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Reflective Competency Statement 2

The document discusses how to advance physical and intellectual competence in young children. It states that children learn best through physical movement and hands-on experiences. Gross and fine motor development activities are important for physical growth and help children make sense of their environment through their senses. Examples of activities given include music, textures, smells, educational movies, and a "Color Hop" game. Puzzles are also recommended as they build spatial and problem-solving skills. Sign language is suggested to promote early communication skills.

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Reflective Competency Statement 2

The document discusses how to advance physical and intellectual competence in young children. It states that children learn best through physical movement and hands-on experiences. Gross and fine motor development activities are important for physical growth and help children make sense of their environment through their senses. Examples of activities given include music, textures, smells, educational movies, and a "Color Hop" game. Puzzles are also recommended as they build spatial and problem-solving skills. Sign language is suggested to promote early communication skills.

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Reflective Competency Statement II

Goal: To advance physical and intellectual competence.

I believe young children learn best through physical movement and interaction with their environment
therefore, they must be provided with endless hands-on and movement opportunities and experiences.
To advance a child’s physical and intellectual competence, they must be involved in age appropriate
gross motor and fine motor development activities. Through gross and fine motor development skill
building, young children are mainly using their senses, of touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste, to start
making sense of the world around them and giving meaning to the information being given. Because
children first learn about the world through there senses I make sure that each activity that they do
focuses on there hearing,touching,smelling,tasting,and seeing. Such activities could include, listening
to music, touching new materials like something hard, something soft or something gooey, smelling
new stuff like scratch and sniffs, and seeing some educational movies.

CS II a: Using the Color Hop activity with toddlers is a great way to help them develop gross motor
skills. This activity reflects my philosophy of supporting young children's physical as well as mental
development because I know that not only is there body growing but also there minds are as well. They
should never just be sitting there doing nothing they should always be working on something that
grows there brain and there muscles. That is why I like the color hop so much because it incorporates
both gross motor and mental growth.

CS II b: Using puzzles are fun for babies and toddlers and are available in many age-appropriate forms.
Look for chunky peg puzzles with large, bright pictures, which are easier for children to put back
together without frustration. Large, colorful foam puzzles are another fun idea. Putting puzzles together
builds spatial skills as the child matches a shape to its corresponding slot. Puzzles also promote
problem-solving skills as well.

CS II c: Using if your happy and you know it with children encourages them to move freely and either
sway, bop or dance to the song. This encourages a creative representation through movement. Allowing
children to have fun and be creative with different art mediums will help to develop their self
confidence and be comfortable within themselves. While at the same time, watching and appreciating
their friends.

CS II d: Using baby sign language with infants is a great way to promote communication/language
development in all children,including dual language learners. Children learning a new language will
have a symbol to use when they cant figure out which language to use to describe an object. Studies
have shown that children who use sign language as babies, develop verbal language earlier then
children who do not use sign language. `

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