LANGUAGES SCHOOLNAMES: Jazmín Medina

Jessica JuaMarcia Lema

COURSE: 4th ‘‘A’’

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZOSCIENCE OF EDUCATION, HUMAN AND TECHNOLOGIES FACULTY

EARLY CHILDHOOD FROM 5 TO 8 YEARS OLD.

Children increase curiosity about people and how the world works, show an increasing interest in numbers, letters, reading and writing, gain more confidence in physical skills, use words to express feeling and to cope, like grown-up activities, become more outgoing, play in cooperative way.

CHARACTERISTICS OF

DEVELOPMENT

PHYSICAL

SOCIAL

EMOTIONAL

INTELLECTUAL

Growing slowly

• Running, moving, playing games, cutting with scissors, painting, pasting, brushing, and assembling.

Learning to master physical skills.

• Fingers and hands like tying their shoes putting small items together, taking, writing.

Use small and large muscle activities.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Learning how to be friends

May have a lot of friends one day

Empathy towards others.

• Allow youth to imagine clearly what other people think and feel.

Boys and girls may enjoy playing together.

SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS

Self – centered

Seeking approval from adults

Avoids punishment

Sensitive to criticism; don’t like failure

EMOTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Concrete thinkers

• They based their

thinking in reality

More interested in doing things than

the end result

• It’s okay for 5-to 8-year-olds to only work on a project rather than complete it.

Are easily motivated and eager to try

something

new.

• Provide a variety of short and specific learning activities involving concrete concepts.

Are naturally curious and want to make

sense of their world.

Activities that encourage physical activity: Learn best if physically active. Forexample, activities such as: running, moving, playing games, cutting with scissors,painting, pasting, brushing, and assembling.

Kids in this age group are rapidly becoming more independent. Respect this and startencouraging alone time. The child will also begin having more of a social life at thisage.

Allow for exploration and spontaneity in activities: Are naturally curious andwant to make sense of their world. For example: the teacher teaches children outof classroom such as: show plants to the students or to sow plants with theteacher.

A balance of activities: Are learning how to be friends. May have several “bestfriends.”. For example: which can be done alone or in small groups that allow forindividual attention.

Use small and large muscle activities. Are learning how to use their bodies bymastering physical skills. For example: using the fingers or saying the parts ofbodie.

HOW TO MAKE DIDATIC MATERIAL FOR TEACHING CHILDREN AT EARLY CHILDHOOD

SHOWING BALLOONS OF DIFFERENTS COLORS. THESE ARE USEFUL FOR TEACHING COLORS.

ALSO WITH EACH BALLOON WE CAN TEACH ABOUT STATES OF MOOD, BY DRAWING IN EACH BALLOON A FACE.

TO BUILD A POSTER WITH THE NUMBERS FROM 1-10 WRITTEN INTO A COLUMN. AFTER THAT COLOCATE LITTLE PIECES OF PAPER IN FRONT OF THE NUMBER FOR EXPRESSING EACH QUANTITY. THE PAPERS CAN BE FLOWERS, ANIMALS, SHAPES, SO ON. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO TEACH AS EXTRA.

NUMBERS SHAPES

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

TO TEACH THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY BY MAKING THEM TO WATCH A VIDEO OR LISTENING TO MUSIC RELATED TO IT AND BY SHOWING CHILDREN OUR HAND WITH THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. IF WE DON’T HAVE FACES OF THE FAMILY WE CAN DRAW THEM ON OUR FINGERS.

TO TEACH THE PARTSOF THE BODY: FIRST WE CAN PRESENT A VIDEO OR A SONG ABOUT IT AND MAKE THEM TO PRACTICE.

MAKE EACH STUDENT TO WRITE TWO OR THREE PARTS OF THE BODY THAT THEY REMEMBER WHEN LISTENED THE SONG OR VIDEO.

H E A D

A R M

L E G

ONCE THEY WROTE, THEY HAVE TO CUT AND STICK EACH PART INTO A PARTNER BODY BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE RIGHT PLACE.

GIVE THEM A SHEET OF WORK WHERE THEY CAN WRITE AND LABEL EACH PART OF THE BODY ONCE THEY HAVE PRACTICED THE PARTS OF THE BODY.