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Ayesha Sana - Sat Barch - Book 1

The document discusses early childhood care and education. It defines what a preschool is, including that it is a second home for children where they can learn through play, hands-on experiences, and developing social skills. The document outlines activities at preschool like art, puzzles, and language activities. It discusses characteristics of preschool children and ideal preschool environments. It also profiles the theories and principles of Maria Montessori and Jean Jacques Rousseau, who emphasized respecting children, learning through their natural development, and a prepared learning environment.

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Ayesha Sana - Sat Barch - Book 1

The document discusses early childhood care and education. It defines what a preschool is, including that it is a second home for children where they can learn through play, hands-on experiences, and developing social skills. The document outlines activities at preschool like art, puzzles, and language activities. It discusses characteristics of preschool children and ideal preschool environments. It also profiles the theories and principles of Maria Montessori and Jean Jacques Rousseau, who emphasized respecting children, learning through their natural development, and a prepared learning environment.

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AYESHA SANA (SATURDAY BATCH)

BOOK 1 ASSIGNMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION.

PRE SCHOOL AS A PLACE OF LEARNING


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my lecturer MISS PRIYA KATARIA
for providing her invaluable guidance, comments and suggestions throughout the
course.
And also, I express my gratitude to the entire team associated with the diploma in
Early Childhood care and Education services for their continuous support and
encouragement comprises the Director – Subhash Chander, Manager – Ms.
Poonam Leela and Ms. Farzeen Hooda and also like to that Ms. Misbah Khan-
admin who helped me to complete this assignment.
WHAT IS A PRESCHOOL :-

1. Preschool is the second home to the child where the child has enough
material to attack and makes them feel comfortable and secure.
2. It is the first place where the child develops his/her esteem. A child learns
the importance of his own name, things and friends. They learn their own
capabilities.
3. Preschool is a place where children learn by doing, they get hands-on-
experiences before they begin compulsory education at primary school.
4. Preschool is a right place for the child foundation for life long progress
5. It is base for learning, expanding knowledge. It motivates children to think,
imagine, explore, create, judge and develops all rounds.
6. They learn about sharing working together adjusting adopting the
environment and let more with the help of teacher guidance and
supervision.
7. Going to preschool is “ A small step for a giant exposure in a child life”.

ACTIVITIES AT PRESCHOOL: -
• Art and craft
• Puzzles
• Slides
• Rhyming time
• Sand plan exploring with dots
• Pattern creating
• Building with reading time
• Coloring
• Corners for early finishers
• Language and literacy activities
• Drawing
• Chess game
• Dancing
At preschool activities will be conducted to develop the following:
• Development of constructive habits.
• Development of confidence
• Development of language
• Development of skills
• Development of intellectual abilities
• Development of socialization.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A PRESCHOOL CHILD :
• They learn by doing for e.g., Play, imitation, experimentation, discover,
exploration, experience etc.
• They are curious for movement.
• They need big space for movement
• Every child has different rate of learning.
• They learn by repeated experiences.
CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL PRESCHOOL:
▪ A good pre-school has a small group.
▪ Language skills are valued.
▪ Activity to develop creative skills.
▪ Creative teaching aids.
▪ Spontaneous energy of the young children developed.

MARIA MONTESSORI {1870 –1952}


Maria Montessori was born in Italy. While working for her medical degree, she
became interested in mentally retarded children and developed teaching
materials and methods to facilitate learning. On being successful with them, she
tried new materials and method and worked with normal children. She agreed
that if retarded children could progress by the use of her methods, one could do
much more with normal children in properly designed educational environment.
she put her ideas to test while working with slum children in 1907. She created a
learning environment through her approach called “THE MARIA MONTESSORI”
As a Montessori teacher she plays a very critical role in the development of the
child's personality and intellect.
Child's self-esteem was the main task.

PRINCIPLES OF MONTESSORI METHOD:


➢ Respect for the child
➢ The absorbent mind
➢ Sensitive periods
➢ The prepared environment
➢ Auto education
• Respect for the child
✓ Respect for child is center stone on which all others Montessori
principles rest.
✓ Teachers show respect for children when they help them to things
and learn for themselves.
✓ When children have choice, they are able to develop skills and
self-esteem.

• The absorbent mind


✓ Montessori believed that children educate themselves.
✓ The way a child learns to speak its native language.
✓ Child absorb knowledge directly into his psychic life.

• Sensitive period
✓ Montessori believed that there is sensitive period when children
are more susceptible to certain behaviors and can learn specific
skill more easily.
✓ One role of the teacher is to use observation to detect times of
sensitivity in children.

• The prepared environment


✓ Children who are actively involved in a prepared environment and
who exercise freedom of choice literally educate themselves.

Benefits of Montessori education


Each child is valued as a unique individual. Beginnings at an early age,
Montessori students develop order. Coordination, concentration, and
independence.
Students are part of a choice, caring community.
Montessori students enjoy freedom within limits.
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAN { 1712-1798}
Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer and a composer. He
greatly influenced the modernization of educational thought and
practice. He introduced education which is called “naturalism”. His
philosophy of preschool education was based on this.
The basic idea of ‘naturalism’ is that the natural growth of children in
natural environment constitutes adequate education. He stressed the
necessity of play for learning; he said make education a game and less
from the book. He emphasized the use of objects, pictures and
illustration in educating the child and advocated less reliance on
lectures for teaching. He propagated learning from the environment
and emphasized that the child should be free to explore.
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