How to use picture, puppetry, role play and dramatization in early childhood education?
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What age? Most kids of ECE age (2-4) are too young for any large organized projects and get plenty of dramatic (pretend) play with stuff as simple as a few hats and capes. I would not direct the play too much, it stiffles their own creativity and social skill building. You can do felt board stories and have them interact with the pieces, or demonstrate a puppet show and then leave the puppets out for them.
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The above respondant has great ideans.\nBe at the child's eye level when giving directions or just talking with child.  Put away things that you would have to say "no " about.  Have great manipulative materials:  cool toys, of course--but also play doh, crayons, markers, finger paints. . . not all at once! but available.  Toys to stack like blocks.  Little kids need to be shown how to do it.  Sit on the floor and show them, play with them.  Not just blocks, anything.\n\nPut a sheet over a table and play tent , and take a flashlight in there!  Give them cups and empty bottles (plastic) and a colander (strainer) in the bathtub.  Put food coloring, just a few drops, in the bathwater.\nLet them help cook, measure; talk about what you're making. . . grow something, in a pot or in the yard. . . \ntake care of pets together; go on walks, and read read read.\nLimit tv and video games, and let whatever they watch be age appropriate. . . have fun. think about what's fun and do it with them.  Dance crazy, sleep in the backyard together, buy a sandbox, or put some sand in a little rubbermaid container and play with in on the front porch. Answer questions when your kids ask, about rainbows or God or where babies come from. . . remember what it felt like to be a child. . .
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There's some great ideas here!!http://www.preschooleducation.com/scbeach.shtml\n\nHere are some activities I did with my daycare children that went over well...http://tn.essortment.com/preschoolscienc_rjqi.htm\n\nMagnet play. Buy some cheap magnets. See what you can pick up with them. Talk about why magnets attract things. Play with the magnets. Show your child how they can repel and attract each other. Look for magnets around your house.\n\nExplore the night skies together. Take your child out and star gaze! Look for the constellations. Point out the different phases of the moon. Take a book out from your local library and read about how the constellations got their names. \n\nCloud watch together, too. Note the changes in the weather and the way the clouds change when the weather changes. Look for little black rain clouds. Point out big fluffy cumulus clouds. Have fun. Let your preschooler's imagination soar. What do the clouds look like? The sky's the limit! \n\nBugs, Bugs, Bugs! Take your child on a bug hunt. See how many bugs you can find in your backyard. Discuss why some bugs are insects, and others are not. (Insects have 6 legs, three body sections, feelers, and most likely wings, as well.)\n\nBird watch. What do birds eat? How many different kinds of birds live in your neighborhood? Preschoolers love to play games like "Name that Bird," to show off what they've learned. To play, simply look for birds in your yard, point them out one at a time to your child, and say, "Name that bird!" \n\nGood luck!
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If you mean "which toys will help my child to learn" then.  Larger toys when small.  Smaller toys when growing older, as in,\nDuplo then lego. Big trucks then small cars. As in stubby crayons on large sheets of paper,  then thinner pencils and smaller paper etc.\nAs in large balls, then smaller ones.\nOlder children picking up and putting  tennis balls into a bucket is very good for eye hand co ordination essential for writing.\nMost importantly, Reading books with your child from the beginning will teach literacy. Again, big pictures  for little children, then smaller pictures and finally none for older children. Read with/to them till age 12 or 13, it is ok and fun!
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I would start with the basics, counting to 10, recognizing colors and some shapes, etc.  Also how to use crayons and simple things like that.  They will learn the rest.  Also, you may want to make sure the child is okay with sharing, authority figures besides the parents, etc.
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How to make shadow puppets.  You can find instructions on the internet.\n\nOf course, your hands are the props, but it would be good to bring a light.  Maybe there is already a slide projector or an overhead in the room.\n\nYou can also get everyone to participate by making them along with you.  You'll get an A.\n\nEven better, I once did one on how to survive an earthquake.     I talked a bit about earthquake survival, then started shaking and said, "Earthquake!" and swiftly left the room.  That got eveyone's attention.  After a few seconds, I came back in and explained the first technique is to exit the building if you won't be hit by falling debris.  As I wrapped that up, did the earthquake routine again and headed for the door, but when I got there, I braced myself in it and shook really hard.  Then I explained that bracing in the door is another way.  Then I did the pretend earthquake again and dove under a table.  The table was just the right height that I could be on all fours and press my back against the underside of the table.  So I shook real hard and the table jumped around.  Then I came out and explained that you can take cover under furniture.  Next I summarized and that was it!  It was a lot of fun.
