Enlisting and Providing Support
As I prepare for my presentation and am concerned
and anxious that I will be effective in my presentation. My advocacy is on the
integration of play and the arts in the classroom. I plan on speaking directly
to my audience with information and facts on research about the benefits of the
play and the arts, I will provide them with briefs and hand-outs with straight
to the point activities that the children will and can do in the classroom, I
will have a director from another center to talk about how they implement play
and the arts in that center, and close with an answer and question session.
Should I include or omit something? Does it seem as if it will be too long or
boring?
My resources have been from co-workers, elementary
grade teachers, books, and websites such as:
The Importance of Play in
Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds. Pediatrics, pp. 181-192.Retrieved from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/1/182.full, Parents are
Forgetting How to Play With their Children.
The Guardian p. 17.Retrieved from
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/26 /parents-children-playtime,
playing with your Child: Games for Connection and Emotional Intelligence. Parenting.com. Retrieved from http://www.ahaparenting.com/parenting- tools/connection/play-child-emotional-intelligence,
Pretend Play Develops Children’s Social Skills. Suite 101. Retrieved from http://kelly-pfeiffer.suite101.com/pretend-play-develops-childrens-social- skills-a135076.
These websites helped me in putting an easy to read flyer that I will hand out
at my presentation.
I feel that I have found the correct and appropriate research and
materials for presenting and implementing my Advocacy Plan, integration of play
and the arts in the classroom. I am putting it all together now and feel a
little overwhelmed because I do not want to leave anything out nor sound
repetitive. Thanks for all your feedback and support. Good luck to you all and
stay confident and positive!
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great way to start the presentation because not only you are proving the audience with sources but at the same time you are providing them with facts about the integration of play and the arts in the classroom. I think the audience will appreciate your presentation because many people think that children go to school/head start programs to play. They don’t’ realize that through play children learn many skills. The art’s is also another skill children need to develop because it is important for them to learn how to draw and to express themselves by drawing. They also develop their fine motor skills.
No I think this is great, having a director from another center is fantastic. The audience will have the opportunity to hear from another professional and learn about plying. This will help them understand about the importance of learning through play and art’s. It will also be a great opportunity for the audience to gain knowledge in regards to play and the arts. They can learn that playing is a hug part of learning many skills and that children need this experience in order to develop social, emotional, independent, cognitive, and language skills. The only thing I can suggest is to make sure you explain in detail why it is important for children to have experiences through play and the arts. Good Luck
Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI think providing your audience with facts is what is an eye opener for anyone you are trying to grab their attention because you can't argue the facts. I am a big believer in integrating different learning skills with one another (ex: art and math). Integrating play with arts in the classroom is so important to a child's development because they are learning social skills and learning a new skill to express themselves.
Victoria,
ReplyDeleteYou have brought much validity to your advocacy efforts in integrating play and art in the classroom. I think the through research and resources you have collected sound really great and have noted some of the resources you have provided for my own professional references for the future. I wish you the best of luck in your professional journey!