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Meeting Developmental Goals:
Supporting Childrens Personality Development
Victoria Ramirez
Fresno Pacific University
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Development Goal:Children will weigh evidence and make
appropriate choices.Create an environment that encourages choice and decision making by:
Having toys, materials and books available at childrens level; encouraging theirpersonal decision on what activity they would like to participate in
Implementing child-directed activities and lessons daily
Supporting but not directing childrens activity choices
Providing children with an adequate amount of time for unstructured play (freeplay)
Providing enough choices, but not too many, reducing the risk of overwhelming
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Make sure the choices you offer are: Appropriate: practical, safe and within the childrens ability Attractive: things the children enjoy and prefer
Available: the choices are accessible to the children
For young children, making a good decision comes down to havingchoices first. Making options clear and obvious to them just makesthe decision making process much easier for them. When offeringchoices, make sure you are clear, concise and concrete.
ClearUse simple words and phrases in the form of a command, not
a question.
Concise Keep it brief! Being concise is important if you want tomaintain the childrens attention.
ConcreteDont be vague. Offer choices that are real and specific.
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Developmental Goal:Children will set tasks for themselves
and will complete tasks they begin.Allow children to decide what activity they would like to
participate in; encouraging them to set tasks for themselves
instead of providing them with one.
Activity idea:
What will you do today?
Before free play have each child decide on at least one activity/task
they will participate in during the unstructured block of time.
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Developmental Goal:Children will develop positive and
realistic self-concepts.The development of a positive selfconcept at an early age empowers children tofeel competent, try new things, and strive forsuccess.
Ways to help children develop positive self-concepts:
Provide children with many opportunities for success.Give them age-appropriate tasks that they can completeon their own. Having done so, will give them a sense ofpride and help build a "can do" mentality and positiveself-concept
Avoid unrealistic expectations and goals!
Identify each child's strengths and encourage them toselect activities that will build on them
Praise children's successes no matter how small or big
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Activities that help young childrendevelop a positive self-concept:
Have children look at themselves in afull-length mirror. Discuss their totalappearance and how they are alike ordifferent from the other children.Help them see that no one is exactly alike.
Encourage the children to bring afavorite item from home and discusswhy it is their favorite object.
Record each child's voice during anactivity period. Children listen to the
voices and guess which voice goes witheach child
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Developmental Goal:Children will develop feelings ofself-worth and self-esteem.
Activities that promote positive self-worth and self-esteem:
"Special Me" Song
Tune: London Bridge
No one else has a smile like mine,
Smile like mine, smile like mine
No one else has a smile like mineI am very special!
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Activities that promote positive
self-worth and self-esteem:
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Developmental Goal:Children will begin to recognize their
own value and to choose from amongvalue.
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Developmental Goal:Children will understand their emotions
and express them in socially acceptableways.
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Activities that promote healthy
emotional development:
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