Doran International ECE Center

An International Early Childhood Education Center

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Let’s get to know each other☘️#earlychildhoodeducation #earlyyears #ECE

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@LynnMcNair and @mcgregor_marie talking about #child and #play at #EECERA2022

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At #EECERA2022😍 soon, we will invite lots of these amazing speakers to Doran!

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“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul.”
Friedrich Frobel
#play #childhood #childhoodeducation #earlychildhood #froebel

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“Children are like wet cement. whatever falls on them leaves an impression.”
- Dr. Hiam Ginnot
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#teachers #earlyyears #earlychildhoodeducation #childhoodstudies #teachertraining #earlyyearsteacher #childhood #children #learnwithdoran #freeplay #classroom #play

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Include themed areas for children to choose based on their interests.

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The Montessori Environment (A Thread):
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#teachers #earlyyears #earlychildhoodeducation #childhoodstudies #teachertraining #earlyyearsteacher #childhood #children #learnwithdoran #montessori #classroom

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Materials set out for children to take, use, and place back.

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Clean, simple, and welcoming, with elements proportional to children's size.

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“The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'”
- Maria Montessori

#learnwithdoran #teaching #ece #education #children #montessorimethod #classroom

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Playful Learning:

- Have set expectations from the children

- Teachers retain control

- Involves rules of play

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Implementing Play in the Classroom (A Thread):

#LearnwithDoran #play #ece #education

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Free Play:

- Observing children's play

- Facilitated by teachers

- Does not involve any “teaching” from the educator

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“Children are like tiny flowers; they are varied and need care, but each is beautiful alone and glorious when seen in the community of peers.”

- Friedrich Froebel

#learnwithdoran #ece #education

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(4) Taking note of when children participate and engage in a lesson.

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Effective methods of pedagogical documentation:
(A Thread)

#LearnwithDoran #pedagogicaldocumentation

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(3) Photographs and short videos of children doing a given activity.

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(2) Keeping files for each child and their collected work to notice patterns of growth.

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(1) Asking children for a reflection on what they’ve learned at the end of a lesson or activity.

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From 'Rethinking Learning In Early Childhood Education'
By Nicola Yelland, Libby Lee, Maureen O'Rourke, Cathie Harrison

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Teach children to communicate their emotions:

Children who want to share their problems find it difficult when they are faced with adults that don't pay them enough attention.

Simply being a listening ear is enough.

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