Assistance, Resources, and Support)
program focuses on the importance of
employing quality staff, professional
development, early learning programs,
partnerships with family and the
community, and leadership and
management of facilities. Within these
structured guidelines, the state aims to
ensure that quality care is provided to
preschool-aged students at all facilities.
But some educational daycares are
working to “up the ante” on the level of
education students receive.
According to the National Association
for the Education of Young Children,
there are a variety of ways to implement
effective classroom practices involving
technology and interactive media. As
preschoolers are immersed in the use
of technology at home—with their
parents on their phones, siblings on their
tablets, and watching others use the
computer—they are curious about the
technologies around them. From a young
age, they are encouraged to communicate
using a variety of expressions; whether
it is through coloring, painting, creative
movement, singing or talking, children
look to the world of possibilities to be
creative.
Digital technology is another outlet
for learning and creativity, and with
its inherent use throughout homes
in the U.S., children are learning to
explore touchscreens and other forms of
interactive media. Educational daycares
are utilizing digital technologies to
explore e-books, watch educational
videos, and explore places and things that
children may not see within their own
environment (videos about visiting a
factory, or pictures of people and places
that are foreign to them). Programs that
allow students to freely explore these
types of digital media are designed to
facilitate active and creative use and
are encouraged to be done with other
children and adults as a form of social
engagement.
Use of technologies is only one of the
variety of options that figure into the
aspects of choosing a classroom that
is right for a young learner. Parents are
playing a larger role in shaping their
early learners with the choice of play-based
learning programs versus academic learning
programs. Play-based or child-centered
programs focus on the current interests of
the child. Classrooms are set up in different
sections, such as a kitchen, home, science
area, reading nook, or water area, for kids
to engage in social interactions with others
and learn valuable skills based from play.
Academic or didactic, teacher-directed
programs are structured with a curriculum
involving planned activities guided by
teachers and designed to prepare students
for a kindergarten-type setting. Either
method for learning prepares young children
for their future interactions, both socially
and educationally. Finding the learning style
that best suits your own child’s needs will set
him/her up for success.
K-12 EDUCATION
It is early in education that
students start to become
competent in utilizing the tools needed in
our society. Reading, writing, math and
language skills are all core competencies
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