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Early Childhood Competencies5. Using Content Knowledge to Build Meaningful Curriculum5.4 Understands the importance of individualizing literacy instruction to address the needs and strengths of all learners and strategies for modifying literacy instruction to support individual needs.Evidence 1: Numbers, Shapes, and Me! Math/Literacy for Children: Training, 6 hours, 2012, Professional Development CertificateDescription:This workshop, presented by Sally Anderson, introduces hands-on mathematics processes and skills for early childhood educators in home and center settings through picture books, materials, and explorations that focus on engaging children in real-life experiences. The training emphasizes the importance of using books to introduce math to young children, how to adapt explorations for a wide-range of children, and how to incorporate math into daily interactions with children by asking open-ended questions to stimulate curiosity and learning. This training evidence covers ages birth through age 6. Analysis/Reflection:This workshop was very informative in giving specific examples of activities and materials to incorporate math and literacy into my program. I learned ways to phrase my questions to the children in order for them to think about what they are learning through exploring everyday materials in the classroom. In our discussions with other educators we brainstormed how we could extend these learning opportunities. I learned new ways any activity and instruction could be modified to accommodate all learners and support each child's individual needs. I value literacy as a very important piece of my curriculum. I provide many different types of books for the children to explore. For infants and toddlers there are indestructible and for the preschool children I offer many books on fiction and non-fiction. I also have specific books that I display during particular areas of study such as the frog life cycle, seasons, dinosaurs, or holidays. Our bookshelf where I hold the extra books not on my two book shelves. 5.45.4Evidence 2: Never Too Early: Training, 4 hours, 2010, Professional Development Certificate Description:This two part, four hour training, presented by Sue Rakowski, offered an introduction to reading and sharing books and conversations with children. This workshop taught the importance and joy of sharing picture books and stories with even the youngest children. It showed participants how to create a literacy-rich environment and discover ways for making books come alive through animated readings, rhymes, and extended activities. This workshop covered ages birth through age 5 years. Analysis/Reflection:This training enhanced my interactions reading with young children. I gained new ways to enhance my style of reading aloud, and ways to extend book reading with activities and plays. I discovered new ways to make homemade books and to tailor any book to accommodate any age and developmental level. I understand fully how reading and literacy is an important aspect of any early childhood program, and I have three separate areas around my classrooms for children to enjoy, explore, and manipulate all sorts of different literacy books and materials. Books in the science area. Board books in a basket for the infants and toddlers. The book nook/area.5.45.4Evidence 3: Lesson plan: Numbers, Shapes, and Colors, Lesson PlanDescription:This weekly lesson plan and focused activity of "Color Foam Mixing" emphasized on different activities with numbers, shapes, and colors. Analysis/Reflection: As an early childhood educator I understand the crucial role I play in helping young children develop their language skills. As I care for children from birth through school age on a daily basis, I have a tremendous opportunity to foster and develop literacy skills with the children in my program. I not only promote language and literacy skills verbally, I use simple non-verbal (sign) language skills with my babies to stimulate a strong sense of early language. Language and vocabulary skills represent a foundation for children learning to explore their own language. As every child is different in learning language and literacy abilities, it is essential to promote these skills at the very beginning of their life. Beginning of exploring the foam. Middle of exploring the foam. 5.45.45.4The VELs alignments with the Color Foam Mixing activity. ................
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