Let’s profile the playful preschooler. As educators, we will be meeting and greeting these children for their first school experience.
Review some basic child development needs for these precious years, focusing on fine and gross motor abilities. These abilities can and do affect a myriad of school performance tasks such as holding a crayon, opening a package, putting on clothes, standing in line, cutting, constructing etc.
Next, launch into preschool curriculum guidelines, reviewing multiple ways of providing the opportunities for learning, via center work, play and exploration. Come and expand your skill set, to address theirs. The 21st century child is different for a variety of reasons, but they can be a joy to teach!
Tere Bowen-Irish has been practicing occupational therapy for over 40 years in pediatrics and psychiatry. Tere focuses on providing assessment, treatment and collaborative services in public and private school systems. Through her business, All the Possibilities Inc., she offers workshops for therapists, parents and educators with a focus on service delivery, classroom management, mindfulness, wellness and prevention for all school age children. Tere is also the creator of The Drive Thru Menu Suite of Exercises, (published by Therapro) which is an initiative to bring movement into today’s classrooms. She is a certified YogaKids Inc. teacher and incorporates creative movement and yoga into her practice. She is a Certified Mindful Schools Instructor. She is the author of Yoga and Me, Come be a Tree and co-authored My Mindful Music with Mary Ann Harman.
Visit her website, www.allthepossibilitiesinc.com or email her at tereirish-at-gmail.com
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