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Temporal Environment (Transitions (Unplanned
Prolonged
Not engaging
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Temporal Environment
Transitions
Unplanned
- Prolonged
- Not engaging
- No clear instructions
- Inconsistencies in procedures
Leading to challenging behaviours (e.g. overwhelmed, insecure, anxious)
Ways to structure
- Give children transition notice
- Allow sufficient time (don’t rush through transition times)
- Give children specific tasks
- Be clear and consistent in instructions
- Be flexible (extra time for certain task)
- Meet individual needs
- Use transitions as opportunities to teach
Strategies
- Visual Cues
- Prompts
- Songs
What: Interval between 2 activities
When: Children move from one setting to another
Children associate them with change
(e.g. arrival, departure, nap time)
Schedules
Daily Schedule
A big picture which shows the key activities to be engaged in a day
Principles
- Overall balance
- Pace
- Variety
- Routines
Should be communicated, need to be demonstrated at the beginning of the year. It also has to be reminded at the beginning of every day and displayed in the classroom.
Large Group Activities
Well structured, large group meetings that involve the whole class will serve the following purposes:
- Experience a sense of belonging to a group
- Practise communication skills
- Talk about and solve problems that affect the whole group
Time
- Morning/ End of day
- Story before rest time/ Music & Movement
- Discuss plans for next activity/Solve problems that happened during free time
- Welcome a special visitor to class
Small Group Activities
Purpose/Enables to...
- Introduce or, reinforcce concepts or materials
- Teach particular skill to children who need individual attention
- Focus observations on a particular group of children and document their learning
Time
- Spontaneous
- Several times of the day
- During centre time
- Planned and grouped based on how each child learns/ his or her needs
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Routines
Must be taught, modeled and practised consistently. Most are taught at the beginning of the tear and should be introduced few at a time. Lastly, they should have a rationale.
Routines
Procedures that are practised and carried out everyday at a certain timeWhy?
- Reduce behavioural problems
- Increase time on learning activities
- Certain structure and order is maintained
- Eliminates confusions
- Appropriate behaviour without much prompting