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temporal environment (principles of planning daily schedules (routines…
temporal environment
principles of planning daily schedules
overall balance
short and long time segments
active and quiet (passive) periods
self-directed and teacher-directed activities
time spent in indoors and outdoors
pace
determined by the overall schedule of events
teachers decide who is to set the pace
teachers setting the pace
children change activities when they are told to do so
allowing children to set the pace
accomplish educational goals at children's own pace without pressure
teacher's supervision is necessary on disengaged, distracted or otherwise uninvolved children
variety
achieved through size, purpose, interest, composition (skills) and duration taken
groups are formed based on
observed needs of the children
balance between more and less skillful children
by chance (friendship)
routines
= procedures that are practised and carried out everyday at a certain time
must be taught, modeled and practised consistently
most are taught at the beginning of the year
should have a rationale (why)
introduce few at a time
examples
entering school/classroom
going to the toilet
going for meals
clean-up time
why must we teach routines?
reduce behavioural problems
increased time on learning activities
certain structure and order is maintained
eliminates confusions
appropriate behaviour without much prompting
guidelines
plan to discuss and teach rules in the first lesson
discuss reasons for rules
identify specific expectation relevant to each rule
transitions
strategies
visual cues
prompts
songs
counting
ways to structure transitions
give children transition notice
allow sufficient time
give children specific tasks