Education, once a national concern and even achievement viewed by most adults, has lost its appeal because we give the same education to all children, regardless if they are more advanced than the rest of their peers. The educational material and tools such as toys, books and games that are used in the classrooms to educate children has been predetermined by a board of educators, but what happens when a child is too advanced for the educational tools or materials being used in that grade and when is it appropriate to give the child more advanced educational tools to use? Because some children are more advanced than others in development and learning, the guidelines for what educational materials and tools children should use in the classrooms should be changed. In many instances in the preschool years, children are given the same learning tools to be used to teach them shapes, colors even the A,B,Cs, but some of these children are more advanced than their peers. Is it right then to give the more advanced children the next step up in learning tools from other graded levels? Is better to advance them to another grade level or do we as the parents and teachers ignore the more advance children and keep our attention and concerns of the majority of students that are average. In many cases, these children that are considered too advanced are left in the same learning environment regardless if the child already knows the learning material. Many studies have been done to show when a child is not being stimulated they tend to get bored, causing them to act out and also have behavioral issues. Many times I wondered if parents or educators really do their job, by noticing in time if children need help developing certain learning skills ... ... middle of paper ... ...is gifted. Retrieved from BabyCenter.com: http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-to-tell-if-your-preschooler-is-gifted_65003.bc Nathani, S., Ertmer, D. J., & Stark, R. E. (2006). Assessing vocal development in infants and toddlers. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 20(5), 351-369. doi:10.1080/02699200500211451 Passig, D., Noyman, T., & Eden, S. (2002). Improving the Awareness to Toddlers' Initial Emotional Experiences in Kindergarten with Virtual Reality. Educational Media International, 39(2), 185-193. doi:10.1080/09523980110067496 Ryokai, K., Farzin, F., Kaltman, E., & Niemeyer, G. (2013). Assessing multiple object tracking in young children using a game. Educational Technology Research & Development, 61(2), 153-170. doi:10.1007/s11423-012-9278-x Waldfogel, J. (2006). What do children need?. Public Policy Research, 13(1), 26-34. doi:10.1111/j.1070-3535.2006.00417.x
The child is at stage three linguistic speech in oral development (Fellows & Oakley, 2014). They show evidence of this in both their receptive and expressive language meeting the criteria for this stage (Fellows & Oakley, 2014). They show evidence of their receptive language by their ability in being able to understand opposites (Fellows & Oakley, 2014). While they had some issues with the differences between soft and scratchy they were able to demonstrate the differences between big and little several times during the dialogue. They showed evidence of their expressive language by their use of telegraphic speech, expanding vocabulary and in the ability to take in turns of speaking and listening (Fellows & Oakley, 2014). Telegraphic
They have access to state-of-the-art scientific laboratories, interactive computers and video systems in the classroom, language laboratories, and high-tech school libraries. Their classes are relatively small; their peers are intellectually stimulating. Their parents take them to museums and cultural events, expose them to foreign travel, and give them music lessons. At home are educational books, educational toys, educational videotapes, microscopes, telescopes, and personal computers replete with the latest educational software. (Lasch 35)
Introduction This research is intended to analyze the transcript of a child’s speech. The target child is a female named Majorie, who is 2 years and 3 months old. The transcript is from The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. The linguistic aspects that will be examined are the phonological processes of the child, including speech errors, syllable shapes, and her phonetic inventory consisting of manner and place of articulation.
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When most people think of the process of language development in “normal” children, the concepts that come to mind are of babies imitating, picking up sounds and words from the speakers around them. Trying to imagine that a child who cannot hear one single sound a person makes can learn to speak a language is absolutely fascinating. These children range from amazin...
In 2001, the US Department of Education, Academy of the Sciences, and the Foundation for Child Development conducted a study on early childhood development. Several interesting, scientific ideas and trends on childhood development emerged from the study. The questions surrounding this research were: how important is the early life of a child? What early years are most important? Why are later years not more important? In order to better plan education policy, discussing these questions is necessary.
