Working within early childhood learning environments

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-46
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

scholarly journals Space speaks: A portrait of an early childhood centre and the affordances provided by the learning environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Katrina McChesney ◽  
Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Reggio Emilia ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

The quality of early childhood education and care fundamentally depends on teachers’ wise practice. However, the environments in which that education and care occur can influence, inform, and shape teachers’ practice, and children’s and families’ experiences. This article draws on a written “portrait” of the learning environment created at one New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) centre, capturing both physical and non-physical aspects of the environment and highlighting the affordances the environment offered to children and families/whānau. A Reggio Emilia lens is used to inform analysis of the learning environment and the associated affordances. The portrait (McChesney, 2020) and this article may support practitioners by providing a vision of what can be in terms of early childhood learning environments, and by providing a possible framework for self-review and inquiry.

The Instructional Context of Critical Thinking Development in Early Childhood Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 331-345
Author(s):  
Hannah Mills Mechler
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

This chapter will outline the roles of teachers within early childhood learning environments and how they may promote children's critical thinking skills. Further discussions about how children's cognitive development may be fostered is also addressed. Theoretical frameworks are integrated as well to further decipher and understand how children's critical thinking skills may be promoted within early childhood learning environments. In addition, several curriculum models in early childhood education that are focused on the Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Tools of the Mind, High Scope, and Waldorf approaches are presented and applied to how they may enhance children's critical thinking skills as well as their overall development.

More than Just Number

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 474-479
Author(s):  
Carmen S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Real World ◽  
The Real ◽  
Geometric Thinking ◽  
The World ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

To build on and encourage children's natural curiosities about shapes and their connection to the real world, early childhood learning environments should be constructed to support geometric thinking. Adults can provide opportunities for children to explore materials, engage in activities, and work in collaboration with peers and teachers to construct their own knowledge of the world around them.

The Instructional Context of Critical Thinking Development in Early Childhood Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 892-906
Author(s):  
Hannah Mills Mechler
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Early Childhood Learning

This chapter will outline the roles of teachers within early childhood learning environments and how they may promote children's critical thinking skills. Further discussions about how children's cognitive development may be fostered is also addressed. Theoretical frameworks are integrated as well to further decipher and understand how children's critical thinking skills may be promoted within early childhood learning environments. In addition, several curriculum models in early childhood education that are focused on the Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Tools of the Mind, High Scope, and Waldorf approaches are presented and applied to how they may enhance children's critical thinking skills as well as their overall development.

Stimulation of Early Childhood Intelligence through Interest Approach based on the Family Environment in the Pandemic Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 00008
Author(s):  
Ismaniar Ismaniar ◽  
Setiyo Utoyo ◽  
Nur Hazizah
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Family ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Early Childhood Learning ◽  
Stimulation Of

The application of learning programs from home as an effort to reduce the transmission of the covid virus has brought about several phenomena in the field, including learning stimulation that is not carried out optimally, parents feel very bothered, and children are depressed and so on. All of this happened allegedly because some parents did not understand the approach to learning in early childhood. This research uses a literature study approach by utilizing various sources, both printed and online. From the results and discussion, it can be concluded that; 1. To optimize the results of intelligence stimulation/learning done at home, parents must understand the characteristics of early childhood learning in general, including children who like to play, each child is unique, and children like to imitate people in their environment. 2. Learning will take place well if parents understand and adapt the interests or tendencies of each child. 3. Every available space/spot in the home environment can be a fun place for intelligence stimulation for children if parents have sufficient understanding of the characteristics of an early child and the different interests of each child.

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