The DAP Considerations:
1. What is known about child development
and learning—referring to knowledge of
age-related characteristics that permits general predictions about what experiences are
likely to best promote children’s learning
and development.
2. What is known about each child as an
individual—referring to what practitioners
learn about each child that has implications
for how best to adapt and be responsive to
that individual variation.
3. What is known about the social and
cultural contexts in which children live—
referring to the values, expectations, and
behavioral and linguistic conventions that
shape children’s lives at home and in their
communities that practitioners must strive to
understand in order to ensure that learning
experiences in the program or school are
meaningful, relevant, and respectful for each
child and family.
This week as we learned about parenting styles it really reminded me of my Culture and Diversity class. People need to give the same consideration toward their children that they would to any person. Treating your children the same can actually be the hardest part of parenting. We tend to be blinded by our own hopes and dreams for parenthood. I am guilty of this. I don't treat my kids with the same consideration that I would to anybody else. I don't really understand why, but I can be as harsh with my children as I am with myself. Anyway. I think responsiveness is the key to this whole parenting/being a good teacher/being a good person thing.
When you are responsive to a person you learn about them and find solutions that work perfectly for them as individuals instead of making blanket rules that you expect everyone to follow. So in a home I might expect my one daughter to sit for 30 mins and do her homework while her younger sister will be allowed to roam around the house. When the little one is the same as the older daughter maybe she'll be able to sit for longer and I'll expect that of her because her capabilities are going to be different from the first daughter. They are individuals. They need different things based on their age, individual capabilities, and their social/cultural needs. My infant son will need different things too. I can be the kind of mom that will adapt to my children.
Parenting styles--I think this should be the first thing that I need to work on. I plan to study what kind of parent our Heavenly Father is and follow his example. And I want to be consistent at it. I think consistency is key. That is what we lack I think. My husband and I oscillate from somewhat permissive to somewhat authoritarian while still have high expectations and a lot of love and empathy. I don't know. We might be doing better than I think, of being authoritative parents.
1. What is known about child development
and learning—referring to knowledge of
age-related characteristics that permits general predictions about what experiences are
likely to best promote children’s learning
and development.
2. What is known about each child as an
individual—referring to what practitioners
learn about each child that has implications
for how best to adapt and be responsive to
that individual variation.
3. What is known about the social and
cultural contexts in which children live—
referring to the values, expectations, and
behavioral and linguistic conventions that
shape children’s lives at home and in their
communities that practitioners must strive to
understand in order to ensure that learning
experiences in the program or school are
meaningful, relevant, and respectful for each
child and family.
This week as we learned about parenting styles it really reminded me of my Culture and Diversity class. People need to give the same consideration toward their children that they would to any person. Treating your children the same can actually be the hardest part of parenting. We tend to be blinded by our own hopes and dreams for parenthood. I am guilty of this. I don't treat my kids with the same consideration that I would to anybody else. I don't really understand why, but I can be as harsh with my children as I am with myself. Anyway. I think responsiveness is the key to this whole parenting/being a good teacher/being a good person thing.
When you are responsive to a person you learn about them and find solutions that work perfectly for them as individuals instead of making blanket rules that you expect everyone to follow. So in a home I might expect my one daughter to sit for 30 mins and do her homework while her younger sister will be allowed to roam around the house. When the little one is the same as the older daughter maybe she'll be able to sit for longer and I'll expect that of her because her capabilities are going to be different from the first daughter. They are individuals. They need different things based on their age, individual capabilities, and their social/cultural needs. My infant son will need different things too. I can be the kind of mom that will adapt to my children.
Parenting styles--I think this should be the first thing that I need to work on. I plan to study what kind of parent our Heavenly Father is and follow his example. And I want to be consistent at it. I think consistency is key. That is what we lack I think. My husband and I oscillate from somewhat permissive to somewhat authoritarian while still have high expectations and a lot of love and empathy. I don't know. We might be doing better than I think, of being authoritative parents.
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