This document discusses 10 artifacts from LaGinnise Walker's preschool education practicum that demonstrate her knowledge of NAEYC standards. Each artifact is mapped to 1-3 NAEYC standards and provides a 1-2 sentence description of how the artifact met those standards and allowed Walker to gain experience in areas like child development and learning, effective teaching strategies, building relationships with families and communities, and understanding diversity. The artifacts include assignments on remembering favorite teachers, creating a bulletin board, conducting a child case study, observing science and math activities, visiting an early childhood program, planning a nutrition activity, reflecting on childhood experiences, creating language matching cards, observing infants, and addressing issues of multicultural education.
This document discusses 10 artifacts from LaGinnise Walker's preschool education practicum that demonstrate her knowledge of NAEYC standards. Each artifact is mapped to 1-3 NAEYC standards and provides a 1-2 sentence description of how the artifact met those standards and allowed Walker to gain experience in areas like child development and learning, effective teaching strategies, building relationships with families and communities, and understanding diversity. The artifacts include assignments on remembering favorite teachers, creating a bulletin board, conducting a child case study, observing science and math activities, visiting an early childhood program, planning a nutrition activity, reflecting on childhood experiences, creating language matching cards, observing infants, and addressing issues of multicultural education.
This document discusses 10 artifacts from LaGinnise Walker's preschool education practicum that demonstrate her knowledge of NAEYC standards. Each artifact is mapped to 1-3 NAEYC standards and provides a 1-2 sentence description of how the artifact met those standards and allowed Walker to gain experience in areas like child development and learning, effective teaching strategies, building relationships with families and communities, and understanding diversity. The artifacts include assignments on remembering favorite teachers, creating a bulletin board, conducting a child case study, observing science and math activities, visiting an early childhood program, planning a nutrition activity, reflecting on childhood experiences, creating language matching cards, observing infants, and addressing issues of multicultural education.
1. Child DV 120: (Remembering your Favorite Teachers) Standards 1 and 6a, 4d. Promoting child development and learning, consist of all key elements when writing this assignment I had to identify and involve myself with the early childhood field. I also had to remember when I was a child and place myself back as a child, allowing me to understand young childrens characteristic and needs. I choose this artifact because every child grows and develop never forgetting the teachers that helped make learning fun and providing multiple influences on development and learning. I also choose this particular artifact because it allowed me to reflect on my own practice to promote positive outcomes through my experience for other children. 2. Child DV 258: (Bulletin Board) Standards 5, 5c, 4 and 4c. I decided to use this artifact because its developmentally appropriate according to NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation Program. This artifact allowed me to utilize developmental effective approaches to connect with children and families. I put this bulletin board on display during parent and teacher conferences which gave parents and families to an actual visual example how their children interact effectively. 3. Child DV 201: (Child Case Study Report) Standards 3 and 7. this specific artifact provided me with the appropriate field experience which abled me to observe and write an accurate child case study report. I was goals, also able to know and understand, benefits in use of this assessment. I enjoyed the opportunity to have observed and create this child case study because I was able to use systematic observation, documentation and other effective assessment strategies. 4. Child DV 143: (Science and Math Observation) Standards 1, 3, and 4. This activity provided me with Promoting child development and learning as well as the chance to visually observe and know whats expected as the key elements. I choose this artifact because it gave me the experience with observing documenting and assessing young children to support my observation. I also enjoyed this activity because its mandatory preparation of knowing and understanding goals and benefits, by doing so I became able to understand that teaching and learning with young children is a complex enterprise. Another reason in choosing this artifact is because I am more than ready and able to understand as well as use positive relationships and supportive interactions as a foundation in order to work with young children and families as mentioned in the NAEYC STANDARDS for Early Childhood Education. 5. Child DV 262-1: (Visiting a Program) Standards 1, 2, 5 and 6. The program that I decided to visit was a Head Start based center. During my visit I learned how important
building families and community relationships played a tremendous role in our
communities and in the lives of parents and children. I grew able to use developmental knowledge to create healthy, respectful, supportive and challenging learning environments when the proper time came. Visiting this program allows me to use content that knowledgeable to build meaningful curriculum. I choose this artifact because I learned a lot about the families in the community and the children development if they did not receive the developmentally appropriate help that was being offered in this center. I also gained a step toward becoming professional, as well as learning about families and communities that were diverse. 6. Child DV 107: (Nutrition Activity) Standard 1. Helping and supporting childrens health and using developmental knowledge to create a supportive learning environment. 7. Child DV 149: (The Soloist) Standards 3 and 7. This activity consisted of me simply placing myself back as a child, and then reflecting on how mw my childhood could positively or negatively shaped me into the person that I am today. 8. Child DV 109: (3 in 1 matching card language card game) Standard 7. This activity was created based upon Early Childhood Field Experience for previous child development courses. 9. Child DV 101: (Infant Observation) Standards 1 and 3. I choose this artifact because it allowed me to observer and assessing to support young children. 10. Child DV 259: (Issues of Multicultural Education) Standards 1, 4, 6, and 7. This artifact was truly important to me because I am a firm believer on creating and promoting diversity throughout communities and within a developmentally appropriate connection with children and families.