 : Which object is like of this shape?
Generally picture talk helps to mainly making it memorable. This also give main five
importance benefits so it brings to the children who generally are learning to read. Theses are
improved comprehension, build language skills. Boost social emotional learning and many more.
Even teaching with objective as well as picture generally create a direct, connections between the
learners and teachers. Teaching with such objects also create the students with good levels of the
visual literacy. By asking such question to students I will know their ability to identify the shape
and colour. Even by this I will know their understanding level. It will also help me to understand
their knowledge as well as understanding regarding with the shapes and also colours. By asking
such question to the students it will also increase their confidants level to answer in classroom.
With the help of these shapes' knowledge generally leads increase their Mathematical knowledge
and academic knowledge. This also make Mathematical more interesting because by the
visualization students are more taking participation in such activities (Yurt Tarakçi Keles and
Kölemen 2020).

TASK 3 : THEORY OF MIND
In psychology, theory of mind simply refers to the capacity in an individual to understand
other people mental states (Wang & et.al., (2021). This is a common theory which enables the
person to know about their feelings and state of mind from where they can be aware of their
actions and knowledge as well. In children’s also this theory of mind is applicable which relates
teachers to know children’s feelings and knowledge they are gaining from any particular source
and situation. One of the best example to understand this theory is story book, children read story
books from which they are able to understand the entire story from visualizing the pictures and
assume a particular situation from the given pictorial images. Similarly, by using a picture book
by children’s it helps the teacher to understand the feelings, thoughts, desires and intentions and
make them to relate it with theory of mind (Nematzadeh & et.al., (2018). Story book have
various images which highlights a particular story which can be understood in definite manner
where it allows the children’s to understand that others also have feelings, emotions and
expressions from where they can adopt and feel in effective way. Reflecting my own perspective,
I will use story books to help and support the children to make them learn that other to have
feelings and emotions and can be different from other view point.
TASK 4 : SECOND OR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LEARNING
For the children's, the second and additional language learning is the best option for them
because it helps in improve their knowledge and understanding as well as it can help in increase
their knowledge regarding the second language and additional language. I will promote the
additional language because it helps in develop their future and career at the culture in their
academic and professional life. It is most important to know about the additional language for
children's and individuals to get better future and succeed their career. Early childhood teacher
can promote language with the helps of various stories and poems because it helps children's to
learn fast and easily. They are able to understand the additional language effectively so, teachers
could use the stories and poem for student to learn some additional language. It is very beneficial
for them to learn additional language to get success in future with the helps of additional
language. As an early childhood teachers it Is important to address and learn students second
language. As it has been seen that in the early stage of student, student learn at faster rate. The
second language helps student to build career as well . As a teacher I always tried to talk to
student in other languages. This is to make efficient students and to make them know culture of

other countries as well. There are times when I myself don't like to speak in any other language
but I have also tried that not to come in me and with proper smile and good attitude I had made
them to learn.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Bedard, C., Bremer, E., & Cairney, J. (2020). Evaluation of the Move 2 Learn program, a
community-based movement and pre-literacy intervention for young children. Physical
Education and Sport Pedagogy, 25(1), 101-117.
CETIN, Ö. Ş., GULHAN, M., & KATRANCI, M. (2018). A Study on the Effect of Pre-school
Education on Early Literacy Skills. International Online Journal of Educational
Sciences, 10(5).
Nematzadeh, A., &et.al., (2018). Evaluating theory of mind in question answering. arXiv
preprint arXiv:1808.09352.
Wang, Q., & et.al., (2021, May). Towards mutual theory of mind in human-ai interaction: How
language reflects what students perceive about a virtual teaching assistant. In Proceedings
of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-14).
Yurt Tarakçi, Ö., Keles, S. and Kölemen, E.B., 2020. Preschool Teachers' Science Talks during
Picture Storybook Telling. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 19(6). pp.940-953.
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