Competency Statement C-11

Competency statement CS-11
To advance physical and intellectual competency is to provide age appropriate environment including but not limited to materials, activities, curriculums. When teaching my goal is to provide activities that age appropriate but can easily develop their skills into the next level. As a teacher, my goal is to provide plenty of materials to go along with theme and that meets every child’s personal needs whether it is to make it simpler or a touch bit more details. I think it is important for teachers to focus on competence of understanding and figuring out the outcomes.
Nine learning experiences- Gross motor (CG 2.1)
Gross motor is crucial to a child’s development in and out of the classroom. My goal is to add fun exciting movement activities for example,

acting out animal movements, standing on one foot, jumping on both feet or one making it fun invites the child to want to try and doing it with the children shows them I make mistakes to and just try again and not to give up. This also helps them to refocus on the goal and theme in a fun manner.
Nine learning experiences- Social skills (CG 2.2)
Social skills are very important to development in multiple areas of a child’s growth. In my class, my goal is to incorporate social times throughout the day where we share and listen respectfully. I incorporate this during group time at the start of our day when most of the children are the calmest and focused. I also play group games or dramatic play scenarios to act out, this way all the students get to be social in a positive manner.
Nine learning experiences- Creativity (CG 2.3)
Allowing a child to be creative, is teaching them to think independent and self-expression and providing this to a child builds their self confidence in their own ability to be creative and ideas.

I try to add in the theme lesson plans an activity the child leads through being creative and with all sorts of materials available. I have observed when you allow a child to be hands on and leading the process they become more interested in the information, and excited to ask questions even to share with everyone what they made and how it fits with the lesson.
Nine learning experiences- Language and literacy (CG 2.4)
In my class, I have children who speak other languages at home, my goal is to include them and their language into our daily routine and this help teaches the other children to be open to the difference. I incorporate this into our classroom by hanging both language’s around our room, and go over the basic’s words during our group time for example, numbers, colors, shapes, basic sight words. The children’s whose first language maybe different will be excited to share with their friends what they know. I also find stories that are bilingual to use during our story time.

Conclusion
As a teacher, the goal is competency of what we are learning and the areas we are developing further are crucial to a child’s growth. I have found this important to incorporate all areas throughout our day and themes keeping in mind each child’s needs and making sure its developmentally age appropriate.