Department of Education. (2013). Curricular Guidance for Pre

Supporting Development

Delays

Organizing the Plan

All staff member should be aware of each child’s specific needs, even when a child already has extra support.

When a child does have individual support, it is important to ensure that the child has some independence during activities. Let them try.

Plan before planning is the best approach.

Prior to making a plan determine a process to use for your ideas.

Chart to document ideas into categories

Excel Spreadsheet to electronically create a plan with categories

Table using Word software to outline plan

As a resource watch the video featuring, Kathleen Kennedy.

Source: YouTube, Kennedy, 2013.

Focus on Preschoolers

Examples of Accommodating Development Delays

Make every effort to meet the child’s special needs with flexibility in the classroom settling and arrangements.

Make sure the timeframe of the session accommodates the child’s attention span or limitations.

Adhere to the Code of Practice for children with special educational needs

These age group curriculum that this illustration will focus on is the three to five years of age.

Also, known as preschoolers by many educational sources.

Source: Department of Education, 2013

References

Department of Education. (2013). Curricular Guidance for Pre-School Education. Retrieved

from, http://www.deni.gov.uk/pre_school_guidance_pdf.

Kennedy, K. (2013). Specialized support for children with disabilities — interview with Kathleen

Kennedy. YouTube. Retrieve from, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PEHI73Bbsk

Marotz, L. R. & Allen, K. E.  (2013).  Developmental profiles: Pre-birth through

adolescence (7th ed.).  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.

ParentFurther.Com. (2013). Developmental Overview: Ages 3-5. Retrieved

from, http://www.parentfurther.com/ages-stages/3-5

Ross, M. (2013). How to plan your own preschool curriculum. Retrieve from, http://www.examiner.com/list/how-to-plan-your-own-preschool-curriculum/gather-ideas

Department of Education. (2013). Curricular Guidance for Pre-School Education. Retrieved

from, http://www.deni.gov.uk/pre_school_guidance_pdf.

Kennedy, K. (2013). Specialized support for children with disabilities — interview with Kathleen

Kennedy. YouTube. Retrieve from, https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PEHI73Bbsk

Marotz, L. R. & Allen, K. E.  (2013).  Developmental profiles: Pre-birth through

adolescence (7th ed.).  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.

ParentFurther.Com. (2013). Developmental Overview: Ages 3-5. Retrieved

from, http://www.parentfurther.com/ages-stages/3-5

Ross, M. (2013). How to plan your own preschool curriculum. Retrieve from,

http://www.examiner.com/list/how-to-plan-your-own-preschool-curriculum/gather-ideas

Ensuring Development Needs of Students

Unique Stages of Development

Intellectual Development

• Preschoolers slowly start to understand the concept of time.
• By age 3, preschoolers know 300 words. That expands to 1,500 words by age 4, and to 2,500 words by age 5. Stimulate their language development through reading, talking, and asking them questions.

Physical Development

• Adventure starts with hopping, climbing, swinging, and doing somersaults during these years. By age 5, most kids can balance to stand on one foot for around 10 seconds.
• Children can draw a person with up to four body parts by age 5. They draw circles and begin to learn how to copy a square and some capital letters. They learn how to use scissors.

Social Development

• Interaction with other children increases during preschool years.
• Fantasy play and imagination increases, because of social.
• Children this age need to learn how to deal with conflict and how to solve problems without so much emotion.

Observing the children and making assessment.

Good evaluation of the children’s learning is based on day-to-day observations of, and interactions with, children in a range of situations to determine strengths and areas for development.

Planning for Assessment

Planned observation must be used in the short term planning to identify specific opportunities. This means talking individually and asking questions of the children.

Keeping Records

Documenting observations and making sure only the useful information is recorded for quick review and value.

Unique Stages of Development

Select a Theme

for the Year

Source: ParentFurther.com, 2013

Source: Department of Education, 2013

Emotional Development

• Kids move easily between fantasy and reality, and can become quite emotional about their imaginary play. They often do not know the difference between fantasy and reality, so imaginary monsters under the bed or in the dark are as frightening to them as a real threat (Marotz & Allen, 2013, p. 130).
• Take your child’s emotions seriously. Help her make sense of her emotions. Some preschoolers can throw wild, long tantrums. Calm her down and teach her how to deal with her strong emotions.

Spiritual Development

• Children have an active imagination and are open to the supernatural.
• Kids respond to concrete spiritual stories, symbols, and experiences.
• Your child will tend to be a black-and-white thinker. Thus, he knows about good and evil.
• Children at this age begin to use the religious or spiritual language of the family (ParentFurther.com, 2013).

Children love themes. Create a theme for your studies to help narrow down the activities and to hold the children’s interest.

Use different picture book each week.

Have a letter or story of the week.

Sources: ParentFurther.com, 2013

Marotz & Allen, 2013, p. 130

Compile Ideas

Supporting Development

Delays

Select the basic resources to be used to fill the class days with fun, hands-on activities for learning.

The developmental needs of the class will be supported through using tools such as:

• Ready, Set, Read by Janet Chambers which is packed with ideas for building children's familiarity with letters and sounds.
• Trish Kuffner's line of Busy Books for ideas with games, crafts and other activities to occupy the preschoolers, yet educate them. Inclusive of group interactive for social skills building as well.
• Use Pinterest find craft and activity ideas to hold the attention of this age group, yet helps them to learn.

• Identify the challenges through careful observation of the children, recording of their responses to activities, and through close collaboration with other professionals.

• Create an individual plan to meet the child’s needs or to determine necessary support during play and other planned activities.

• Ensure that a child who is experiencing difficulty has his/her progress reviewed frequently.

Source: Department of Education, 2013

Source: Ross, 2013

Curriculum Planning

for Preschoolers

Latrita Shelton

ECE 205

Katherine Palichuk

December 9, 2013