When I started on this paper I figured all the information I would find out is knowledge I would already know of on this subject, but then I actually found out more new information than I already knew. One day in late November Hayden and I were joking around with Evan and he said a very interesting thing that I will never have guessed he would ever say again. He said, “I just got out of the hospital” we asked why and he said, “Because of my depression.” I never knew even had struggled with depression until he told us he did. So I had to find out if the over use of video games led to his depression. The first question I asked him was when did you first start playing video games, and he answered, “I started playing video games when I was in kindergarten it was on my Nintendo 64 playing Frogger. I asked him besides sleeping and at school at what percentage do you play video games he replied, “65%.” I also went on to ask him if he knew that playing to many video games leads to aggression and depression and if he thought this is why he has been diagnosed with depression. He answered yes to both of these questions. Because of this story it made me think, does certain toys create problems in a child’s future development?
... role of infant-directed speech with a computer model. Acoustical Society of America, 4(4), 129-134.
During elementary school, children are not only developing their physical bodies, but there minds as well. They a...
The world is constantly moving forward. Our societies are in search for the newest advancement, and our children are drawn to the latest technology. It seems as though our current technology could replace our fundamental education, such as the power of a calculator. The answer is just a click away. Not to mention our daily reliance on computers. I wonder sometimes how the world operated a couple of decades ago when computers and cell phones weren’t commonly used. I have to admit technology has truly made our lives easier and saved tremendous amount of our time by its efficiency. However, technology should never substitute the fundamental learning in our educational systems. Specifically in the primary school, building a firm fundamental education is crucial. Seeing children still using fingers to do simple math in second grade is not a good sign of academic improvement. Though the students may easily figure out the answers by ...
...m him or her into anything from being a lawyer to a doctor.” Based on this statement and my own observations, I strongly believe that the environment that surrounds him will prepare him for a better future in life. Since there are a variety of developmental classroom levels he can move to, he can gradually accomplishes the milestones of development as well as learning how to interact and share with others. Doing this observation assignment at the Martin Luther King Jr. elementary school helped me to understand child development in a new perspective. The classroom environment where I did my observations would not have been possible if it were not for the teachers who provided a soothing, safe, and caring environment with brilliant colors for early childhood children. This room truly is a place where children do develop and grow in all three domains of development.
In the article by Chris Preston and Lee Mowbray (2008) a kindergarten classroom was the choice of installation of the interactive hardware. The justification for using this technology with Kindergarten children was their short attention span and the ability of the interactive whiteboard to keep them actively involved promoting learning (Preston and Mowbray 2...
Children go through a number of different stages as language develops. According to Craig and Dunn, (2010), “Even before birth, it appears that infants are prepared to respond to and learn language” (p. 112). Children develop these skills quickly with nature and nurture influences. Researchers have proposed several different theories to explain how and why language development occurs. This paper is an overview of the process of early childhood language development with research evidence supporting the information stated.
For this reason, further advancement and integration of technology in every aspect of life is undoubtedly a critical element of the future of our society. Technologies that we; in the year 2014, cannot possibly imagine or comprehend, will be at the forefront of the next generation’s life; changing the way that they think, act, learn, and even feel. It is highly important that we take this inevitability into consideration when educating the children of today that will become the adults of tomorrow. As the world changes and job markets change, it is critical that we; as educators, teach children how to use the tools of today so that they might be better equipped to adapt to tomorrow’s technologies. Working with the technologies that have already been developed, educators are able to teach in new ways, with new tools, and students are able to begin working with computers and other devices from a young age and gain a high quality education that puts the student at the center of the learning process. Technology is now a fundamental facilitator in the learning process, and an important commodity in the field of education; enhancing learning in many ways f...
Also on the horizon are smart objects. These objects are geared more to small children then those in high school or college. Objects with animations such as building blocks that can talk and light up to indicate to a child how to stack them correctly. Objects that will test a child’s spelling and reading skills. Smart books and tools that require a child to listen and react.