As an educator, I believe in being able to have the children I am working with to always end the activity or lesson feeling that they have learnt something new. This may be teaching the child something that they do not know, or helping them expand on something that they have a brief understanding on. By doing this, I believe that I am following the teaching method of Lev Vygotsky. His method was to scaffold the child's learning by giving them prompts to get them on the right track.

 

      The use of inquiry based activities is a major tool to help facilitate the child's learning as each activity plan is based off of the child's interest which will help to make them engaged in the activity. Observations I believe are the best way to grasp this information about the child's interests as you can see the child learning in their own way before hand and then scaffold the child's learning with the activity 

 

 

     Family involvement is also a very important aspect to teaching as the family is known as the child's first teacher and knows what the child likes and dislikes even before they come into contact with an educator. By having the family involved there is a greater chance for inclusion in the classroom as the children may be more willing to participate in activities. 

 

 

The method of Reggio Emilia is also a key aspect that I believe in integrating into the classroom. Reggio Emilia focuses on the natural aspect of learning. This may be from bring in outside resources into the classroom so that children can use objects such as sticks, rocks, and shells as sensory stimulation which can help them to further their development.

 

 

As an educator, skills that I believe that are important for educators to have are patience, being able to get down on the children's levels not to intimidate them, and being able to connect with the children and understand what they are going through and assist them. 

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After working with children who have special needs, I have been able to recognizes the importance of accommodating the needs of all the children who are in my care. This allows the children to have the proper resources and care they need for them to succeed and develop.

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