Language development

From the first sound a baby makes, to the first sound a baby intentionaly trying to say (babble), to the first word a baby or a toddler says properly, to the first sentence, first coversation, first story that is told by a child, language development of a child never stop since the day the child was born, or, some would even say, BEFORE the child was born.

In this sector, I am going to explore and study the following areas:

  • The thoeries
  • In ECE setting and different age groups with milestones and activities to support the development
  • Special needs and speech pathology

Build a system for documentation

We all know planning cycle:

https://wehearyou.acecqa.gov.au/2016/09/01/unpacking-the-planning-cycle-part-1/

Observations

Writing snapshots every two weeks is the first step of planning cycles. With that I have a snapshots planning sheet to follow with, which is a table shows each child’s name in my group, with corresponding IDP, family members, and each week with start and end dates to make sure none of them missing a snapshot.

A more detailed of how a snapshot or learning story should looked like, here are some examples worth to be looked at:

https://getearlyworks.com.au/learning-story-observations/

Learning stories were introduced by Margaret Carr in 2001 in her book “Assessment in Early Childhood Settings: Learning Stories” and further expanded upon in “Learning Stories: Constructing Learner Identities in Early Education” by Margaret Carr and Wendy Lee.

https://aussiechildcarenetwork.com.au/articles/childcare-programming/observations-in-childcare

Planning

Programming and planning for early years children should be emergent, which means, responsive and relevant. https://wehearyou.acecqa.gov.au/2016/09/07/emergent-curriculum-doesnt-mean-no-need-to-plan/

About me and this blog

Hi, I am an early childhood educator in Victoria of Australia and this is my personal blog for my own professional development, where journals are kept for self-reflections and online resources are linked for references. By publishing this blog, I am hoping that some of these resources will be found helpful by any of you for any purpose, as education meant to be shared and inspire lives. Pleas do note that this blog is mostly based on:

  • Australian EYLF (Early Years Learning Framework)
  • VEYLDF (Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework)
  • ACECQA
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