This post will look at the area of learning - Science with the components - Sensory Awareness, Observation, and Exploration and Sequencing and Time . Remember I am taking my information from the Tennessee Early Learning Developmental Standards (TN-ELDS).
We will start with the component - Sensory Awareness, Observation, and Exploration. The learning expectation for this one is: Begins to build knowledge of the world through observation of surroundings. The performance indicator for this one is: Explores ways to do things and demonstrates beginning understanding of concepts of color, shape size, matching, and weight. One word in that performance indicator makes this one unrealistic and that word is explore. To be brutally honest, I do not see much exploring unless that child is raised on a farm or is homeschooled. Those children usually spend a great deal of time outdoors unless they live in urban areas in the case of the homeschooled. Children in institutionalized care have nearly had their curiosity helicoptered out of them. I know I have harped on the regulations before, but they really are damaging our children. Truly, if I am honest, I will admit that children need to stay home with their mother. It is by far the best environment for children and we should as a society be pushing that instead of careers for mothers. Motherhood is a career, people. It is one of the most important jobs a woman can have in my opinion. Children of stay-at-home mothers do all the things that seem to be disappearing from the children of our society. They explore and discover sometimes much to the horror of their mother. However, they have the richest childhood. Do you want to make childhood magical for your child? Stay home with them until they go to school. Do you want to extend the magic? Homeschool. Rant over.
Next we will move on to the component - Sequencing and Time. The first learning expectation for this one is: Begins to understand consequences when re-creating events. The first performance indicator for this one is: Calls for adult to help settle a fight over a toy. For once we have a universal performance indicator that most children even developmentally delayed children conquer. Going to an adult to referee can be seen in children even younger than two sometimes. Extremely smart eighteen month olds can employ this strategy. If a two and a half year old does not go to an adult to referee, caregivers can take that as a sign of a severe developmental delay. The only children in my care that did not conquer this performance indicator had severe autism.
The second performance indicator is: Insists on putting on mittens before putting on coat. This one made me chuckle. This has to be one of the most frustrating aspects of two year old world. It is also one of the performance indicators that seem to be universally conquered. Children at this age spread their wings of independence and seem to want to do everything backwards from what seems logical. As long as it does not really matter, leave this one alone. It is a developmentally appropriate milestone. However, you can begin to explain to them why it is backwards. They may not change but you will be planting the first seeds of logical thinking. Never underestimate the power of planting seeds!
Now we will move on to the learning expectation: Demonstrates some understanding of when things happen in relation to routines. The first performance indicator is: Imitates simple block structures and single-line crayon strokes. Unless the child is used to teacher directed activities expecting a child in today's society to pay attention enough to imitate might be expecting a little much. Those children that are used to this type of activity will conquer this one without much issue. However, do not expect them to do it the first time you try if they are not used to this type of activity. It may take several exposures for them to understand what you are expecting from them. Doing this type of activity with a mixed-age group that includes older children will actually deliver the best result.
Finally, the second performance indicator is: Chooses new shoes to wear when getting ready for a special occasion. Most children like new things. This holds true for normally developing children as well as developmentally delayed children at this age. Although, severely delayed or severely autistic children might not conquer this one until they are a little bit older.
I hope you have enjoyed this post. Goodbye and God bless!!
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