SOC 312 Week 2 DQ 2 Self-Regulation

Toddlers' success at self-regulation is critical for their adjustment later in life (Jennings et al., 2008). Toddlers with better self-regulation skills are less likely to demonstrate behavior problems in preschool." (Eisenberg et al., 2004) Most children and I say most because they understand more than we think or know. When told not to do something they listen but it's very hard for a toddler to stay still and just sit as such. The little girl dove right in and took a few nibbles of the marshmallow then sat it back down, she just couldn't help herself because their curious. The older children know that if they wait the can enjoy two at the same time; SOC 312 Week 3 Assignment Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Strategies

“Children in the preoperational stage continue to investigate their environments through direct experience with objects and interactions with others.Preoperational children view their experiences through an egocentric lens, which affects the way they develop understanding and build their schemas.” (Bojczyk, Shriner, & Shriner, 2012) Children get their attitudes and beliefs from a variety and different ways; it always starts at home in the home and around the home. Parents are who the children first hear and look up to so they do what they see and say what they hear. “The ways in which children learn and develop will ultimately affect how they process the messages they receive from their microsystems, thus playing a role in shaping their attitudes and beliefs.” (Bojczyk, Shriner, & Shriner 2012)

When children are young and in the preoperational stage they never stop learning, the learning is continuous. Strategies such as acknowledge, encourage, model and demonstrate are just a few that help children along the way in their process of the growing stage in their life. As parents/caregivers and teachers we must remain flexible and be very observant. All the strategies go hand and hand and if one doesn’t work it will work with another. As children grow up all these strategies will help their cognitive growth by giving them courage, the strength, and the ability to do things and not be afraid to try new things and they won’t be discouraged when they have to try things over and over again.