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One game we used to play in improv class (not sure how old your children are) is to create a story one word at a time. Each child says one word adding on to the story. For ex:\n\nChild 1: "The"\nChild 2 "Bear"\nChild 3 "was"\n\nand so on. It can get quite amusing and helps them develop their intuitive skills.\n\nGood luck!
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there are lots of activities for this age group...\n\nmovement...use music by raffi, greg and steve, and hap palmer...try freeze dance, popcorn dance, use bean bags or nerf balls to go with the music (you can even use basic musical instruments like tamborines, maracas, and drums)\n\nreading/and listening activity....choose an age appropriate book, flannel board story, or fingerplays and tell the story you can give the pieces to individual children after you have read the story a few times and let them help with the story. children of this age are beginning to understand how to listen too and story tapes with a book are sometimes fun if they are not too long...\ncooking or science can be done too....usually making things like pudding or jello, even making popsicles works, science projects like rolling items down a long or wide board is sometimes fun too. i even carved a pumpkin with a group of this age....i did have an assistant to be sure no one got a hold of the knife but the children enjoyed helping clean out the seeds and touching and smelling the parts of the pumpkin..\n\nthere are some great books for teachers of this age too...my favorite is teachable 2's sorry dont remember the author, but ck in the lakeshore catalog for it.
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Get your children into a play group with Spanish speaking children.  Children learn a second language easiest when there is a purpose for them to do it - a play group can be part of that purpose.  Children will learn best in real life situations with real life purpose.\n\nI've included a couple of links that look promising.  Have fun!
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In case you don't see the previous answer, here it is again ....\n\nI think you mean role play. Kids role play all the time - they pretend - they act out scenarios as if they were real. \n\nOne aspect of role play in teaching usually is related to teaching kids specific skills by having them practice them in real life type situations. For example, children can learn how to greet each other, or good manners, etc. by acting out scenes which they can later use in real life. You can use role play as a teaching tool with young children, teenagers, adults, anyone, really.\n\nThese links should help you.
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Cartoon charecters and bright colors! Find mini benches that they can sit on and take their shoes off at the door, things that are closer to their size. Thats what my aunt does and she has a very successful day care! She has small benches, chairs, tables and toyboxes. They're all decorated with cartoon characters that they recognize and bright colors and shapes that they can incorporate into games and educational lessons. (Like, pointing out the blue circle on a toybox, or the red star...Things like that.)
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How about using some great art-related picture books, like the Last Resort, by J. Patrick Lewis, or Action Jackson, by Jan Greenberg?  What exactly do you mean by teaching reading, anyhow?
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Please view the website that I have listed.  While most of the materials are for older students and adults, maybe some of the activities can be adapted for preschool children.  \n\nInstead of using the basic "study circles" format maybe the students could do art projects to talk about their community and feelings.  Or, plan activities where the students have to work together to figure out puzzles or play games.  Once you get children started they usually figure out things on their own.  I've worked with young students for the past few years through the organization Junior Achievement, its not directly related this organization taught students about entrepreneurship and personal finance, but I learned that young people are very attuned to what goes on in their community.\n\nHave a community day/show and tell were students bring in something from home that explains their culture.  Try to get parents involved if you can.  Afterall, "It takes a village to raise a child."  As I am sure you are probably aware, lessons come in many forms they don't always have to center around pointing out differences and saying its bad to make judgements.  Just show them the different cultures that are out there through story, food, clothing, and other fun activities.
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A lot of early childhood development is still going off of the workds of Piaget, Vigogosty, Freud, Skinner, and Maslow.  \n\nWhat specifically are you looking for?  This is a very broad question.
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I used to teach three-year-olds. Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but we would have instrument days (kids could bring them from home or we had some at the center) and we would take turns playing for each other, or we would have a parade through the halls, or take them outside (less noise!).  Also, everyone loves freeze dance.  Sometimes we'd just have a dancing party for 15 minutes or so (especially good on a rainy day when they can't get outside).  Another one that they liked was putting on a show. I would have them sit on the carpet, then let them come up one by one (or pick a partner or two if they were shy) and sing songs for everyone. Sometimes they would make up there own song, which was always funny, and we'd try to learn it.   If you are having a "music day" and you post it, most parents will be more than happy to bring in musical toys and games to share.
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you need to be more specific\n\neach age group langauage activities are different from the very young 2s something as simple as on/off to pre k beginning studies of letters and more advanced opposites to prereading skills
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How about some beanbag chairs and a small couch.  We also added a story time theatre with teired steps to maximize space for many students.  Plus if the children are young include some toy characters from the books and even artifacts from different countries.  Plus posters of famous faces promoting reading is a great addition.