What is Your Philosophy of Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education`Student’s NameInstitutional Affiliation
Early Childhood Education`
Introduction
I have always aspired to join the field of early childhood mainly because my mother was a teacher and she taught children for more than twenty-five years. Besides, her sister is a children librarian. Therefore, making me a product of the environment in which I grew up. Growing up, I was surrounded by sounds of crayons, schoolyard and class equipment while at home. However, as a kid, I had envisioned myself working in the gaming animation industry, but later I figured that I did not like sitting behind a computer, and this is when I chose to pursue early childhood education. Whenever people hear of early childhood, they envision a soft and outgoing individual of age 40 and above. However, the industry is saturated by diversity. That said, the industry is still hugely dominated by the female.
Nevertheless, more men are taking up the challenge and are working towards challenging these conventional roles and joining the field to bring new insights into the teaching word. The few male teachers in the industry have brought alternative ways to impart and teach literacy and language especially for the children who absorb and learn well during motor activities. Having grown with a mother who was an ECD teacher, she became my main motivation and role model. The smiles she received from those innocent children were fulfilling. Besides, the ability to change an individual’s intellectual status and imparting them with knowledge is my greatest motivation and encouragement. The excitement in the children when they achieve something is also satisfying. Generally, anyone who chooses this path; they must have some empathy chip on their overdrive. You have to feel what the child feels when they fail and succeed at the same time.
Supporting Early Learning
The Child
There is a famous piece of wisdom from Plato that relates to playing. He states that one can discover a lot about a person in one hour they play than one year of having conversations. This statement was quoted by Alaska’s governor Sarah Palim back in 2009. The philosopher ideas on the play were deemed as his ideas for his time since his writings do not offer any indication that he might have allowed or entertained such a notion (Astuti & Sukartiningsih, 2018). His ideas on play emanate from his novel which states that play can easily influence how children develop as adults. According to Plato, he viewed play as important and that it plays a crucial role in a child’s development. In Greece, most of the aspects of play seemed intrinsic to a huge range of cultural activities (Sweeney & MacBeth, 2018). The playing of music and games was the central element in social events and religious ceremonies.
The manner through which children engage with their peers, teachers as well as tasks is crucial to the success of early0-childhood studies. However, this is an aspect that is hugely underestimated. The conventional wisdom dictates that a well-organised, emotionally supportive and stimulating pre-kindergarten classrooms are not enough especially to children from low-income homes (Astuti & Sukartiningsih, 2018). Children have a great contri...