Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Views about professional training

It is plausible to say that professional training plays a key-note role for an early childhood educator. We, as the teacher, must obtain the knowledge of children’s developmental milestones. Therefore, a professional training will eventually benefit us to have further understanding of how children learn and how they behave.


On the other hand, to be a professional in this field is to ensure that we can provide a high quality early childhood education for the children. The children’s future lies in our hands, and therefore, how they will be in the future depends on us, as the teacher. How we are going to give them the best of the best and how we are going to shape them. These depend on the teachers’ quality education which will be given to the children.


Professional training is important for the educators so that we acquire a fountain of knowledge and able to educate the public. Thus, the public understands the children more and will eventually care for the children especially those who are in need.


Last but not least, a professional training allows us to apply our knowledge in practice so that we are able to establish a safe and healthy environment for the children. This can ensure that the children learn to the maximum in a place which is conducive. We can plan a developmentally appropriate program for the children if we have undergone the professional training. Finally, we will be able to observe and assess the children’s behavior and development.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

how to foster creativity for children

So at first, I will prepare a condusive environment which is spacious and safe for the children. Before the class starts, I will arrange all the furniture to aside and get ready with the structure construction toys.

In the play and learning time, I will allow the children to play with those legos, blocks or wood and other toys. So I will encourage them to use their own imagination in order to yield innovative young generations, by uttering words that induce their enthusiasm. If the children have to build a cat using different coloured blocks with different regular shapes, then I will describes to them that they have to used a yellow circle as the head of the cat, a blue rectangle as the body and a red small rectangle as the tail and the legs.

In order word, I will explain laboriously about the colours and shapes. Probably, I will allow the children to initiate their own play using those materials. It is more on child-centred approach because I think that this way of creative learning helps the children better.

Then, I will gradually increase the complexity of the toys, maybe by providing the children with the irregular-shaped blocks and with a rainbow of colours. This can help to foster the children’s creativity.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

students' crafts

Father's day craft work by my students. Really dont like father's day cause it is so difficult to think of what to make. So....finally, decided to make a daddy. Some of the craft work are as below.








Students are needed to design daddy's shirt.
Main aim : Dots, circles and lines.....