Student Teaching: Early Childhood Practicum Guide

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Summary: An ABC Practicum Guide For Students and Teachers
Review: Threw out the chapters there are detailed teaching aspects. I have learned personal values, I planned activities and got to act them out and it taught me to teach and learn but also have fun. How to work with children with disabilities. It talks about the Laws in childhood. It helps us get the parents involved show them how to help there child with home visits. It covers Montessori, and Reggio Emillia and other teachers who have influenced teachers threw out the centuries.

I am a student in early childhood and this book has been a valuable tool. Threw out the chapters there are detailed teaching aspects. Chapter 2 Placement- First Days on the Teaching Team. This chapter helped me when I started my practicum. I knew to go and get familiar with the center and teacher so I good feel more at ease. I learned to take something to do with the children. I have learned personal values, I planned activities and got to act them out and it taught me to teach and learn but also have fun. I can set up a classroom, and put things in order to locality. I learned to plan weekly and monthly activity schedules and to plan them around the seasons and holidays. I learned why Erikson theory works and why we follow his stages of development. You will read about Maslow and Burton White. You will learn to listen to the children and parents and each other. It teaches you how to solve simple and complex problems. How to work with children with disabilities. It shows you how to observe and be observed. It talks about the Laws in childhood. The does and don'ts and passing the Licensing. It talks about quality programs and how to keep them that way. It helps us get the parents involved show them how to help there child with home visits. It covers Montessori, and Reggio Emillia and other teachers who have influenced teachers threw out the centuries. It talks about the teacher shortage and how we need to pull together and work hard to be who we want to be. Over this entire book is a wonderful tool to help you grow and start a wonderful career in Childhood profession. I recommend keeping this book a reference guide for future use.