Early Childhood Teaching Philosophy

What led me to become a teacher, is first I love being around kids. Early childhood education is the profession of teaching children. You have to love kids and want be around them. Kids are so funny and make me laugh. That leads me to my next reason, I love that I can be myself and show my funny side. Learning should fun not boring and I don’t want to be in a position where I have to pretend to be someone I am not.
Why I want to teach is because I love the feeling of learning something new, grasping it and enjoying that learning experience at the same time. If I don’t enjoy learning, how can I inspire children to learn. I want them to experience the same love that I have for learning and see all their happy faces because they have learned something

The best way for me to do that is by knowing the characteristics and needs of the children. Understanding the ages and stages of development, is the most standard way I can get the full spectrum of where each child should be developmentally. Many theorists such as Piaget and Erickson, have proposed this model, which is important. I don’t want to plan an activity where I provide scissors to a two-year-old to cut out a picture and glue on a paper when clearly, five-year-olds are more developed with their fine motor skills, to do this. How children learn is all different, just like their ages and stages of when they are able to understand or master something. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence, states that there are many ways to learn besides just math and language. So I want my curriculum to be creative and encourage the children to express their many ideas. So I will include a variety of art modes and materials depending on their age such as; painting, making a collage, dance,

I want the children to know what is to be expected of them in class and what the consequence will be to avoid many behavior problems down the road. My guidance approach is more of Thomas Gordon’s. I want mutual respect between me and the children when it comes to communicating. I want the children to be able to own their problems and I actively listen, to help them find solutions. In return, this will help them improve in making better choices in the future. At the same time, if there is a problem that I need to fix and have a solution for, I will claim that problem and not blame the child. Having everyone accountable, doesn’t put all the pressure on one side all the time. I also will include lots of positive reinforcement because I want the children to practice good behaviors and respect each other. We all have our days and I know they can always get