The field of early childhood education has always been a part of my life. My mother and mother-in-law taught K-3 for over 25 years in Viet Nam. I suppose I am a product of the environment I grew up in. Surrounded by the sounds of the schoolyard, of crayons and glue, I am at home.
A creative at heart, I thought I could do anything to win the heart of children.
For myself, I enjoy working directly with children 3+ years old. I know children love painting and doing some artwork and I know how they introduce art to children. Being an artist, I also find becoming a children’s illustrator very alluring. When I was young, I spent my summers creating bulletin boards, games and backdrops for my mother’s classroom and many of her coworkers. I love to create, and any job that lets me create for or with children is enticing. I have been teaching in Preschool for more than 15 years.
I am 100 percent sure I want to continue in this process in my education to help other students and be a well participate in the education system. A child’s early life is filled with learning opportunities that are important to their future. Patience,creativity, a love for the field and a bachelor’s degree in child development are important elements of being an effective early childhood educator. That’s why I continue to pursue my higher education.
The area that I showed strength in my teaching career is helping children learn by listening to them, answering their questions, and providing a safe and supportive environment for learning. As preschoolers play, they develop skills that help them think, question, and explore the world. I help them learn to interact with others and solve problems in different situations. It is in these settings that children can begin to learn to regulate their emotions and express their feelings. Children learn to solve problems by themselves and with others. These experiences can be very useful when they arrive at school. I also allow them to make their own choice but also help them understanding good choices and bad choices to choose. Besides this, I like to create my lesson plan based on children’s interest and also follow creative curriculum. Building parent-teacher partnership is very important in my teaching career as well.
The areas of growth that I will work more with children to connect new ideas and skills to what they already know and can do. I will help them build knowledge that connect to a child’s interests, such as bugs or airplanes. I will put my full attention to students realizing the work i would need to put into a classroom and it gives me a deeper understanding of what I need to pay attention to in the future working with the students. When teachers build learning experiences on what children know, they provide experiences that children find challenging but can do with a little help. This provides experiences that are “developmentally appropriate,” which are an important part of having early high-quality childhood experiences that lead to positive outcomes.
Going back to the school’s mission statement I think I have been working here for 4 years so I have seen our school promotes school and life readiness by providing multi-cultural early learning services to children and families especially those who need our services the most. We respect and preserve each child and family’s individually, cultural heritage and home language. We also promote personal and social responsibility with integrity and love in an environment defined by social justice and peace. It is full of culture and we put both of education system and integrate it with the schools symbolic which is extremely helpful for the students to see that they are celebrated.
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