Session 7 Respecting children’s choices

Introduce reasons for participating in experiences

Make a list of the experiences you take part in outside TAFE and your reasons for doing them Activity 3.8 Learner Resource p 100

Why children may or may not become involved in an experience

There are most likely several reasons why H/O 1 Discuss these

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Strategies to encourage children to participateH/O 2 and discuss

Rethinking children’s interestsIt is important to remember that children will

favour some experiences over othersAllow children to make decisions and to

follow their interests is important to child centred programming

This will demonstrate our respect for children’s ideas and interests

Rethinking children’s interestsAllowing children to follow their interests

may sometimes present a dilemma to educators

Often interests are challenging to educators when they relate to popular culture

Weapon games and war games Barbie dolls

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Rethinking children’s interestsAs educators we need to be very aware of the

developmental progress of the childrenThrough observation and consultation we

should be able to identify where their strengths lie, what they are interested in and how they relate to the environment around them

Webbing

The use of webbing as a planning tool to develop ideas and experiences based on children’s interests is a useful approach

Adapting experiencesPlay and learning experiences need to be

adapted or modified in relation to children’s responses to them

H/O 3

Respecting a child’s choice not to participateBeing forced to participate can leave a child:Embarrassed, reluctant, scared, humiliated,

angry, powerless, resentful and withdrawnChildren of all ages will not always want to

participateQuality educators will recognise and respect

their choice

Waste in children’s servicesManaging waste sustainably in children’s services is a visible process that is easy for children to relate to

Kids carnival has green activities Preschool carnival aims to create awareness of environment in the young children. By Hari Bharadwaj 02 Sep 2010, Citizen Matters

The XSEED Preschool, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, celebrated a children's carnival on Saturday, August 28th at their school premises. The carnival was primarily aimed at creating an awareness in the young minds the importance of going green. The preschool emphasizes appreciating and protecting the environment through the principles of the 3 R’s –Reduce, Recycle and Reuse.  To put these into practice, the school has a vegetable garden, a vermicompost  pit and a bird bath.

Sites to visithttp://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/kidspa

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http://www.eceen.org.au/news/feb_07_newsletter.pdf

http://www.elmwoodpreschool.co.nz/sustainability.html

http://doingstuffwithkids.com/blog/earth-day-activities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0847Epu3wt0

Environmental Game for Kids (Recycling) - Sort Your Waste

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