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For this paper, I chose a licensed childcare facility. I was fortunate enough to be able to observe in most of the classrooms. The classroom the stood out to me the most was the older three-year-old classroom. This facility has their three-year-olds divided into two classrooms. The younger three-year-olds did not have to be potty trained and then the classroom I was observing in, the older potty trained three-year- olds. Walking into the classroom my first impression would be chaos. The teacher did not even recognize I had entered the classroom. The classroom was very unorganized and messy. Upon entering the classroom, I was greeted by a few of the curious children and one of the children even tried to run out of the classroom. While I feel like there were a variety of developmentally appropriate toys available, I did not observe any structure or expectations from the children during my observation. I would not consider this environment to be developmentally appropriate. I feel like for this age group there should have been way more structure and classroom expectations. I did not observe any rhyme or reasoning behind any of the children’s play. I can honestly say that the classroom management was horrible. The teacher spent most of the time dealing with unwanted behaviors, she didn’t give any reasoning or redirection to the children as to what they were doing was wrong or what they could have done instead. While there were many items available, the children either played with them inappropriately or there were some items they were not allowed to play with at all to avoid making any more of a mess. Having the items available doesn’t always mean that it is developmentally appropriate if they are not allowed to play with the items. The environment does not encourage any kind of developmentally appropriate practices. If I had to change anything about this environment, I would start with classroom management. I would work to create an environment that is warm and welcoming. I think if I could change anything it would be to start by showing the children how the toys are played with and go over what the classroom expectations are. I feel as if once the classroom management is addressed it will allow the teachers to continue to build and grow on other areas within the classroom. If I had to try and explain developmentally appropriate practices to parents, I would start by pointing out the child’s strengths. I would let each parent know that developmentally appropriates practices are described as methods that promote each’s child’s optimal development and learning through a strength based, play based learning approach to joyful, engaged learning. Developmentally appropriate practices allow educators to get to know each child personally through observations and forming relationships. I would explain to the parents that developmentally appropriate practices are about making sure children have fun so that they will learn. I would also follow it up with maybe some appropriate age level developmental practices within the classroom. Something as simple as acknowledging what the children say or do. Work to encourage persistence and effort rather than just praising the child. Giving specific feedback rather than just general comments. Model attitudes and ways of approaching problems and behaviors, showing children rather than just telling them. Create or add challenges so that the tasks go a bit beyond what the children can do. Ask questions that will provoke children’s thinking and build on their answers. Provide information. directly giving children facts, verbal labels, and other information. Giving direction for children’s actions and behaviors. I would also explain to parents that developmentally appropriate practices will vary depending on the age of their children. Developmentally appropriate practices help you think about children as individuals and how they make progress and growth within their own time. I would also explain to families that their involvement is just as important when looking at developmentally appropriate practices. Involving families by dialoging and including them in making decisions. Inquire about family goals and expectations. Developmentally appropriate practices are grounded in research and how children learn and provide real world experiences and opportunities to

gain knowledge and skills through hands on learning. Also, developmentally appropriate practices prepares children for future learning.

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